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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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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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Open Journal Systems | Public Knowledge Project
The Open Journal System (OJS) by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is a Free Open Source Software (FOSS) system...
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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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Networking Minds for Open Innovation, Solving Complex Problems (video)
Networking Minds for Open Innovation, Solving Complex Problems (video), When you unleash the power of diverse points of...
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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...
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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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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...
New Members
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Susan RomanoKingsway Regional High School -
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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Karen PrestonEastern Arizona College
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Faraz AhmadFaraz Ahmad
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John McDonaldHampton University
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Connie LewisColby Community College
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luz helena forero gualteroescuela
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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
Materials by Discipline
- Classical Mechanics (347)
- Electricity and Magnetism (364)
- General (414)
- 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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Governor Emmanuel Signs N672bn Appropriation Bill Into Law
Mar 20, 2019 07:11 PM UTC
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Historically Speaking: Online archive features more stories, plus on 75 years of OR school system
Mar 20, 2019 06:11 PM UTC
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Kenneth Johnson
Mar 20, 2019 05:37 PM UTC
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Physics teachers meeting set for March 29-30 at UNG
Mar 20, 2019 12:56 PM UTC
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Kuwait announces need for Jordanian teachers
Mar 20, 2019 07:18 AM UTC
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David Livingstone Ongom was born to be an examiner
Mar 20, 2019 05:26 AM UTC
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After Maths, Students Allege Mass Failure in DU's Physics Dept
Mar 20, 2019 05:03 AM UTC
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Watchung Hills Board of Education Accepts Resignation of Vice Principal, Director of Guidance ...
Mar 20, 2019 02:48 AM UTC
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CBSE asks schools to prepare question bank
Mar 20, 2019 02:37 AM UTC
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Saugerties appoints Kingston principal as new superintendent
Mar 20, 2019 02:03 AM UTC
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J&K school principal killed in police custody
Mar 19, 2019 11:26 PM UTC
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New research projects investigate better ways to teach maths and physics
Mar 19, 2019 11:15 PM UTC
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Delhi University: After Maths mass failure, red flags in physics department
Mar 19, 2019 09:58 PM UTC
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Teacher who said pupil looked like they'd 'fingered a smurf' spared ban
Mar 19, 2019 03:44 PM UTC
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Newton's Method and Energy Eigenvalue Problems for Schrodinger Equation
Mar 19, 2019 08:57 AM UTC
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Ramboll Appoints New Head of Sustainability and Building Physics
Mar 18, 2019 11:37 AM UTC
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#AAPTSM18 Recap #1 – “Can We Have a Group Test?”
Aug 07, 2018 09:55 PM UTCSaturday 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 12, 2014 01:14 AM UTCOriginally 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 02:21 PM UTCOriginally 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 08:06 PM UTCOriginally 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 09:50 PM UTCOriginally 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 11:39 PM UTCIf 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 20, 2013 12:11 AM UTCOriginally 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 17, 2013 03:09 AM UTCTests 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 05:54 PM UTCI’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 12, 2013 04:00 AM UTCThis 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
- New issue of the Online Learning Journal #OLJ #onlinelearning @OLCToday buff.ly/2Fn1saC https://t.co/LgB3pwYIdM, photo: pic.twitter.com/LgB3pwYIdM3 hours ago | MERLOTorg
- RT @BShoppach_RHS: Another day of @PhETsims! Comparing acids to bases on a molecular level. #scierhs #RobinsinISD @risdHS https://t.co/7Z5S…6 hours ago | PhETsims
- RT @AhernMiddle: .@NerdMrs introduces @PhETsims and scientific notation. #scichat #mschat https://t.co/3QKhUUkzkn, photo: pic.twitter.com/3QKhUUkzkn6 hours ago | PhETsims
- Ten Most Popular #MOOCs Starting in April 2019 #MOOC @classcentral buff.ly/2TlKtdw https://t.co/7YQhpSiamL, photo: pic.twitter.com/7YQhpSiamL7 hours ago | MERLOTorg
- Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy David Jackson will receive the 2019 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Aw… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- Last Call for Entries: AIP's 2019 Science Writing Awards. aip-info.org/3Q4Y-JUGH-A2J2… #physics #education #AIP9 hours ago | AAPTHQ
- RT @lauramontyg: Started Functions in #prealgebra today using powerful combo of @PhETsims and @nearpod - 1 had Nearpod on ipad, other had…22 hours ago | PhETsims