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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.
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Quantum Mechanics Done Right: The shortest path from novice to researcher
This open access book develops the world of quantum physics without the onerous math prerequisites of all other texts....
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OpenLab Science — Free Interactive Physics Simulations with Lab Sheets
OpenLab Science is a free browser-based virtual physics lab built for high school and college-prep physics classrooms. It...
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Using a no-cost online homework platform for mechanics problems in Physics
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Interactive Primer — the tree of knowledge
Free, open-source “smart web pages” that teach maths, compsci and physics from the age of 5 to 105. One tree of knowledge...
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Drive Mad
Drive Mad is a fresh take on stunt driving. You control various vehicles on dangerous courses. The focus is on physics...
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Spectroscopy (a free educational astronomy puzzle game)
An interactive puzzle game for learning astronomical spectroscopy. Students explore how each chemical element produces a...
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3JCN Physics Simulation — Free Interactive 3D Physics Simulations (OER)
3JCN Physics Simulation is a free CC BY 4.0 open educational resource containing more than 350 interactive 3D physics...
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isotope map | isotopemap.com
Explore every known isotope and its properties in our interactive scientific database.
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10 Layers of Motion: A First-Principles Reconstruction of Mechanics
10 Layers of Motion: A First-Principles Reconstruction of Mechanics by Ritwik Kumar is a conceptual deep-dive that...
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Beyond Popular Science
Beyond Popular Science is not a popular science book. It is not a textbook. It is not an academic monograph. Instead, it...
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Classical Mechanics & Special Relativity | TU Delft OPEN Books
Classical mechanics is the starting point of physics. Over the centuries, via Newton’s three fundamental laws formulated...
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Fysische Transportverschijnselen: Denken in balansen – 6th edition | TU Delft OPEN Books
Starting point for this textbook on Transport Phenomena is the classical analogy between mass, heat and momentum...
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Creative AI for STEM Toolkit
The Creative AI for STEM Toolkit is a free, classroom ready suite of GPT tools for undergraduate STEM general education...
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Graphs, Formulas and Tables relevant to Transport Phenomena: 2nd edition | TU Delft OPEN Books
This book provides relevant information required during BSc-level courses on Transport Phenomena, encompassing micro- and...
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Quantum Electronics - Student Guide | Prep4Uni.online
A guided entry into electronics shaped by quantum behavior—covering concepts such as tunneling, superposition, and...
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Aero Control Systems and Robotics – Autopilots, Drones, and Guidance | Prep4Uni.online
An accessible guide to control systems in aviation and space: feedback, stability, sensors/actuators, and autopilot...
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Aerospace Structures – Loads, Strength, and Lightweight Design | Prep4Uni.online
Learn how aircraft and spacecraft structures carry loads while staying light, stiff, and safe. Covers structural...
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Avionics – Aircraft Electronics, Navigation, and Flight Computers | Prep4Uni.online
A practical overview of avionics systems that enable modern flight: sensors, communications, navigation, flight...
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Flight Mechanics – Forces, Stability, and Aircraft Motion | Prep4Uni.online
Understand how aircraft move and remain controllable: lift, drag, thrust, weight, and the equations of motion in...
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Hypersonics and High - Speed Aerodynamics - Student Guide | Prep4Uni.online
A learner-friendly introduction to flight at extreme speeds, where shock waves, compression heating, and real-gas effects...
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Propulsion Systems – Rocket and Air-Breathing Engines Explained | Prep4Uni.online Description
Explore how propulsion creates thrust in aircraft and spacecraft, from basic momentum ideas to real engine architectures....
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Satellite Technology – Orbits, Payloads, and Space Services | Prep4Uni.online
A structured guide to satellites and what they do: communications, navigation, Earth observation, weather, and scientific...
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Physical Technologies – Engineering Systems in the Real World | Prep4Uni.online
An overview hub for physical technologies that shape modern life—from machines and vehicles to energy, materials, and...
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Geometrische Optica | TU Delft OPEN Books
The book provides the scientific basis of geometrical optics, ray tracing, and aberration theory. It applies this...
