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A blogspot by a theoretical physicist

A blogspot on science and other matters by Sabine Hossenfelder, Assistant professor of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. The page of this link is on Women and Physics.

A comprehensive resource for the NSW physics course

Ancient Chiribaya Mummies: Archaeologists use x-rays and an endoscope to investigate the mummies to learn more about the culture.

A comprehensive site prepared for NASA

Excellent ball dropped from moving horse sequenceâ€¦(late in program ~ 1h35m)

A Hungarian Nuclear energy site

A multimedia website designed to engage young people. The website follows a young physicist as she learns how to break through three planks of wood. She keeps a lab book of her thoughts and experiments. The website also includes videos of the techniques, discusses the physics principles involved and shows her calculating the energy required and working out whether she can break the wood, given her size and the speed of her arm.

A range of effective applets on navigation

Interactive Applets for Video: Galileo-Battle for the heavens.

A virtual tour of nuclear power plants around the world.

A great location for an excursion is to Scienceworks, Museum of Victoria, Spotswood. Permanent displays: â€œSportsworksâ€ and â€œThe Lightning Roomâ€ as well as Planetarium presentations.

Acceleration Due to Gravity

American Institute of Physics: Women in Physics

Reports of successive International Studies of Women in Physics. More than 1350 women physicists from more than 70 countries answered a survey conducted in connection with the IUPAP International Conferences of Women in Physics. The report covers women physicists’ experiences in education and careers. Comparisons are made between women from developed and developing countries

An Intervention Study to Enhance Girls’ Interest, Self-Concept, and Achievement in Physics Classes

An article by Peter Haussler, Lore Hoffmann from the Leibniz-Institute for Science Education in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching in 2002.

An Introduction to Diagnostic Ultrasound

â€œDo we need Nuclear Power?â€The website of the UK Institute of Physics features an extensive discussion between a physicist and an economist on this question.

Another interference applet

A description of how the linac works including the electron gun and the buncher.

ANSTO - Nuclear Science in Society

Vision of the Hammer and Feather Experiment performed by Dave Scott, Joe Allen and Jim Irwin on Apollo moon mission.

Applet on Franck Hertz Experiment

Based at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre (SLAC), the SSRL website is well designed and comprehensive n content.

Applet on Interference

How stuff Works: Klystrons & the 'buncher'

Applet showing generation of kinematic graphs

Applets from Demos and Animations for Teaching Astronomy

University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website providing authoritative information about Nuclear Power.

Applets showing models of current flow

Archaeologists use x-rays and an endoscope to investigate mummies

A University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website, that provides authoritative information about Nuclear Power.

Astronomical Society of Victoria

Astronomy in the deep freeze

Up to date pics of great things eg the most distant objects etc.

Australia National Telescope Facility (ATNF)

Australian Photonics Institute

This Hitachi website describes the experiment ofelectrons passing through a double slit, one at a time, yet still producing an interference pattern. It includes a video (about 3.5MB, 68 sec long) of the screen with electrons slowly accummulating to build the pattern. There is explanatory text on the bottom as well.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) website contains information on disposal of waste, Chernobyl and Australiaâ€™s replacement reactor.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

A page on nuclear accidents on a Hungarian Nuclear energy site, mostly in English.

Australian Synchrotron Project email

A Photonics kit is available from Ciderhouse.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

â€œDo we need Nuclear Power?â€

A Hungarian Nuclear energy site, mostly in English.

Black body radiation applet

Available free online.

Car safety website by PBS

Center for X-Ray Optics

Chladni Plate

Over 130 pages of material under the headings 'What is synchrotron?', 'Experimental Beamlines', 'Research Applications', 'When Light interacts with Matter', 'Lessons' and 'Student Pages' with several items for each heading, each of which can be accessed separately.

Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lasers in secondary schools (1995).

A four minute video on Youtube with occasional commentary.

Colorado Modern Physics

Cornell's Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics uses a synchrotron to study nature's fundamental particles and the laws that govern them. Check 'Education' section then go down to the section for 'Educators'.

Common misconceptions Regarding Electric Circuits

Contemporary Physics Education Project

The web site Semiconductor Educational applets has an extensive range of applets covering many aspects of photonics. The applets have a tertiary emphasis but the basic ones are instructive and and they are all professional constructed.

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

The website has information on 83 female physicists, who are grouped by research interest. Each person has a page about their contributions, publications, honours, positions and comments.

Cornell University: Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics

Excursion to Alfred Brash Sound House, Victorian Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3000.

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CSIROSEC

The Australian Academy of Science runs the website Nova: Science in The News. For each news item they provide "key text", "Glossary", "Activities", "Further reading" and "Useful Sites". There is a news item on the Synchrotron, posted in November 2002.

Decibels

How stuff Works video. Philips Helps Children Take CAT Scans. CAT Scans provoke anxiety in patients, but Philips has designed a new technology to help ease that anxiety. (2.5 min)

Destiny - The Sun's Fate

The ABC Science site,The Lab, is a rich resource for science teachers and students, with new material being added almost every day.

Dr Peter Hammond of the University of Western Australia

This is an interactive and educational web site about sound. Covering everything from the most basic concepts of what sound actually is to the specifics of how humans perceive it, the Soundry aims to promote enthusiasm and knowledge of sound. The site was created by US high school students as a ThinkQuest contest entry.

Duplicate of Decibels

A very comprehensive web resource on relativity is Relativity on the World Wide Web. It lists popular science sites (without the maths), visualisation sites, web tutorials, observational and experimental evidence, discussion of scientifically inaccurate claims and formal coursework at undergraduate and graduate level.

Duplicate of Nuclearinfo.net

Click on Kiran Sachdev, the winner, and also Alan Boyle and Clay Frost.

Duplicate of Nuclearinfo.net

The Moving Man: Using a mouse, the student drags a stick figure back and forth across the top of the screen between its home and its school. Below, graphs of the motion appear as the motion progresses. Detailed instructions.

Duplicate of Physics of Kung Fu

Eclipsing binaries applet

Effect of baffle board

A University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website, that provides authoritative information about Nuclear Power.

Einstein Light by Uni of NSW

Their website also features an extensive set of resources available in pdf form. There are 11 files of explanatory notes, 6 files of activities, a file of video and multimedia resources and a file of useful websites.

Encouraging Girls in Math and Science: A Practice Guide

A 2007 report by the US Institute of Education Sciences in the National Centre for Education Research. 55 page pdf file.

Engaging with Girls - An Action Pack

This Action Pack is part of the IOP initiative 'Girls in Physics'. It includes a practical guide to developing and embedding good classroom practice (3MB, pdf file) nd a pack of additional resources (316kB, pdf file).

