• LAAPhysics (an online physics course that uses modeling pedagogy)
  http://laaphysics.org
• Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics (C³P) - http://phys.udallas.edu
• Constructing Physics Understanding - http://cpuproject.sdsu.edu/CPU/main.html
• CASTLE "2000" (electricity kits and curriculum guide) - http://www2.pasco.com/products/scripts/products.taf?System=CASTLE_"2000"_
  Systems
• A list of Physics Education Projects from the University of Washington - http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/physics/physproj.html
• Mind on Physics - http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/projects/mindsonphysics/default.html

Equipment

• Vernier (probeware, Mac and PC) - http://www.vernier.com/
• Texas Instruments (graphing calculators, educational resources, downloads) - http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/calchome.html
• Flip-over Dune Buggy
  Order from:

  1). Westminister Inc., Mark Tibor, 159 Armour Drive, Atlanta, GA 30324; cost $2.00 or

2). Kipp Brothers, Inc., 9760 Mayflower Park Drive, Carmel, In 46032, 46206, Ph: 1.800.428.1153; FAX: 1.800.832.5477, Item No. NB 2652; cost $3.25 each or $36.00/dozen. Request free catalog online at http://www.kippbro.com/. Contact: sales@kippbro.com

• Arizona State University's list of equipment needed for physics modeling classroom start-up - http://modeling.asu.edu/modeling/Start_up.html and http://modeling.asu.edu/modeling/MechEquip.html
• EPC Equip ment List - http://epc.uncg.edu/resources/equipment.html

Educational Reforms

• National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century - http://www.ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/toc.html

Evaluation and Assessment Tools

• Force Concepts Inventory (FCI) - a 30 minute pre- and post-test used by the Arizona State University Physics Modeling Project to evaluate student change in understanding of physics concepts - http://modeling.asu.edu/R&E/Research.html

High School Web Sites

Enloe High School Physics Home Page (Liz Woolard's, Raleigh, NC) - http://members.xoom.com/lizwoolard/Enloe_Page

Glenbrook High School - http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html

Brockport High School Physics Labs (NY) - http://www.frontiernet.net/!jlkeefer/phys_labs.html

Image Analysis Resources

NIH-Image (image analysis software for Mac) - http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/

Scion Image (image analysis software similar to NIH-Image for Mac and PC) - http://www.scioncorp.com/

To download software go to http://www.scioncorp.com:8080/Downloads/fr_login.htm

CERES (astronomy activities using image analysis) - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html

Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE provides workshops and other resources) - http://www.cipe.com/

Software and Images (basketball stack and other images) - http://www.cipe.com/Software/SoftIPImages.html

Integrating Physics With Other Disciplines

Astronomy (sites with a strong physics component)

PhysLinks - http://PhysLINK.com/

From Stargazers to Star Ships - http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm#g3

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - http://www.SEDS.org/

Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (historical approaches to physics, especially Newtonian mechanics in context of planetary motion) - http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/astroed.html#TUTORIAL

Griffith Observatory Presents the Star Awards - http://www.griffithobs.org/StarAward.html

University of California at Santa Barbara Astrophysics Home Page - http://www.deepspace.ucsb.edu/

Black Holes (interesting site on black holes) - http://wonka.physics.ncsu.edu/~blondin/Blackhole/title.html

Issues in Physics Education

Physics First (teaching physics as the first high school science course) - http://members.aol.com/physicsfirst/index.html

Labs, Demonstrations, and Activities (see also "Curriculum Using Modeling Techniques")

Context Rich Problems: (archives of and strategies for creating mind stretching problems for groups of students to solve)
http://www.physics.umn.edu/groups/physed/Research/CRP/crintro.html

Study Web: Science: Physical Science: Physics (resources for "k" through 12th grade) - http://www.studyweb.com/Science/tocphysics.htm

Richard Hake's Socratic Dialog Inducing (SDI) Labs - http://carini.physics.indiana.edu/SDI/phys-ed-new.html

Contemporary Physics Education Project [(CPEP) - Particle Physics Resources] - http://www.cpepweb.org/

Active Learning Problem Sheets (ALP) - http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~physedu/tools/details/actv_phy.htm
(inexpensive worksheets used to enhance student conceptual understanding and problem solving expertise; appropriate for college calculus-based physics and algebra-based physics, and high school honors and AP physics; Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism ALP Kits are available).

