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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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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...
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Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, and Circuits
This textbook emphasizes connections between theory and application, making physics concepts interesting and accessible...
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AfricArxiv: Open Access Preprints for African Scientists
AfricArxiv is a free, open access, interdisciplinary preprint & postprint service for dissemination, distribution, and...
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The Planetary Report (Open Access)
The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively...
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SCHOLAR -CNKI学术搜索 (China Integrated Knowledge Resource Database)
Scholar-CNKI (www.cnki.net) is the largest aggregator and distribution of academic digital resources in China. CNKI has...
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Introduction to Vectors
"Introduction to Vectors" takes learning to a new level by combining written notes with online video. Each lesson is...
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Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World
Starting Oct. 30, 2018, this four week introductory course "Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World" is...
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Foundations of Quantum Theory | SpringerLink
This book studies the foundations of quantum theory through its relationship to classical physics. This idea goes back to...
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PaperHive.org : coworking hub for researchers
PaperHive introduces seamless discussion of research papers in the browser, embedded in the regular workflow. This allows...
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The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) provides and supports Open Access...
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PLOS ONE: Open Data Research Guidelines & Open Data Recommended Repositories
PLOS One is accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed science by its Open Data Research guidelines and recommended...
New Members
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Connie LewisColby Community College
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luz helena forero gualteroescuela -
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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a stuartsteven's world
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Sam EsfidaryTSNU
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Klenda ShaiTutor
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Michael ZappalaManchester High School
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Rickey EstesNone
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John SiboleCol·legi Sant Josep Obrer
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Peter OseiWisconsin International University College, Ghana
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Tesfay NassrPTA consultant
Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (347)
- Electricity and Magnetism (358)
- General (413)
- Modern Physics (347)
- Optics (205)
- Oscillations and Waves (227)
- Quantum Mechanics (146)
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (150)
Physics on the Web
Physics on Twitter
- .@physicsgirl at it again with a fantastic demo of the strange behavior of a "square" smoke ring. go.aps.org/2DiWnAw23 minutes ago | PhysicsCentral
- Evolving the Online Degree @classcentral buff.ly/2QwHyOy https://t.co/ftwO1HpYKB, photo: pic.twitter.com/ftwO1HpYKB35 minutes ago | MERLOTorg
- RT @JournalPhysics: An exercise to use 2-D coding to "reinforce ideas about the relationship between force, velocity, and acceleration vec…40 minutes ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @ricksnowaputi: @PhETsims Very useful for Google Classroom & Google Sites users of your sims :)1 hour ago | PhETsims
- Today is the last day to submit post-deadline abstracts to the 2019 AAPT Winter Meeting in Houston. Submit yours an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- And a quick video showing this feature youtube.com/watch?v=FCnORS… twitter.com/ricksnowaputi/…2 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @misslorizio: @ScitechPL @educationperf is an amazing resource for a lot of interactive science learning online, as is @PhETsims. #21cEd…2 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @MisssHutchison: @Miss_Crofts Phet Colorado do some nice little forces simulations! One of them is a tug of war, I show that to introduc…20 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @clrslmngkra: @PhETsims Yep! They're fond of using the simulations 😍20 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @Greg_Dick: Physicist Wins $3 Million Prize for Discovering Pulsars, Donates it All to Promoting Diversity in STEM https://t.co/5Hijf2cB…20 hours ago | AAPTHQ