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Faulkes Telescope Project

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: Education

The page opens with a very effective animation showing the phase change at an open end from a pressure point of view.

forces

Includes good downloadable exercises

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Galaxy activities

GEMS Club

Girls Excelling in Maths and Science (GEMS) clubs are a US initiative for upper primary age students. The activities page included activities for Physics as well as Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Maths and Computing.

George gamow's Mr Tompkins in Wonderland

The Australian Synchrotron has a well resourced website that contains within its links all that teachers and students will need to know about the Synchrotron. When this site comes up one of the options displayed is a "Discussion Forum" which offers sections for everyone from the general public to physics teachers to research scientists specialising in a particular use of synchrotron radiation. You are welcome to join any of these sections and see what is being discussed.

Girls and physics: teaching and learning strategies tested by classroom interventions in grade 11

An article by Peter Labudde et al published in the International Journal of Science Education in 2001. It can be fully downloaded at no cost. " ..various strategies are developed and empirically tested for an approach to physics instruction that should improve girls' and boys' attitudes toward and achievements in physics. Strategies include opportunities to integrate different pre-existing knowledge and the variation of teaching methods to enhance co-operation and communication in the classroom. ... The focus (is) on some of the applied strategies. Implications for the teaching and learning of physics and for teacher education are discussed."

Girls and the Physical Sciences

A report of a Symposium held at the Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University in 1993. There is a link to a 24 page 9MB pdf file.

Girls in Physics: A teacher shows how

In this video, a UK physics teacher, Barry Berndes demonstrates how he keeps his female students motivated and engaged by following the five golden rules for Girls in Physics. Also available is a Word document from the video.

Girls in Physics: An IOP Initiative

This is the opening page to the initiative by the Institute of Physics in the UK. There is a short explanatory introduction and links to a review of research, an action plan for teachers, videos and a briefing on action research. These aspects are also individually linked elsewhere on this page.

Girls in Physics: IOP videos

The 'Girls in Physics', an IOP initiative, has produced two videos, each about 15 minutes: 'Saving Nellie', is a scripted drama that shows two teachers struggling to change their teaching to “save” their student Nellie’s interest in physics. 'Key Stage 3/4 Science: Girls in Physics' is a documentary that was produced by Teacher’s TV and features a real lesson showing how a teacher attempts to ensure that girls are engaged in the lesson. The videos can be viewed from the website or downloaded with iTunes.

Girls in the Physics Classroom

An Institute of Physics (IOP) Report: A review of the research on the participation of girls in Physics. It is a 66 page pdf file.

harness

Another extensive list of links on road safety.

Heavens Above website

Very nice links with text and photos of real things. I like this one very much.

How stuff Works

Detailed instructions.

HR diagram applet

ATSB is the government body responsible for transport safety, it covers aviation, maritime and rail safety. Road safety is now in a separate department. See Raod safety link.

Hubble Telescope website No 1

Infra red astro in the Antarctic. Astro in different parts of the spectrum.

Hubble Telescope website No 2

An encyclopedia of physics including a section on Astro and relativity. Very useable, simple and complete.

Hubble Telescope website No 3

An Introduction to Diagnostic Ultrasound available for rental or purchase from Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

Hyperphysics

Images: Women at Work

Seven photos of women in high tech laboratories at FermiLab with text descriptions.

Info on Radiocarbon Dating

Website for students and teachers.

Interactive Applets

A file of speed records compiled by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA)covering all manner of configurations on land,on and under water and in air.

Is the physics classroom any place for girls? The gender imbalance in physics education: How it came about and what teachers can do about it

A comprehensive document by Dean Baird (B Sci Ed, The University of Michigan) written in 1986.

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Life history of a star

Very pretty, very sensible, very well organised.

Linac design & operation

Uses "P" for Power and 'p" for pressure, but not "I" for intensity so it could be confusing for some students, nevertheless a very thorough website. It also introduces "sones".

Longitudinal wave applet

Melbourne University astrophysics

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

Contains information about the meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, including a timeline and facts on key people and events, plus a teacher's guide. Also outlines the episode of the PBS series "The American Experience" relating to the Three Mile Island accident.

microgravity

Microphone handbook No 1

This video is on HowStuffWorks. New Technology Could Mean Fewer Breast Biopsies A revolutionary new imaging technology is expected to help physicians better classify breast lesions and thus reduce the need for biopsies. Learn how Siemens' new technology means fewer breast biopsies in this video from Siemens. (2 min)

Microphone handbook No 2

How Stuff Works video. Ultrasound in Your Pocket. The world's smallest and first true pocket-ultrasound system. Doctors are calling this the "visual stethoscope" because it delivers images of the heart and other critical areas in seconds, which could make a huge impact in an emergency. (1.4 min)

NASA website

New Technology Could Mean Fewer Breast Biopsies

A description of the microwave system in a synchrotron including the klystron, wave guides and RF cavities.

newscientist

Nova: Science in The News

An ARPANSA pdf file of 48 pages covering classification of laser devices, rstrictions on equipment used, Hazards in the use of lasers, General administrative requirements, General working rules, Class 1 lasers: Requirements for operation, Class 2 and 3A lasers: Requirements for safe operation, Optical fibres: Requirements for safe operation, Glossary and Appendices.

Nuclear Accidents

A sophisticated applet simulating traffic through a series of controlled intersections. You can set the period of each colour of the traffic lights, the delay time between the lights at adjacent intersections as well as the maximum speed and acceleration of the cars.

Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future

The Astronomical Society of Victoria is based in Melbourne, Australia and includes city and many country members. The Society attracts people with astronomical interests, from a wide range of ages and with a wide range of abilities and interests.

Nuclearinfo.net

At Strathmore Secondary College offers programs for VCE Physics students.

On-line course in first year Astro

Contains information of Radiation Basics and fact sheets on Radiation and Health, as well as technical reports.

Orbiting binary stars applet

Suggested excursion destination.

PET Scan Imaging

First 8 pages only.

Philips Helps Children Take CAT Scans

Seeing Relativity: a multimedia relativistic visualisation work called â€œThrough Einsteinâ€™s Eyesâ€, and an interactive relativistic visualisation program called â€œReal Time Relativityâ€.

Physics - Girls Speak Out

A short video from teachers.tv in the UK. Three young women go back to school to find out what turns girls away from physics, asking what can be done to improve the situation.

Physics Education technology (PhET)

A link to their resources and programs.

Physics of Kung Fu

Physics of Rollover Crashes

Pirelli Relativity Multimedia Award

Another interference applet allowing variation of wavelength, slit spacing and distance to screen.

Pregnancy Ultrasound digital images

Uses "P" for Power and 'p" for pressure, but not "I" for intensity so it could be confusing for some students, nevertheless a very thorough website. It also introduces "sones".

Road Safety

The government's department concerned with road safety. Its road safety activities include undertaking research projects to improve national road safety, research and statistical analysis, coordination of the National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan, and publication of road fatality statistics.