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shahid aliCECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences -
James FreericksGeorgetown University
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Vanlalremruatpuia CAssam Don Bosco University
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Anubhav SwaroopBrainfuse
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Yue ZiYunVReaLab
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Mark XiaOpenLab Science
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HONG CHENIndependent Self-Iearner from Macau
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Chris ReigrutTeravation
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Michael WhisenantUinta County Public Health
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Nico UchytilUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Thomas NguyenPalomar College
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José Luis TouronVirolai
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Ritwik KumarHigh School Student
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Rod MilbrandtRochester Community and Technical College
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Nathan HardingSonoran Desert institute
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Materials by Discipline
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- Optics (203)
- Oscillations and Waves (226)
- Physics Education Research (13)
- Quantum Mechanics (155)
- Reference (19)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (234)
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New oral histories: Women's experiences in moving into science - AIP.ORG
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Physics Teacher in Nigeria Who Moved to Germany on Scholarship Shares How He ... - Legit News
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Meet Quantum Girl, the physics graduate becoming a science sensation - The Times
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The scientist-founder using AI to make language learning 'magical' - BusinessCloud
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Donor profile: Robert A. Eisenstein | American Physical Society
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#AAPTSM18 Recap #1 – “Can We Have a Group Test?”
Aug 07, 2018 02:55 PM PDTSaturday July 28 “Can We Have a Group Test?” Designing Collaborative, Active, Alternative Assessments for Physics Classes (Kelly O’Shea, Danny Doucette) On Saturday, I attended Kelly O’Shea’s and Danny Doucette’s all-day workshop on lab practicums. All of their slides and … Continue reading →
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Day 65: Hour of Physics Code
Dec 11, 2014 05:14 PM PSTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: I’ve been coding with my AP Physics classes for years. But in honor of this week’s Hour of Code, I tried VPython programming for the first time with my College-Prep class. We used the GlowScript version…
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Day 26: What Causes Gravity?
Oct 11, 2014 07:21 AM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: Even though we now have a mathematical relationship between mass and weight, we still don’t know what causes Earth’s gravitational pull. So first, we took a short survey: Download a copy here: GRAVITY Survey 2015 Then we…
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Day 16: Relative Motion
Sep 24, 2014 01:06 PM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: This year I decided to bring relative motion into my curriculum. It’s a unit in Preconceptions in Mechanics, a book I used a lot last year for introducing different types of forces. My hope is that vector…
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Day 13: A New Approach to Colliding Buggies
Sep 19, 2014 02:50 PM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: Modeling Instruction’s standard lab practicum for the constant velocity unit is colliding buggies. Lab groups take data to determine the speed of their buggy, then the buggies are quarantined and groups are paired up. Each group…
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Flappy Bird Physics Is Real Life?
Jan 30, 2014 03:39 PM PSTIf you don’t already know, Flappy Bird is the hot new mobile game right now. The premise is simple: navigate the bird through the gaps between the green pipes. Tapping the screen gives a slight upward impulse to the bird. … Continue reading →
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What Happened When I Gave Them the Answers
Nov 19, 2013 04:11 PM PSTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: [TL;DR – Not as much as I had hoped.] College-Prep Physics: Students came to class with the following question completed for homework: You are on a sleigh ride in Central Park one brisk winter evening. The mass…
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Quizzes vs. Projects (Mass & Weight Edition)
Nov 16, 2013 07:09 PM PSTTests are evil, let them do projects. That type of rhetoric frequently appears in my Twitter stream. My gut reaction is hell yeah. But some recent quiz results have gotten me thinking …. Take for example, this learning objective: The … Continue reading →
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Edtech PR Tips
Jul 14, 2013 10:54 AM PDTI’m not a PR guy. I’m just a teacher. But they say that if you want to be a disruptor, the best experience is no experience. So here goes… 1. It’s not about the technology. It’s about what students are … Continue reading →
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Convincing Reluctant Teachers
Jul 11, 2013 09:00 PM PDTThis question was posted to Twitter today: Question: how do you convince teachers who are ADAMANT that they teach to the rigor required by CCSS that they really don’t? (CCSS means Common Core State Standards) This is a great question. … Continue reading →