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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Intensity and the Decibel Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore intensity of sound waves and the decibel scale in this interactive physics tutorial.
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Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Demonstration of Radio Waves Generated by Mobile Phone

For Students 9th - 10th
Described is a simple low cost home-made device that converts the radio wave energy from a mobile phone signal into electricity to light an LED. No battery or complex circuitry is required. The device can form the basis of a range of...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Non Focusing Surfaces

For Students 9th - 10th
This hypertext physics course tutorial on nonfocusing surfaces relates various design principles to good auditorium design. Illustrated.
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Website
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Physics to Go: Explore Physics on Your Own

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a full physics curriculum with links to games, webcasts, and activities. By creating a free account, students and teachers can create their own personal collection of resources.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy: Lesson 4

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will present the different states of energy and how they affect living things. It is 4 of 7 in the series titled "Energy."
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Scattering Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of several pages explaining the principles which underlie Rayleigh scattering of light.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Light

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Visible light and the different waves that make it up, infrared light and ultraviolet light.
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Website
Other

Physics of Sound/image Analysis of Sound Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion on how to locate the sound image based upon the incident and reflected pulse of sound heard at a given location. For those looking for a challenge, follow the links to view derivations of wave equations for sound (uses...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Light: Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum and Photons

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the properties of electromagnetic radiation and photons.
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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Rectangular Well Superposition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simulation that displays the 2D evolution of the position-space of a wave in an infinite 2D rectangular well.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Blue Skies and Red Sunsets

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will focus on the interaction of sunlight with atmospheric particles to produce blue skies and red sunsets.
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Website
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Qm Measurement Package

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn how to make measurement of energy eigenstates and their superpositions in quantum mechanics. Tutorial and exercises are included.
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Interactive
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Relativistic Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
A clear (as these things go) presentation of the calculation of relativistic momentum. Given with a handy calculator that even calculates the % error. The site goes on to Momentum of a Photon, and to Relativistic Energy in Terms of...
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Website
Other

Universidad Del Pais Vasco: Curso Interactivo De Fisica en Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a general Physics course from simple concepts such as the rectilinear movement to more complex as the energy bands of solids. Interactivity is achieved by the 646 applets embedded in web pages that are simulations of physical...
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Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Light

For Students 3rd - 8th
Light is a form of energy. We see it in many different forms all around us. It's the sunlight that pours through your bedroom window and wakes you up. Images and in-depth information on light can all be accessed in this article.
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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Einstein: How Smart Was He?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.
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Interactive
Other

Fear of Physics: Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Great animations showing how sound is produced.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of physics course taught at Yale University. The course is an introduction to physics and discusses Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravity, thermodynamics, and waves. Course...
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Online Course
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Modern Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews Modern Physics including photons, photoelectric effect, atomic energy levels, The Michelson-Morley experiment, The Lorentz Transformation,...
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Website
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Circular Well Superposition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simulation that displays the time evolution of the position-space wave function using the Circular Well Eigenstate Superposition model.
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PPT
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Quantised World

For Students 9th - 10th
After an introduction, this site breaks down into sections discussion quantum theory, including A Quantum Theory for Energy, A Quantum Theory for Atomic Structures, Waves or Particles, Quantum Mechanics, and Interpreting the Quantum World.
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Handout
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Overview of Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details what radiation is, the physics of radiation, and radiative transfer as it occurs in nature. Content explores the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic waves, properties of radiation, and solar radiation.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Semiconductors

For Students 9th - 10th
Several visualizations that help students understand the basic properties of semiconductors. Students can turn a silicon crystal into an insulator or a conductor, investigate the probability waves of an electron, and make a depletion...
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University of Maryland

Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Mass on a S

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions from the University of Maryland concerning masses on springs. A downloadable software program on the topic is also included.