Road Safety links

Road safety: Contolling speed

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS)(US)website is an accessible, but comprehensive description of passive safety strategies. It includes a Teacher guide.

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Ruben's Tube

Our sun is a medium-sized star. Eventually, the supply of hydrogen fuel will run down and the star will die. In the process of dying, the sun will go through stages, including becoming a red giant, core fusion and status as a white dwarf (2:15 min)

saabsafe

Safety of four wheel drive vehicles

Science Education And Young People’s Identity Construction - Two Mutually Incompatible Projects?

A paper by Camilla Schreiner and Svein Sjoberg. This article is based on the view that teaching must build on an understanding of students’ values, cultures, priorities and concerns. Rather than discussing how value issues can be addressed in science lessons, they aim at describing aspects of the spirit of our time, and how these might influence young people’s ways of seeing and valuing their science lessons and the role of science and technology (S&T) in society.

Scienceworks

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Seeing Relativity: a multimedia relativistic visualisation work

An impressive set of visualisation tools by Antony Searle of ANU

Semiconductor Educational applets

An effective demo, once seen is easily copied at school.

Severe and Fatal Car Crashes due to road side hazards

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The UK website produced by the IOP Teaching Medical Physics has an extensive range of downloadable resources including PowerPoints on The EM Spectrum, Radioactivity and Ultrasound, Additional images, Teaching notes with Worksheets in Word or pdf, A textbook of 24 pages in either A5 or A4 size and in Word or pdf format, and also posters. The material is written for the GCSE, so it is more basic than Unit 1, but it is very valuable introductory material.

Speed records

A study by the University of Adelaide, it contains: A literature review, An examination of general crash data, A detailed examination of fatal car crashes and At scene investigation of road crashes .

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Spitzer's Spin on Stars

The American Association of Physics Teachers has a very comprehensive site called Physical Science Resources Centre.

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

12 pages of text on different types of microphones.

Stellar Evolution applet

Shows in real time the location of all satellites in 3D, useful for showing geostationary satellites.

stnonline

Street Mozart

Spitzer's Spin on Stars. Watch this NASA video explaining the similarities between spinning stars and spinning skaters. The stars with dust clouds spin slower - similar to a skater with extended arms. Video courtesy of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (2.5 min)

Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

Like other stars of its type, our Sun will eventually become a planet-engulfing red giant (2 min video)

Teaching Medical Physics

A Science resources for students and teachers in Years 7 to 10. The Resources pages in teh Teacher s section has an extensive list of websites: pro, anti and UN based.

TechnoGirl

A cartoon strip about a girl who does work experience at an engineering dept at a university. An ABC initiative. Reasonably engaging without being too preachy.

Test your own hearing

This video about diagnostic imaging is on HowStuffWorks. Positron Emission Topography (PET) scans provide doctors with detailed imaging of a patient's ailments. Most of the video is an interview from a Business TV channel. (13 min)

Testing Beethoven's hair

A Shure website with files on an audio guide for music educator that covers everything from recording to live sound reinforcement and will help you choose equipment for a variety of applications;A music studio guide that describes particular microphone techniques and placement, it also includes tips on how to pick up a natural tonal balance, help reject unwanted sounds, and create special effects;W hat happens when a high impedance microphone is connected to a low impedance input?"; Common questions regarding microphone sensitivity ratings and dB SPL input levels; Shure is often asked "How far away will my microphone pick up?" or "Which microphone has the best reach?" Both questions are based on a misunderstanding of how microphones work. This bulletin attempts to debunk the myth of microphone reach;

The Australian Synchrotron web site resources

Dr Peter Hammond of the University of Western australia has a website of useful images and animations.

The comparison of Aristotle and Galileo

The Cultural Production of Science in Reform-based Physics: Girls’ Access, Participation, and Resistance

An article by Heidi B. Carlone from the School of Education, The University of North Carolina. It was published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching in 2004. Abstract: Recent literature in science education suggests that, to transform girls’ participation, learning, and identities within school science, we must think about ways to engage girls in different kinds of educational activities that promote broader meanings of science and scientist. This study was designed to examine more deeply this call for a changed science curriculum and its implications for girls’ participation, interest, and emerging science identities.

The joy of Physics - A Tour of Australia through the eyes of a female physicist

A report by Prof Tanya Monro of her year as the AIP Women in Physics Lecturer in 2007.

The LHC runs on woman power

An extended article from the CERN Courier of April, 2008.

The Light Guide

Standing wave of flaming gas jets, some play music through the tube as well, but in such cases the flames are just a visual volume indicator. None of the videos show the pressure antinodes at the closed ends as they don't have holes there.

The Photonics dictionary

Several Chladni figures produced by a bow on a square steel plate.

The Soundry

How Stuff Works. 16 Pregnancy Ultrasound digital images.

The truck and the ladder

Extensive description and analysis, includes animation.

Time and Temperature: The Sun

The WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine is a virtual library of Internet resources on the history of science, including biographies, journals and organisations.

Traffic Light system

Transistor applet

A very comprehensive website on motors, generators and transformers featuring many effective animations.

Tutorial on amplifier design

An extensive set of applets, select 'Light and radiation' and 'Quantum Phenomena'.

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Ultrasound in Your Pocket

Longitudinal wave applet with many aspect to be varied.

University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website

Using Microwaves in a Sytnchrotron

Using X-rays and CT Scans on the Iceman

Victorian Photonics Network

An interactive journey through numerous applets with accessible supporting text.

Victorian Space Science Education Centre

Video: Galileo-Battle for the heavens

Animation from Glenbrook P - 12 school of a truck with a ladder on top which collides with a car and the ladder keeps moving.

videoseeker

An extensive list of links on Road safety both for Australia and from around the world.

West Point Bridge Designer 2006 software

The Department sends out regular news bulletins by email, if you want to be on the mailing list, Send an email to Australian Synchrotron Project

Why do so few girls elect to do Physics at A level?

BBC radio interview

Why Don't Girls do Physics?

A short video from teachers.tr in the UK. Although equally interested at a young age, the older you get, the more male dominated the field. Research into how girls can be encouraged to take physics at A-level, suggests that we should link it more to the real world.

Why so Few?

This webpage is on the American Association of University Women (AAUW) website. It contains from the 2010 report titled "Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics". It presents in-depth yet accessible profiles of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers – including stereotypes, gender bias and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities – that continue to block women’s participation and progress in science, technology, engineering, and maths. The page has links to the full report, a video and powerpoint presentations and a webcast.

WISE Resources

Women Into Science and Engineering (WISE)is a UK website. it has an activity called 'Values Game', and two colourful and engaging posters called Mind Maps.

