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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.
New Materials
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Infinity Learn
Build a solid foundation in Maths and Science for your child
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OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch
OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone....
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EDID6151ForceMotionOER
This unit has been created to guide you through the topic of Forces and Motion.
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General Physics II - 105
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Engineering Physics II - 205
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Physics Problems for Nerds: Analyzing “nerd” culture through physics 101
This book consists of example/test problems for algebra-based physics 1. Unlike traditional problems, however, all of...
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Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
This is an introductory graduate-level course on the phenomenology and experimental foundations of nuclear and particle...
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Introduction to Special Relativity
The theory of special relativity, originally proposed by Albert Einstein in his famous 1905 paper, has had profound...
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Introduction to Special Relativity
The theory of special relativity, originally proposed by Albert Einstein in his famous 1905 paper, has had profound...
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Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
Electricity and magnetism dominate much of the world around us – from the most fundamental processes in nature to...
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Introductory Physics II Video Lecture Series
Dr. Shafat Mubin primarily uses lecture slides for PHYS 1112K that contain course material supported by animations and...
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Stay-at-home Labs for Introductory Physics Courses
We developed this series of stay-at-home physics experiments to provide ideas for instructors to design hands-on physics...
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Physics 7C: Classical Physics
This course will show you how to apply simple physics models to the motion of objects. UCI Physics 7C covers the...
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Physics 50: Math Methods
Mathematica and its applications to linear algebra, differential equations, and complex functions. Fourier series and...
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Physics 3C: Basic Physics III
This is the third and final course of the Physics 3 series. The course focuses primarily on waves but the concepts of...
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Physics 3B: Basic Physics II
Second part of the Basic Physics 3 series. This course covers topics such as: fluid mechanics,...
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Physics 3A: Basic Physics
Introduction to basic physics. This course will introduce the conceptual and mathematical framework for kinematics and...
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Physics 21: Science from Superheroes to Global Warming
Have you ever wondered if Superman could really fly? What was Spiderman's spidey sense? How did Wonder Woman's invisible...
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Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation
An introduction to Einstein’s theory of gravitation. Tensor analysis, Einstein’s field equations, astronomical tests of...
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Physics 202A, General Physics 1 OER adoption
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Physics courses Faculty Showcase (132, 141, 310 and 320)
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Physical Science Lab Manual
Physical Science Lab Manual is a digital textbook used for the course PHYSCI-101 by a California Community College,...
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Movimiento Rectilíneo Uniforme
La física como ciencia experimental necesita de la obtención de mediciones a partir de la observación de los fenómenos...
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Projectile Collision
Collision of projected bodies
New Members
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David Charles CookeFateology Foundation -
Gabriel MutavaUniversity
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Rogers FullerAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
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חנן רוזנטלSchwartz/Reisman science education center
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NITESH JAINRoyal Softech college
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Dmitriy BeznoskoUniversity System of Georgia - Clayton State University
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Owen GinnJames Cook University
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Alen KuriakoseAhmedabad University
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Ajith RajapakshaUniversity of Louisville
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Jennifer KrestowGlendale Community/Technical College
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Sunidhi SinghSunidhi Singh
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nour shabanSABIS
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Haydn BassarathBarrackpore East Secondary School
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Edmund BertschingerMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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David PritchardMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hal ScholzPennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley
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Deepak SharmaUnknown
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José Eduardo Rosales QuinteroBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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ANIL KUMAR KODALIAKKINENI NAGESWARA RAO COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
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Harsh UttamIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
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Ekaterina AndreevaUnknown
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Saheba KhuranaMerced College
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Ramon Ramirez UreñaUniversidad de Guadalajara
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Heather MannSaint John's University
Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (340)
- Collections (64)
- Curriculum (40)
- Electricity and Magnetism (366)
- History (13)
- Mathematics (22)
- Measurement and Units (31)
- Modern Physics (342)
- Optics (196)
- Oscillations and Waves (225)
- Physics Education Research (12)
- Quantum Mechanics (147)
- Reference (19)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (231)
- Vector Algebra (40)
Physics on the Web
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Post-Doctoral Associate in the Division of Science, Bio-Physics, Dr. Azam Gholami
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Imperial College London: Imperial researchers scoop £1.75m of funding for quantum physics projects
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Identifying a Galactic Particle Accelerator - PHYSICS - APS.org
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Liquid Metal Experiment Mimics Accretion Disks - PHYSICS - APS.org
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Special Round Admission to vacant seats in Masters Programs - Avionics & Physics at IIST
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Stepping off the tenure track - Physics Today - Scitation
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Light restores charge to slippery surfaces - Physics World
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Inside Higher Ed's News
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Aakash BYJU'S Launches 'Education for All' Towards Inclusivity and Empowerment of the Girl Child
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Senior Research Fellow in Computational Modelling of Evolutionary Individuality (Evo-Ego)
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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 →
Physics on Twitter
- RT @RobertTalbert: Nice, @perusall now lets you add quizzes. That will cut out a step that my students currently have to take when doing pr…23 minutes ago | eric_mazur
- Check out this awesome article about the app, ImageJ, which allows your students to explore options remotely with t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- As an #AAPTMember you can read the first chapter of Teaching #Geometric Optics free! Access the student edition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- If you’re a 1st-3rd year #physics or #math #teacher, apply for the Knowles Teaching Fellowship for financial suppor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- #USPhysicsTeam members Collin Fan, Rishab Parthasarathy, and Evan Erickson give advice to students getting into phy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…21 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- The 2023 John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award will be awarded to Kimberly Ann Coble, P… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…22 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @kilroi22: @YidanPrize @RVieyraAEF @PhETsims Check out a whole lot more on the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative website resource…1 day ago | PhETsims