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Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Physics Portal, a collection of educational resources for instructors and students of physics. The collection focuses on open access and open source content that improves conceptual understanding and problem solving. You can help build the collection by joining MERLOT, submitting content, lesson plans, and activities, and volunteering to join the peer review process.
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The Editor's Choice 2014: This project provides a wide range of visual, interactive quantum mechanics tutorials. The materials cover all aspects of an upper-level quantum mechanics class, as well as advanced topics in quantum information and the foundations of quantum theory.
New Materials
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Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research
The 2019 National Academies report "Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research" discusses the...
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Superfícies Equipotenciais
This is a hypermedia learning object on general topics in Physics – Electricity and Magnetism. It belongs to the...
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Potencial de um Condutor Carregado
This is a hypermedia learning object on general topics in Physics – Electricity and Magnetism. It belongs to the...
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Potencial Devido a um Disco
This is a hypermedia learning object on general topics in Physics – Electricity and Magnetism. It belongs to the...
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Potencial Devido a um Anel
This is a hypermedia learning object on general topics in Physics – Electricity and Magnetism. It belongs to the...
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Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy
Citizen Science: Open Science, Society, and Policy is an excellent review of Citizen Science that brings together some of...
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Chemistry and Physics Simulations
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EMwaveRT Mobile App for Electromagnetic Wave Reflection and Transmission
EMwaveRT is an app to aid teaching and learning of electromagnetics (EM) using mobile devices on the topic of plane wave...
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EMpolarization Mobile App for Electromagnetic Wave Polarization
EMpolarization is an app to aid teaching and learning of electromagnetics (EM) using mobile devices on the topic of wave...
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Potencial Devido a uma Distribuição Contínua
This is a hypermedia learning object on general topics in Physics – Electricity and Magnetism. It belongs to the...
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Physical Science Laboratory Investigations
We begin our education as curious, inquisitive, adventurous people. Somewhere along the way, we become cautious with our...
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De Gruyter: Open Access Journals
De Gruyter publishes fully open access journals across Science, Technology, Mathematics (STM) and Humanities, Social...
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IEEE Access: The Multidisciplinary Open Access Journal
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Access is an award-winning multidisciplinary, all electronic...
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Mechanics and Relativity | TU Delft Open Textbooks
In Mechanics and Relativity, the reader is taken on a tour through time and space. Starting from the basic axioms...
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African Journals Online (AJOL)
African Journals Online (AJOL) is the world's largest library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals,...
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Transport Phenomena in a Physical World
What does mass diffusion, thermal conduction, viscosity, permeability, and electrical conductance have in common? In this...
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Problems for Algebra-Based College Physics I &; II Including Hints and Solutions
This selection of challenging problems for the algebra-based introductory physics course grew from the request of the...
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Basic Physical Chemistry A Complete Introduction on Bachelor of Science Level
Based on the principles of physics and mathematics to obtain quantitative relations, Physical Chemistry deals with the...
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Undergraduate Research Commons
The Undergraduate Research Commons (URC), a Bepress research portal curated by university librarians, is a portal...
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes): The Open Science Journal
RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal publishes all outputs of the research cycle, including project proposals, data,...
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MoMo - Moving MOOC: Science 2.0 & Open Research Methods
Starting Nov 12, 2018, in the Moving MOOC (MOMO), young scholars and early career researchers (ECR) will learn to use...
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CRediT : Open Research Scholarly Outputs Assessment Tool
CRedit (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) is high-level taxonomy including 14 roles, that can be used to represent the roles...
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The Open Data Barometer
The Open Data Barometer (ODB) is a global measure of how government and publishing are using Open Data for...
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Electricity and Magnetism - University Physics II-Part 1: Notes and exercises
This book is a calculus-based treatment of waves, electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism. The concepts discussed...
New Members
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Karen PrestonEastern Arizona College -
Faraz AhmadFaraz Ahmad
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John McDonaldHampton University
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Ale SilvaUG
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Ramunas AleksiejunasVilnius University
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Manuela BoltriIis Bobbio
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Daniel FormichelliWest Islip High School
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Richard BaloghAntelope Valley College
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Chaim branerJerusalem College of Technology
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Alida Timar-GaborBabes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
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H PechkisCalifornia State University, Chico
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Kimberly de La HarpeUnited States Air Force Academy
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Jaime QuirarteLynwood High School
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Nicola RobbertseCurro Roodeplaat
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Henry WeigelArapahoe Community/Technical College
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Daniel RoweCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Amos MsizaNansindlela Secondary
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Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (347)
- Electricity and Magnetism (365)
- General (413)
- Modern Physics (345)
- Optics (203)
- Oscillations and Waves (227)
- Quantum Mechanics (146)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (150)
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