Women explore the frontiers of Physics

An article on MSNBC with stories about several women currently active in physics in the US. It is part of a series of articles on 'A century of Einstein'.

Women in Physics Tour 2006

The report of Pref Deb Kane of her year as the AIP Women in Physics Lecturer for 2006.

Women on the Manhattan Project

The website has information on the physicists, engineers and military personnel involved in the Manhattan Project. It also has information on several of the prominent female physicists on the 20th century.

Women's history: A few prominent physicists

The Women's History website has links to extended biographies of Rosalind Franklin, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Marie Curie, Frances Anne Cordova and Lene Vestergaard Hau.

Teachers Links

Vicphysics admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:06:18 +0000

A comprehensive resource for the NSW physics course

The page opens with a very effective animation showing the phase change at an open end from a pressure point of view.

A CT Scan of a digital camera: You tube

A Youtube video (2:57 min) showing what a digital camera sees when placed inside a CT machine. The effect of the X-rays on the CCD display in the camera is clearly visible.

A Google document of misconceptions

A listing on misconceptions expressed as short statements on the following topics: Forces: Forces and motion, Forces and turning effect, Forces and pressure; Energy transfer: by heating, by sound, by light, by electric current, in biosystems; and the Scientific Method. The listing is extracted from the entries in the UK's Department of Education website on Science Education, in particular: the 'Barriers to Learning'. To see the listing in context go to that link on this page.

A Hungarian Nuclear energy site

A Hungarian Nuclear energy site, mostly in English.

A range of effective applets on spectral analysis

Applets and investigations on Stars and Galaxies from a 'Exploring Earth' website. This is one of about 30 chapters covered on this website.

A Set of Fermi questions

A Set of Fermi questions on estimation.

A Short History of Fibre Optics

This webpage by Jeff Hecht is as the name suggests a short history of fibre optics. There is also a chronology of the development.

A very comprehensive website on motors, generators and transformers

A very comprehensive website on motors, generators and transformers featuring many effective animations.

A virtual tour of nuclear power plants around the world.

AAAS Conference on Communicating and Learning about Climate Change

The AAAS held a conference for teachers, students, learners and communicators in Feb 2007. This link includes: a video on Climate Change and Human Well Being; An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change; Opening remarks (video and ppt)and the video, ppt and pdf of presentations on 'Understanding climate science', 'In search of solutions', 'Profitable climate solutions', 'Cuting carbon emissions' and 'Teaching future innovators'.

AAAS Statement on Climate Change

The Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science issued this one page statement on Climate Change in December 2006.

Acceleration Due to Gravity

Vision of the Hammer and Feather Experiment performed by Dave Scott, Joe Allen and Jim Irwin on Apollo moon mission.

Alfred Brash Sound House

Excursion to Alfred Brash Sound House, Victorian Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3000.

Allied Health Professions Australia

The Allied Health Professions Australia is the national peak body for health professionals and their representative bodies apart from medicial practitioners, nurses and unions.

Amazing Space Website

The Amazing Space website uses the Hubble Space Telescope to explore astronomy. There are numerous teaching ideas and activities located under the Educators tab. Of particular interest may be the Hubble Deep Field Academy that walks students through how to use real astronomical data to make discoveries about space. The Hubble gallery contains both pictures and videos of selected Hubble images.

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

The website of AGU. For their position statement on Climate Change go to the bottom of the page and select 'Science & Policy', then 'Position Statements'. If you type in 'Climate Change' in the search box at the top right of the home page, you get an extensive selection of their papers that give a comprehensive analysis of the research.

An Educational Global Climate Model

This climate model has been written by NASA scientists to run on a PC or a Mac. It is designed for educational use at secondary and lower tertiary level. It is sophisticated and accurate, but manageable with some guidance.

An Introduction to Diagnostic Ultrasound

An Introduction to Diagnostic Ultrasound available for rental or purchase from Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

Animation Studies

Quicktime animation studies by the Physics Dept of New York University on Waves and Special relativity. The studies are simple and effective with clear explanations.

Another interference applet

Another interference applet allowing variation of wavelength, slit spacing and distance to screen.

ANSTO - Nuclear Science in Society

A Science resources for students and teachers in Years 7 to 10. The Resources pages in teh Teacher s section has an extensive list of websites: pro, anti and UN based.

Applet on Franck Hertz Experiment

The applet displays a diagram of the apparatus for the experiment. As the grid voltage is adjusted, a graph of current vs grid voltage is generated. There is a choice of two gases.

Applet on Interference

Also located at this site: http://dev.physicslab.org/asp/applets/doubleslit/default.asp

Applet showing generation of kinematic graphs

Applets from Demos and Animations for Teaching Astronomy

Demonstrations and Animations for Teaching Astronomy (DATA) is a collection of Java applets and Flash animations. It is being developed at the Astronomy Department at the University of Illinois. It includes applets on the Lunar phases, Kepler's laws, retrograde motion, Doppler effect, Spectral lines and Kirchoff's laws and the Seasons.

Applets showing models of electric current

The website has two applets using water flow as an analogy and two using flow of charge. They were prepared by Lisa Murphy from the University of Illinois.

Archaeologists use x-rays and an endoscope to investigate mummies

Ancient Chiribaya Mummies: Archaeologists use x-rays and an endoscope to investigate the mummies to learn more about the culture.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)

The website of ACIA, an international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences. The results of the assessment were released at the ACIA International Scientific Symposium held in Reykjavik, Iceland in November 2004. The site has links to the 140 page synthesis report "Impacts of a Warming Arctic", as well as the Scientific Report and the Policy Report.

Article - The picture becomes clear for magnetic resonance imaging

This article published by NOVA explains how MRI works and why they are used. The side tabs allow students to look up key terms in the glossary, and access activities or further readings to extend themselves.

Artificial Retina Project

The project is a collaborative, multi-institutional effort to develop an implantable microelectronic retinal device that restores useful vision to people blinded by retinal diseases. The website contains a description of how the artificial retina works. There is a video available and links to PBS Scientific American Frontiers which contains audio and video material as well as transcripts.

Artificial Retina Project

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Artificial Retina Project is a collaborative, multi-institutional effort to develop an implantable microelectronic retinal prosthesis that restores useful vision to people blinded by retinal diseases. The ultimate goal of the project is to restore reading ability, facial recognition, and unaided mobility in people with retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. There is information about how the AR works and patient stories.

ASTER Photo Gallery

Images from NASA's ASTER project. ASTER stands for Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer. There are images of cities, landscapes, glaciers, etc.

Asteroid Watch

NASA website that features, images, videos, audios, interactives and downloads.

Astronautics and spacecraft design

This site provides a large number of links to sites on individual spacecraft, propulsion and communications, ground and launch systems, the history of spce exploration, as well as general space sites.

