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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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Acoustic and Elastic Waves: Recent Trends in Science and Engineering
Elastic waves in the active (ultrasound) and passive form (acoustic emission) provide an ideal approach for the...
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BCIT Physics 0312 Textbook
College Physics is organized such that topics are introduced conceptually with a steady progression to precise...
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Introduction to Groups, Invariants and Particles
The notion of geometrical symmetry in Art and in Nature is a familiar one. In Modern Physics, this notion has evolved to...
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Calculus-Based Physics I, Vol 1
This book is a physics book, not a mathematics book. One of your goals in taking a physics course is to become more...
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Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator
This Simulator laboratory (SIMLAB) book was created to provide ancillary resources for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power...
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Mark Edwards’ Power Efficiency Guide Review
Product Name: Power Efficiency Guide Author Name: Mark Edwards Bonus: Yes Official Website: Click Here Power Efficiency...
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College Physics for AP®
The AP Physics Collection is a free, turnkey solution for your AP® Physics course, brought to you through a collaboration...
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Specification-Based Grading Resources for OpenStax College Physics
This collection of ancillary materials for Introductory Biology was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary...
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ChinaXiv.org 中国科学院科技论文预发布平台
ChinaXiv is an open repository and distribution service for scientific researchers in the field of natural science, which...
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Physics YouTube Videos and OpenStax Reading Guides
The primary educational resources at this web site are annotated lists of my YouTube videos for an introductory Physics...
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AI4All: AI Education for Everyone
AI4All Open Learning Platform (Launching 2019) is a free, accessible, online AI curriculum meant for understanding how AI...
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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...
New Members
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Nathan MooreWinona State University -
Laura ErnstPerryville High School
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christoffer andersennyborg gym
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Dhaval SutharGardi college
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Cynthia TrevisanCalifornia Maritime Academy
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Lillian EstradaSaleciano
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Cinnamon FrameResearch Triangle High School, Opportunity Learning
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Donna HensonWest Vigo Middle School
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Beta KeramatiUniversity of Pittsburgh - Johnstown
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Brian ParedesINACAP Universidad Tecnológica de Chile
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Susan RomanoKingsway Regional High School
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Jeff LeFaveNortheast Metro Tech, Wakefield MA
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Michael HarrisMichaelHarris259
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Henny SarmientoDepartment of Education
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Greg ClementsRetired
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Brooke DuitsmanCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Dimitrios SotiropoulosNGZIR
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Billy SelfWhatcom Community/Technical College
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Jennifer BrügglerUibk Innsbruck
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Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (347)
- Electricity and Magnetism (365)
- General (417)
- Modern Physics (345)
- Optics (203)
- Oscillations and Waves (227)
- Quantum Mechanics (146)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (150)
Physics on the Web
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Uganda: Govt Stuck With New Curriculum Over Cash
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Govs' failure to replace retired teachers threatens public secondary education
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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
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