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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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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
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Introductory Physics II Video Lecture Series
This project aims to make video lectures and slides available to students and instructors of PHYS 1112K: Introductory...
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Calculus Based Physics volume 1
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Light and Matter
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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General Physics
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Physics of California
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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General Physics
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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College Physics 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 I Laboratory
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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University Physics - Volume 1
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Calculus-Based Physics I
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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General Physics I Laboratory
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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ResearchX3D - research experiments in 3D
Collaborative platform for sharing 3D models and stories of scientific apparatus, open for annotation and exploration....
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Exploring Physical Phenomena: What Happens When Light from the Sun Shines on the Earth?
This open source textbook is intended for use in laboratory-centered physics courses for prospective and practicing...
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Electron Diffraction
The learning environment provides a virtual laboratory with the simulation of an electron diffraction tube. Students can...
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BSc Optics | TU Delft Open Textbooks
This book treats optics at the level of students in the later stage of their bachelor or the beginning of their master....
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NASA Microphone Can Pick up Turbulence More Than 300 Miles Away
NASA researchers have developed a novel technology that can detect turbulence by keeping an eye on infrasound. Learn...
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Machine Learning Tokyo
Machine Learning Tokyo (MLT) is dedicated to democratizing Machine Learning through Open Education, Open Source and Open...
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Modern Physics with Numerical Methods
This is an open-source, modern physics textbook typically for the third semester students majoring in engineering,...
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Classical Mechanics with Numerical Methods
A book on introductory mechanics and numerical methods for lower-division undergraduate students in engineering or...
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A Esfera de Bloch - Parte 1
This Learning Object belongs to the collection Álgebra Linear para Informação Quântica and addresses topics that are...
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O que é um Qubit?
This Learning Object belongs to the collection Álgebra Linear para Informação Quântica and addresses topics that are...
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A Notação de Dirac - Parte 2
This Learning Object belongs to the collection Álgebra Linear para Informação Quântica and addresses topics that are...
New Members
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ameya kolarkarFlorida State University -
Petar PopadicFilozofski fakultet Niksic
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Kee Wee TanHwa Chong Junior College
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Robert Kevin AlindayuBATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Mental Wellness CentrePlot No. 768-P, 1st Floor, Sector 39, Near Unitech Cyber Park 122018, Gurgaon, India
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Temidire DimowoAhmadu Bello University
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Shila Rose SiaPhilippine Normal University
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Sabina Zeri1,2,3 Scienza
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Andréa PintoIFCE
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Vernie ConvictoMindanao State University
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Sara SnyderSs
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Christe McMenomyScholars Online
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Valery NANA NGASSAMSacramento City College
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Saleena PModel Technical HSS Kaloor
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Matteo BroccioUniversity of Pittsburgh
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joan herreradepartament d'ensenyament
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Wesley SughrueYuba Community/Technical College District - Woodland Community/Technical College
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Nikola ŠibalićInstitut d'Optique
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FORTUNATO BENTOLILAFlorida International University
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Tiberiu Dragoiu LucaBritish School Manila
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Marian MarleyMid-prairie high school
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Ayush GargNIT Kurukshetra
Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (339)
- Collections (64)
- Curriculum (40)
- Electricity and Magnetism (364)
- History (13)
- Mathematics (22)
- Measurement and Units (31)
- Modern Physics (339)
- 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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Columbia University: With a Little Twist, Researchers Delve Into a Quantum Physics Puzzle ...
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How Wales aims to recruit more teachers from minority ethnic backgrounds - WalesOnline
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Pluto's Tilt Explains Ice Sheet's History - Physics (APS)
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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 →
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University of Wisconsin: Kyle Cranmer chosen to lead American Family Insurance Data Science Institute
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Physics on Twitter
- The registration deadline for the November 11-14 online Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop has been extende… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @AIP_HQ: Interested in attending #COSPAR2022 this summer? Find information about registration, abstract submission deadlines, and more h…4 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @TPS_Science: Year 8 using their Chromebooks to use a pHet animation. They were exploring balanced and unbalanced forces. @TPS_ClassOf20…5 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @msjancarroll: Thank you @PhETsims for the amazing introduction to fractions #interactive simulation! My students loved it! Also, includ…5 hours ago | PhETsims
- Good News! The 2022 AAPT Virtual Winter Meeting abstract deadline has been extended until October 28. Please note t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @kuiper_pieter: @PhETsims And explode the lid off!21 hours ago | PhETsims
- Yes! phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations… twitter.com/sci_4_lyfe/sta…22 hours ago | PhETsims
- So exciting that dozens of physics high school teachers with close to 600 students from all over the world have sig… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 hours ago | eric_mazur
- RT @JournalPhysics: Using Hilbert curves to organize, sample, and sonify solar data. An article recently published in the American Journal…23 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- New KITP Fellows Program for Physics and Astronomy Faculty Members at Minority-Serving Institutions. The program su… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 hours ago | AAPTHQ