Astronomers develop new planet-hunting tool

Astronomers in the US have invented a new technique to take direct images of planets orbiting distant stars. The breakthough means that it should now be feasible to see such "exoplanets" with much smaller telescopes than is currently possible. Although the technique has not yet been used to find any new expolanets, the researchers have confirmed the existence of three known planets orbiting a distant star.

Astronomical Society of Victoria

Astronomy in the deep freeze

Infra red astro in the Antarctic. Astro in different parts of the spectrum.

Astrosphere - New Media Association

Astrosphere New Media Association is dedicated to promoting science and skeptical thought through internet-based technologies and distribution. They focus their efforts on the creation of technologies and content that enable better astronomy communications and greater astronomy content access for the public. These technologies can take many forms, and include (but are not limited to): blogs, podcasts, social networks, interactive data tools, and community content sites (such as wikis).

Attacking tumours with tiny magnetic discs

Researchers in the US are developing a new way of destroying cancer tumours that involves attacking them with tiny magnetic discs. Although the research is still a long way from finding medical application, it joins a growing number of innovations that are seeking to apply fundamental physics to the treatment of cancer.

Aunt Minnie - Radiology Website

Aunt Minnie is a website devoted to radiology. It is up-to-date with the latest news about radiology. Alot of the website is for access to members only, but membership is free. The latest news is accessable without membership.

Australia and New Zealand SKA project

This website looks at the joint bid from Australia and New Zealand for the SKA telescope. The site has news updates about the bid; including photos and videos. There are also some teacher resources found under the Discover SKA tab.

Australia Dreamtime

This website looks at some of the stories associated with Indigenous Asutralia's Dreamtime. There are some links at the bottom to Youtube videos of some of these stories. This site is part of a spiritual metaphysics site, and this viewpoint does influence some of the information found on the website.

Australia National Telescope Facility (ATNF)

Website for students and teachers.

Australia's National Local Government Newspaper - Strengthening bridges

An article found in the Australia's National Local Government Newspaper about how bridges in Tasmania were being strengthened in 2001 to support the increased demands on the bridges. Please note that the link for further information provided by the article is no longer active. Instead an overview of the products used can be found at http://www.basf-cc.com.sg/en/products/ConcreteRepairandProtectionSystems/MBrace/Pages/default.aspx

Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

This is the home page of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine This society is for physicians, physicists, chemists, radiopharmacists, technologists, nurses and others interested in the practice of Nuclear Medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

Australian Astronomical Observatory

This is the homepage of the Australian Astronomical Observatory. Worth looking at are the virtual tours of the telescope, as well as numerous images.

Australian Bureau of Meteorology: Climate Change

"I expect climate change to affect all Australians. It is the Bureau's responsibility to provide decision makers and the general public with accurate observations and information about our changing climate." Dr. Geoff Love, Director of Meteorology The website has sections on 'Climate variability and change' for both Australia and the globe, 'Observing Australian Climate Change' and 'Future Australian Climate Change'.

Australian Government's Department of Climate Change

The website has information on the 'Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme', 'Adapting to climate change', 'Emissions monitoring', 'International activities', 'Land systems', 'Renewable energy', 'Reporting' and 'Science'. There are a large number of publcations that are available to download.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Board

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Board (formally Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria before merger) provides information for students about approved courses in each area of medicial study.

Australian Institute of Radiography (Federal Office)

The Australian Institute of Radiography represents careers in Diagnostic Radiography/Medical Imaging, Radiation Therapy and Ultrasound. Students can find out more information about these careers under the careers tab at the top of the page. This information is very easy to access and answers common questions students may have about each career.

Australian Medical Council

The Australian Medical Council provides accrediation to course in the field of health.

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

This is the homepage for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) located in Sydney. The Nuclear Information tab contains useful information about Nuclear Science, what ANSO does, and how waste is managed. Many of these also contain links to printable PDFs. There are some useful videos and images found under the Discovering ANSTO tab about ANSTO and the science of nuclear imaging.

Australian Photonics Institute

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) website contains information on disposal of waste, Chernobyl and Australiaâ€™s replacement reactor.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

Contains information of Radiation Basics and fact sheets on Radiation and Health, as well as technical reports.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

An Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) website contains information of Radiation basics and fact sheets on Radiation and Health, as well as technical reports. The Code of Practice for secondary schools is also available, see above.

Australian Synchrotron Project email

The Department sends out regular news bulletins by email, if you want to be on the mailing list, Send an email to Australian Synchrotron Project

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

ATSB is the government body responsible for transport safety, it covers aviation, maritime and rail safety. Road safety is now in a separate department. See Raod safety link.

â€œDo we need Nuclear Power?â€

â€œDo we need Nuclear Power?â€The website of the UK Institute of Physics features an extensive discussion between a physicist and an economist on this question.

Bachelor of Science in Nanotechnology at the University of New South Wales

Barriers to learning: Earth, space and beyond

This is a section of the UK's Department of Education website for Science Education. It lists statements that students often think on the solar system. The 'barriers to learning' is one of four sections, the other three give i) the learning outcomes, ii) amplification which lists documents that can be downloaded which detail yearly objectives, progression and rich questions and iii) pathway: a concept map showing how the concepts are linked.

Barriers to learning: Energy transfer and electricity

This is a section of the UK's Department of Education website for Science Education. It lists statements that students often think under the headings: Energy transfer by heating, sound, light, electric current and in biosystems. The 'barriers to learning' is one of six sections on 'Energy transfer and electricity' the other five give i) the three 'threads' on energy that students' thinking will develop, ii) description of energy as an abstract, mathematical idea, iii)teaching ideas, iv) amplification which lists documents that can be downloaded which detail yearly objectives, progression and rich questions and v) pathway: a concept map showing how the concepts are linked.

Barriers to learning: Forces

This is a section of the UK's Department of Education website for Science Education. It lists statements that students often think on 'identifying, measuring and representing forces' under the headings: Forces, Forces and motion, Forces and turning effects, and Forces and pressure. The 'barriers to learning' is one of six sections on 'Forces' the other five give i) the two 'threads' on forces that students' thinking will develop, ii) advice of using a constructivist approach, iii)teaching ideas, iv) amplification which lists documents that can be downloaded which detail yearly objectives, progression and rich questions and v) pathway: a concept map showing how the concepts are linked.

Barriers to learning: Scientific Method

This is a section of the UK's Department of Education website for Science Education. It lists statements that students often think on 'The Scientific Method: How Science Works'. The 'barriers to learning' is one of four sections the other three give i) the two 'threads' on skills that students should develop, ii) elements of how science works, and iii) amplification which lists documents that can be downloaded which detail yearly objectives, progression and rich questions.

Beam under transverse loads (Applet)

A java application that allows students to study shear, moment and deflection distribution over the length of a beam under various transverse loads.

