Physics Homework Help

WHAT ARE ATOMS?-the building blocks of matter.

ATOM BUILDER - You try it! Lets users build a carbon atom particle by particle.

PHYSICS BIG BOOK-providing beginning high school science students with an accessible physical science resource.

PHYSICS 4KIDS- Excellent resource. Site has been remade with lots of new features.

STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE - Where do we come from? How did the universe begin? Why is the universe the way it is? How will it end?

SIR ISAAC NEWTON-his biography.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON- an entire site devoted to his life and his works, including photos.

THE FOUCAULT PENDULUM-the first terrestrial device to demonstrate the rotation of the earth. Interesting site from the California Academy of Sciences.

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS- introduction, definitions, rules and style conventions.

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS-to give an ordinary person a brief overview of the importance and wonder of quantum mechanics.

THE QUANTUM PAGE-an index to what is to come.

LIST OF LAWS-a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy.

SIMPLE MACHINES-earn about pulleys, levers, wedges, screws, inclined planes, and the wheel and axle.

PHYSICS OF SOUND - explains the speed of sound in gases, liquids, and solids.

NATURE OF SOUND - investigate the nature, properties and behaviors of sound waves and apply basic wave principles.

PARTICLE PHYSICS-an explanation of particle physics,"the science of the fundamental nature of matter."

PARTICLE ADVENTURES- An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra demensions, dark matter, acellerators and particle dectors.

ORIGIN OF THE CELSIUS TEMPERATURE SCALE- an interesting piece of science history.

COLD FUSION - The latest on this emerging new technology.

PHYSICS CENTRAL-communicates the excitement and importance of physics to everyone, latest news from the American Physical Society.

BOYLE'S LAW CALCULATOR - Solve pressure-volume problems online.

MORE ON VECTORS - Working with vectors - describes properties and physical applications of vectors. Excellent site.

MICRO WORLDS - Exploring the Structure of Materials - for Grades 8-12. From Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California.

NUCLEAR FUSION BASICS-the energy-producing process which takes place continuously in the sun and stars.

PHYSICAL CONSTANTS- CODATA Internationally recommended values of the fundamental physical constants.

HISTORY OF PHYSICS- from the American Institute of Physics.

HISTORY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS- from Kirchhoff to von Neumann.

BASIC QUANTUM MECHANICS- physics is dominated by its concepts. This page aims
to give a brief introduction to some of these ideas.

PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS-From astronomy to magnetism to waves to optics, this site covers it all.

A CENTURY OF PHYSICS- physics history presented on an interactive timeline. Excellent site.

MAGNETISM - An elementary primer on magnetism and magnetic physics. Contains questions frequently asked about the science of magnetism.

LIGHT -This site gives an indepth look at the physics of light.

PHYSICS OF LIGHT - a series of pages on the natures of particles and waves and their similarities and differences

OPTICS AND YOU -Interactive Java Tutorials- incorporates interactive computer based instruction on optics, light and microscopy.

SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION - an easy to understand interactive tutorial.

KINETIC MOLECULAR THEORY and GAS LAWS - Online Tutorial

ROTATIONAL MOTION - What is torgue? Right Rule, Units, etc.

FEAR OF PHYSICS - In its unique way, this site attempts to explain the unexplainable, simplify the complex, and generally make sense of this field of science.