String and Sticky Tape Experiments by R. D. Edge - http://astro.physics.sc.edu/S&ST/S&ST.html

PIRA 200 - http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/pira200.html

Demonstration Resources from NCSU - http://www.physics.ncsu.edu:8380/demoroom/resources.html

Methods and Pedagogy

 Modeling Workshop Project - http://modeling.asu.edu/

Critical Issues Forum: Socratic Questioning Strategies - http://set.lanl.gov/programs/cif/Resource/Handouts/SocSampl.htm

Tutorial on Problem-Based Learning - http://www-ed.fnal.gov/trc/tutorial/index.html

"Leading Discussions," Cornell University web site - http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/taresources/leadisc.html

North Carolina DPI Physics, Physical Science and Principles of Technology Resources

Contact Bill Tucci - WTucci@dpi.state.nc.us

Contact Heather Koons, Ed. Research and Evaluation Consultant (contact about test development for science eoc exams) - hkoons@dpi.state.nc.us

Information about NC Testing Item Writer/Reviewer- http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/policies/IWinfoform.doc

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction - http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/

North Carolina Curriculum Goals and Objectives - http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/

End of Course Tests Information - http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eoc/

Online Education Journals and Magazines

Professional Organizations

American Association of Physics Teachers - http://www.aapt.org

National Science Teachers Association - http://www.nsta.org/

North Carolina Science Teachers Association - http://www.ncsta.org/

Research in Physics Education

Links to Research in Physics Education - http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/physics/physresearch.html

University of Minnesota Physics Education Research Group: http://www.physics.umn.edu/groups/physed/

Resources (General/Miscellaneous)

Physical Sciences Resource Center -Project of American Association of Physics Teachers - http://www.psrc-online.org/

University of Washington "SciEdu" Physics Resources - http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/physics.html

HotBot Physics and Physics Education Links - http://dir.hotbot.lycos.com/Science/Physics/Education/ and http://dir.hotbot.lycos.com/Science/Physics/

Lycos Physics Education Links - http://dir.lycos.com/Science/Physics/Education/

Yahoo Physics Education Links - http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Education/K_12/

Software

LAAPhysics (software that is used online to develop models describing physical behavior such as Constant Velocity and Constant Acceleration) - http://laaphysics.org

Virtual Labs Electricity DL (click free downloads to get demo software that allows students to build circuits) - http://www.edmark.com/

Graphical Analysis (data analysis software, Mac and PC) - http://www.vernier.com/soft/ga.html

Inspiration (graphics organizer, Mac and PC) - http://www.inspiration.com/

NIH-Image (image analysis software for Mac) - http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/

Scion Image (image analysis software for PC) - http://www.scioncorp.com/

To download software go to http://www.scioncorp.com:8080/Downloads/fr_login.htm

Physics Academic Software - http://webassign.net/pasnew/

Graphs and Tracks (simulation software for Mac and PC that relates motion to graphs)- http://webassign.net/pasnew/graphs_and_tracks/gandt.html

Electric Field Hockey (electricity simulation software for Mac and PC) - http://webassign.net/pasnew/electric_field_hockey/efh.html

VideoGraph - http://webassign.net/pasnew/videograph/videograph.html

MSC Working Knowledge (formerly "Knowledge Revolution") - http://www.workingmodel.com/index.html

Interactive Physics (integrates modeling and simulation, for Mac and PC) - http://www.workingmodel.com/products/ip.html

World in Motion (physics video analysis program) -http://members.aol.com/raacc/wim.html

Standards

National Science Education Standards (Contents) - http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html

Students (Web sites targeted for student scientists)

Young Scientist of the Year Award - http://www.physlink.com/ysaward2000_enter.cfm

Textbook Reviews

"Middle School Science Books Full of Errors, Review Finds" by John L. Hubisz, Ph.D. - http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=19text.h20 in Education Week, January 24, 2001 issue. Full report can be found at http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/book.html.

The Textbook League - http://www.textbookleague.org

Using Technology as a Tool to Learn Physics

LAAPhysics (online software that develops physics and physical science concepts using modeling pedagogy) - http://laaphysics.org

Project PhysLab (using computers in physics) - http://physlab.catlin.edu/cover.htm

The Computer As Learning Partner (CLP) (physical science resources) - http://www.clp.berkeley.edu/CLP.html

"TechTools Online!" (includes tutorials that enable integration of web, graphics and image, probeware, graphing calculator, and multimedia technologies in the classroom) - http://techtools.uncg.edu/techtools/online/online.shtml

"TechTools Online!" Student Manual Table of Contents - http://techtools.uncg.edu/online/manual_html/tocstudent.html

Women In Science

Women in Science Resources (University of Maryland) - http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ReferenceRoom/
WomenInScience/

Links for Women in Science - http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/links.html

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