Big Bear Solar Observatory

The Big Bear Solar Observatory focuses on studying the sun. This webpage contains information about the projects carried out on this telescope. Images from these projects are avaliable to view on the site.

Black body radiation applet

The applet show an Intensity vs frequency graph. The temperature is controlled by a slide control. The intensity graph changes shape against a background of the visible spectrum. The scale on the intensity axis changes to keep the graph within the screen.

Calculate your Radiation Dose

The site is prepared by the US EPA with US references. There is an extensive range of resources available elsewhere on the site.

Calculating the Solar Constant Activity

This activity walks students through how to calculate the solar constant. It also looks at common problems that scientists encounter in real life.

California Solar Centre

This webpage looks at how the sun is being used to harness solar energy.

Canadian Light Source: Synchrotron Science Classroom Resources

Cap Journal: Communicating Astronomy to the Public

An on-line Journal of quality, about 40 page, that comes out about three times a year.

Capturing the Greenhouse gang

A "NOVA - Science in the News" web page published by the Australian Academy of Science. a detailed introductory page is supported by sections on 'Key text', 'Activities', 'Glossary', 'Further reading' and 'Useful sites'.

Car safety website by PBS

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) (US) website is an accessible, but comprehensive description of passive safety strategies. It includes a Teacher guide.

Carbon Fibre Fabric Strengthening of Little River Bridge

This document is a report into the project to strength Little River Bridge on the Princes Freeway in Victoria. It examines the problems with the original design of the bridge and how the new design was developed to overcome these shortfalls.

Carbon Footprint Calculator for Students

This website by 'Zerofootprint' has a simple to use carbon calculator available in several languages. International comparisons of CO2 use are also available. There is a resources link for teachers and parents.

Carbon Nanotubes Gear Simulation

This website contains numerous animations of different gears made from nanotubes. Animations are run from the website with Windows Media player.

Careers at the Defence Science at Technology Organisation (DSTO)

CAST Cooperative Research Centre

The homepage for CAST Cooperative Research Centre (CAST CRC). Information about the current state of research projects including if the research is possible to apply into industry yet can be found under the research, and news and events (media releases) pages.

Cavendish Laboratory - Outreach

The website has information on each of the discoveries at the laboratory by J J Thomson, Rutherford, CTR Wilson, the Braggs, Aston, Chadwick, Cockcroft and Walton, Crick and Watson, Bell and Frisch. The information is largely text based in simple language with some images and animations.

Celestia: free space simulation program

This free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit. Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. You can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.

Center for Positron Emission Tomography Research

This website from the Center for Positron Emission Tomography Research explains how Positron Emission Tomography (PET) works. There are no pictures but the information is easy to follow and should be accessable to most Year 11 students.

Center for X-Ray Optics

The Center for X-Ray Optics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory works to advance the science and technology of short-wave optical systems with applications using extreme ultraviolet light (EUV), soft x-ray radiation and nanostructure fabrication. Their link "X-Ray Interactions with Matter" is very comprehensive.

Centre for Astronomy and Supercomputing

The outreach section of Swinburne University's Centre for Astronomy and Supercomputing has numerous interesting links. Of particular interest is Cosmos, an encyclopedia of astronomy. Also check regularly for updates on free lectures and podcasts to download.

Centre for Nanotechnology

This is the website of the Centre for Nanotechonolgy, which is part of NASA. There is information about how NASA is utalising this technology, and career profiles. Of particular interest is the gallery which contains images, vidoes, animations, webcasts, presentations and animations.

Cephids and the Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud

This webpage explains what cephids are and how they are used to find the distance to the large magellanic cloud (LMC). (Includes graphs and images.)

Charles Sturt University Remote Telescope

This project is an initiative of Dr. David McKinnon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University Bathurst. The project delivers to primary and secondary schools learning packages developed for the curricula on Earth and Space.

Chladni Plate

Several Chladni figures produced by a bow on a square steel plate.

Circular Motion

CLEA website

Includes good downloadable exercises

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The IPCC

The summary for Policy makers of the second of four 2007 reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (April 2007) (16 pages)

Climate Change 2007: The Mitigation of Change. The IPCC

The Summary for Policy Makers from third report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (May 2007)(23 pages)

Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science basis. The IPCC

The first of four 2007 reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (February 2007) (21 pages)

Climate Change 2007: The Synthesis Report by the IPCC

An executive summary of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (November 2007)

Climate change science misinformation

An article by Prof David Karoly, University of Melbourne and IPCC leader, published on the ABC's 'Unleashed' website, that identifies the falsehoods about climate change that regularly appear in some sections of the media.

Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia

This websits looks particularly useful. It has sections on myths, data, information sheets, posters, demos and presentations.

CO2 emissions calculator

A calculstor from the US National Academy of Sciences. A range of personal and national actions that could be taken to reduce CO2 emissions are displayed. You can pick one or more to see its effect on total emissions in the United States.

Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Ionising Radiation in secondary schools (1986).

An ARPANSA pdf file of 17 pages covering modes of radiation exposure, shielding, dose limits, responsibility, general rules, X-ray generators, By-product X-radiation, general control of radioactive sources, sealed sources, unsealed sources, references and appendices.

Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lasers in secondary schools (1995).

Colorado Modern Physics

An interactive journey through numerous applets with accessible supporting text.

Colorado Physics

An interactive guide through Modern Physics.

Committee on the Physics of the Universe

The US National Academy of Sciences' Broad Physics and Astronomy has set a committee with the task of "identifying the observational, experimental and thoeretical routes to understanding the birth and destiny of the universe, the laws that govern it, and even the nature of space and time". The committee published its report in 2000. Their plans and miniutes of meetings are also available.

Common misconceptions Regarding Electric Circuits

Communicating and Learning about Climate Change

An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change, from Project 2061 at AAAS. (32 pages). Project 2061 is a US 'Science Frameworks' style project. The guide shows how Climate Change fits in with Project 2061. The concept maps, particularly the latter ones are quite useful.

ComPADRE: Physics and Astronomy Education Communities

ComPADRE is a US based network of free online resource collections supporting academics, teachers and students in Physics and Astronomy Education. Each of the collections contain materials designed for a specific community. The teacher section has resources fro K - 12 teachers, Physics images and articles to stimulate interest and a link to the highly regarded Physical Sciences Resource Centre (PSRC). There is also an extensive physics education research section. The section for students features tutorials, magazines and career information.

Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the unmanageable and managing the unavoidable

The Executive Summary of the report by the Scientific Expert Group Report on Climate Change and Sustainable Development for for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (12 pages)

Connecting Research in Physics Education with Teacher Education

A collection of articles produced by the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE)

Contemporary Physics Education Project

The Contemporary Physics Education Project is a non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists located around the world. CPEP materials present the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, incorporating the major research findings of recent years. It distributes a range of high quality charts.

