An "interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for you to see the laws of physics in action" designed for teachers and students in middle and high school.
NSTA (Teaching Objects)This Provides online learning activities on key science ideas. Designed for teachers, activities include simulations, embedded questions, and common student misconceptions with practical ideas for addressing them. Newton's three laws of motion comprise one featured topic. Another focuses on the universe: how we know what we know, the sun as a star, the life and death of stars, beyond our solar system, the origin and evolution of the universe.
Powers Of TenView the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
The Little Shop of Physics: Online Physics ExperimentsColorado State has some great experiments here. Choose from experiments using common household items, experiments you can do with your computer, or shockwave experiments (requiring a shockwave plugin that works with your browser). Demonstrate Bernoulli's principle or find out how those annoying sounds are generated for the Emergency Broadcast System. Enjoy these fun activities for all ages.
Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology
Designed by Michael C. Veres, Student Library Assistant
Page updated: April 18, 2007