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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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Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST)
The Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) is a collaborative effort by like-minded individuals and organizations...
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Physical (A)Causality | SpringerLink
This book addresses the physical phenomenon of events that seem to occur spontaneously and without any known cause. These...
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Open Science MOOC: Principles and Practices
The Open Science MOOC: Principles and Practices is designed for faculty, students, and researchers who want to better...
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Open Science Training Handbook (ver 1)
The Open Science Training Handbook (ver. 1) is intended for anyone who wishes to host Open Science training events or...
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Apprentissage par problème en physique pour des groupes d'étudiants en apprentissage actif: Electrostatique et Magnétostatique dans les lignes HT
La ressource présente trois situations problèmes (APP) en physique-électricité à résoudre en équipe d'étudiants, encadré...
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LPHY2131 data analysis lab using CMS open data
This assembles material for the LPHY2131 data analysis lab at UCLouvain. The documentation covers the three sessions of...
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B.C. Campus Open Education: Open Textbook Self-Publishing Guide
B.C. Campus Open Education: Open Textbook Self-Publishing Guide is a practical reference/development tool for...
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INA-Rxiv Papers: The Open Access Preprint Server of Indonesia
INA-Rxiv Papers is a free, open access, country-lead preprint service and preprint repository for all academic and...
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Virtual Reality And It's Potential For Europe
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are technologies which have the potential to transform the way we work,...
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ChemSpider.com | Chemical Structure Database
ChemSpider is a free chemical structural database providing fast text and structure search access to over 63+ million...
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LabScribbles: SGC's Extreme Open Science Initiative: Real-time Open Lab/books
LabScribbles, another milestone and model in Open Science, involves 20+ research scientists from different Structural...
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Metrics-Toolkit.org | Helping you use metrics responsibly
The Metrics Toolkit provides evidence-based information about research metrics across disciplines, including how each...
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BITSS: Open Access Preprints for Improving Open Research Transparency and Reproducibility
Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) is an interdisciplinary preprint archive focused on...
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Dimensions.ai: Open Access Research Repository
Digital Science Dimensions (DS Dimensions) is a linked research knowledge system that makes it easy to find and analyze...
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Open Research Glossary
The Open Research Glossary is designed as a reference resource to inform people about the culture of "Open Scholarship."...
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Visualization Catalog
These visualizations of electric fields and Gaussian surfaces are built on HTML, WebGL and JavaScript so that they can be...
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Rightsback.org: "Returning Authors' Rights" Termination of Transfer Tool
The Author's Alliance and Creative Commons have created the "Termination of Transfer" (ToT) tool that helps authors...
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College Physics
Published by OpenStax College, this introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics book is grounded with...
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D. Fernandez - PHYS 220: Physics 1 and PHYS 221: Physics II - Faculty Showcase at California State University, Monterey Bay
This open textbook is being utilized in a physics course for undergraduate students by Dan Fernandez, Ph.D., at Cal State...
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J. Punglia - PHYS 100: Physics I - Faculty Showcase at Cal Maritime Academy
This textbook is used for an algebra-based physics course by Jaya Punglia, Ph.D., at California State University...
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Degreed.com: Life-long Learning Platform using Open Educational Resources
Degreed (Degreed For Me) is a free life-long learning platform that organizes Open Educational Resources (step-by-step...
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La Referencia: Latin America's Open Science/Open Access Repositories Network
La Referencia is Latin America's inner-connected network of Open Access repositories, consisting of 100+ academic...
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Introduction to Particle Physics
The aim of this book is to present fundamental concepts in particle physics. This includes topics such as the theories...
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Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
The aim of this book is to present fundamental concepts in quantum mechanics and a general mathematical formalism beyond...
New Members
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Arnd PralleUniversity at Buffalo
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Vickie FultzChrist the King Jesuit College Prepatory School
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Andrew ParkAlameda College
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David KinnersleyAquinas College
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Physics on the Web
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Mansfield 'Jim' Brock Scholarship Established
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Science for Preschoolers
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Physics on Twitter
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