Cooperative Research Centers Australia

The homepage for Cooperative Research Centers. This is a government project trying to link researchers with industry. Of particular interest may be the quarterly magazine 'Success Through Innovation' which contains information about the application of science research into industry. These magazines are found under the Publications, events and media page.

Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures

The homepage for the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS). It contains some information about what is happening in Australia in materials research.

Cooperative Research Centre for Renewable Energy

Cooperative Research Centre: Advanced Composite Structures

This is the home page for the CRC. The link to News has interesting articles on their research. The CRC is based at Fisherman's Bend in Melbourne.

Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Association of Australia

The homepage for Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Association of Australia a not-for-profit organisation to promote the pusuit of science. Media releases contains some interesting articles. Of interest may also be the Fact Sheet - The Impact of CRCs on the Australian Education System. It contains information on programs for schools developed by different industries.

Cornell University: Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics

Cosmic Evolution

This webpage contains animations and videos about the evolution of the universe from the big bang to the future. It is very easy to navigate around.

Cosmic Voyage

This Youtube video is similar to the Powers of 10 video except that it runs for 8:35 min and is narrated by Morgan Freeman. It is reputed to be an extract from the IMAX film 'Cosmic Voyage'.

Counting the stars in the Milky Way

This activity introduces students to the statistical method of sampling. This method is used to count large numbers of objects such as the number of stars in the Milky Way or in a photo taken by the Hubble Telescope. The website also contains some other activities and a selection of songs for download.

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CSIROSEC

Excursion to CSIROSEC, Graham Street, Highett. 3190.

CSU Remote Telescope

CSU remote telescope run a program allowing schools the chance to use their education programs designed to teach students about the universe. Schools that use these programs are allocated a block of time to use the telescope for observations. There are some resources avaliable as well, such as fisheye and infra-red cameras, and links to other useful internet pages.

Cybersky

Cybersky for Windows is a planetarium program. It can be purchase for about US$34, but a trial version is available. Some of its features are: * View maps of the sky as seen from any location on the Earth at any moment from 15,000 BC to 15,000 AD. * Display constellations, about 2.5 million stars, over 5,500 deep-sky objects, the Milky Way, the Sun and Moon, planets, moons of other planets, asteroids, comets, and meteor showers. * Display proper-motion vectors. * Display the cross-section of the Earth’s shadow at the distance of the Moon, which lets you see the circumstances of lunar eclipses. * Display the paths of the Sun and Moon, planets, asteroids, and comets with respect to the background stars and the horizon. * Display equatorial, horizontal, ecliptic, and galactic coordinate-system lines. * Save maps to files. * Use night-vision mode. * Use the animation feature to watch objects move across the sky, solar and lunar eclipses take place.

Decibels

Uses "P" for Power and 'p" for pressure, but not "I" for intensity so it could be confusing for some students, nevertheless a very thorough website. It also introduces "sones".

Deep Space in the Classroom

An initiative of Macquarie University on using the Faulkes Telscope Project with ASISTM funding to develop curriculum materials for Australian Schools. There are 6 teaching modules.

Deep Space in the Classroom Materials by Jeff Stanger

Material prepared by Jeff Stanger of Sydney Girls High School as part of the 'Deep Space in the Curriculum' project: An initiative of Macquarie University on using the Faulkes Telscope Project with ASISTM funding to develop curriculum materials for Australian Schools. There are 6 teaching modules.

Demonstration of a CT Scan: You tube

A Youtube video (3:05 min)that shows a demonstration of a CT Scan at a German hospital. The narration is in English. It includes the scan of a toy, both stationary and moving. This video finishes with a few videos of human X-Ray scans of injuries.

Demonstrations by University of Melbourne

This is a comprehensive website of demonstrations and experiments done by the Physics Department of the University of Melbourne. Many of them are appropriate for secondary physics. Topics represented include: Mechanics, Optics, Heat and thermodynamics, Fluids and surface tension, Electricity and magnetism, Wave motion, Electrostatics, Modern physics and Astronomy/Astrophysics. The description of each experiment includes aim, apparatus, diagrams, description and safety notes, there is no student worksheet.

Destiny - The Sun's Fate

Like other stars of its type, our Sun will eventually become a planet-engulfing red giant (2 min video)

Digital Photography Tutorials

Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasise concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. Topics range from basic camera tips to advanced techniques. There are over 40 tutorials from 'Understanding digital camera sensors' to 'Photo stitching'.

Dr Peter Hammond of the University of Western Australia

Dr Peter Hammond of the University of Western australia has a website of useful images and animations.

DS9: Astronomical Data Visualization Application

This webpage has an image and data visualization application for free download. There are versions for multiple platforms. It is best to read the guides before using and downloading.

Duplicate of Australian Government's Department of Climate Change

E-drexler.com - The Trajectory of Nanotechnology

E-drexler.com is a webpage devoted to exploring how nanotechnology is changing molecular engineering and manufactoring. There are many links to other interesting webpages relevant to each topic discussed. Nanofactories: The movie is worth looking at.

Eclipsing binaries applet

Edwin Hubble

This page is dedicated to Edwin Hubble (who the Hubble Telescope is named after). There are some nice images here from the Hubble Telescope as well as the biolography of Edwin Hubble. Stargazer is an online application that allows students to view what the stars would like at any location, time or date.

Edwin Hubble, Astronomer

A site exploring the life of the man who was first to show that the universe is expanding, and is considered by many to be the father of observational cosmology. In addition to biographical information and resources, the site has a gallery of photographs taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, which was so named in Edwin Hubble's honour.

Effect of baffle board

An effective demo, once seen is easily copied at school.

Einstein Light by Uni of NSW

A very comprehensive website.

Electrical Engineering: Global History Network

The IEEE Global History Network is a wiki-based platform dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of innovation in the fields of electrical engineering and its allied fields. There is considerable educational material but much is related to history, but the site is very comprehensive.

Emilio Segre Visual Archives

The American Institute of Physics History Centre has historical photographs of physicists and astronomers. Over 1000 are available on line.

Energy Concept Inventory

This is a pdf file of a Energy Concept Inventory, prepared by Michigan State University. It contains 35 multiple choice items.

Experiment of the Month Archive

This website has details of over 100 experiments done by staff at Millersville University (US). Some are tertiary related, but most are relevant to a secondary context. Rather than provide a structured worksheet, the authors describe in a conversational way what they did and why as well as the students' results. Most have diagrams.

ExploraNet

ExploraNet is the site of the Exploratorium, San Francisco, which houses 650 innovative and exciting interactive exhibits in the areas of science, art and human perception. On this website, you will find pictures, news items on science, and electronic versions of the exhibits. The museum is constantly experimenting with new ways to present science on the Internet.

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Eyes on the Sky

National Science Foundation(US)website of videos and photos on observational astronomy as well as information on future challenges.

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Faulkes Telescope Project

The Faulkes Project is predominantly designed for free use by schools in the UK and Ireland, but other schools are allowed to apply for access. A small cost may be involved. This allows schools to apply for access to use the Faulkes telescope. Without membership you may access ideas and instructions for a range of activities and projects that make use of data from telescopes. The instructions should be clear enough to follow even if you have a limited background in astrophysics.

Faulkes Telescope Project

The Faulkes Project provides access to a global network of robotic telescopes for schools to use. An extensive range of quality activities and multimedia resources.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: Education

A link to their resources and programs.

Fibre Optics - Eastern Illinois University

These very brief notes on fibre optics from Eastern Illinois University include photographs of an endoscope and some images taken with one. Using the links at the bottom notes for more topics suitable for Year 11 Physics can be accessed.

Finding Uranium in Nature: You tube

A Youtube video (9:51 min) The young woman from the Technetium video goes to a Uranium mine. She measures the radioactivity on the way to the mine and among the rubble. There is a short section when she goes underground with the engineer speaking in German, but the sections after that are quite useful. She finds samples of uranium ore, revealing that the radiation quickly drops off with distance. Back at home she tests with UV light.

Five Physics Lessons for Obama

This is a short article in the Journal 'Foreign Policy' by the author of 'Physics for Future Presidents'. It addresses the issues of Terrorism, Energy, Nuclear Energy, Global warming and Space.

Flute Acoustics

This site offers general information about musical acousticds as well as considerable detail about the flute.

Force Concept Inventory

The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is designed to assess student understanding of Forces. It consists of 30 multiple choice questions on kinematics, Newton's First, Second, and Third Laws, the superposition principle, and types of forces (such as gravitation, friction). Each question has distracters that reflect common misconceptions. The FCI is described half way down the page, a password needs to be requested before the FCI can be downloaded. There is also a Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT) available at this website. The MBT is a step beyond the FCI and can be used as a post test. It also requires a password.

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Frank Potter's Science Gems - Engineering

Frank Potter's webpage is updated regularly with weblinks to all sorts of science pages. The focus of this page is science related to engineering which contains the materials and structures section. There are many other useful links under the physical science pages.

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Frozen anatomic sections and MRI (magnetic ressonance image) sections from Visible Human

The linked webpage contains images from the Visable Human Project. It shows the difference between photos of the frozen cross-sectional samples and MRI images. A great illustration to show you can see different things when viewing the same item wth different imaging techniques.

Galaxies Galore, Games and More

A range of attractively presented activities for primary and lower secondary students. Teacher notes included.

Galaxy Song by Eric Idle

Eric Idle sings his Galaxy Song to accompanying images (2:40 min)

Galileo's Battle for the heavens

A US Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website on Galileo. It features articles as well as interactives on 'falling objects;, 'projectiles', inclined planes' and 'pendulums'. Excellent ball dropped from moving horse sequence(late in program: 1h35m)

George gamow's Mr Tompkins in Wonderland

First 8 pages only.

Global Warming Briefing from National Physical Laboratory

The NPL in the UK runs a program called "Protons for Breakfast'. The program is a 6-week course for 'people interested in science and its impact on our lives'. It is held in the evenings. As part of that program there is a session on global warming. This link has the Powerpoint divided in to 6 parts, ranging from 1 to 6MB. The files can be downloaded from this website, but you may wish to check out how fit into their program. Other resources are available by making selctions on the left. Selecting 'Downloads' displays for 'week 4' a 11MB PowerPoint and a pdf handout, which can also be downloaded from this website. The spectroscope files have also been put on this site.

Global Warming: Facts and Our Future

An extensive resource by the Science Museum of the US National Academy of Sciences. It includes IT activities, classroom activities as well as explanatory material on 'The Greenhouse Effect, 'Carbon Cycle', 'Causes of Change', 'Past Change', 'Predicted Change', 'Impacts of Change' and 'Responses to Change'.

Google Earth: Sky

With Google Earth's new Sky feature, you can: i) Browse around and zoom in to distant galaxies and nebulae, ii) View constellations and the movements of the planets, iii) Hear astronomy podcasts and read celestial research from expert sources and iv) Create and share your own imagery, placemarks and more.

Grand Challenges for Engineering

The US National Academy of Engineering initiated a world wide survey to generate a list of grand challenges and opportunities for engineering facing those born at the dawn of this new century. Their website has material on ‘hopes or world needs’ and ‘innovations or technologies, ideas and research’ particularly of those in the 20th century.

Greenfyre's

This blog site lists 15 different websites on 'Debunking Denier Myths; including the one from Scholars and rogues'.

Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change

A link to the 72 page pdf file prepared by the Australian Bureau of Meterorology. It is an impressive document although it was written before the latest IPCC report. The file has been put on this website.

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Heavens Above

Heaven's Above contains maps, star charts and real-time data about satellites, ISS and space shuttle orbital passes.

Heavens Above website

A website on current information about the International Space Station (ISS).

Helping Students Learn Physics Better

This is a 10 page pdf document on 'Preconceptions and Misconceptions: A Guide to Enhancing Conceptual Understanding'. It is specifically on high school physics. It has a seven stage strategy for 'Successful Implementation of a Conceptual Approach' as well as several preconceptions or misconceptions for specific aspects for each of the following topics: motion, light, relativity, electromagnetism, modern physics and atomic physics. It is from the resources produced by the C3P project: Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics, a NSF funded initiative by the University of Dallas.

Heterogeneous Computing Environment

This page looks at the anaylsis of binary stars.

History of Physics

The American Institute of Physics has a history that features on-line exhibitions, e.g. Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons and Human Rights: The Discovery of Global Warming etc.

History of the Laser

Several pages of information including text, interviews and photos.

Hooke's Law Applet (Java)

A java application from that uses a graph to demonstrate Hooke's law. It is one of many physlets avaliable from webphysics.

Hooke's Law multistep applet

This is a multistep module that looks at Hooke's law from Schools Matter. There are many other modules that can be accessed from this site by using the site map.

How a MRI scan is conducted: You tube

A Youtube video (3:32 min) showing how a MRI scan is conducted. There is a useful demo of the magnetic field inside the machine.

How MRI works

A detailed explination of how MRI works. There is a nice image gallery accessable from the frst page. There is also a quiz that students can use to check their understanding of MRI. The language should be simple enough to be accessable for Year 11 students.

How strong are the magnets in an MRI machine?

A detailed explination of how strong the MRI magnets are. The second page has some useful links to images and teaching modules.

How stuff Works

How stuff Works: Klystrons & the 'buncher'

How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works is a virtual library of information. It is not just useful for years 7 to 10 but senior students and teachers will find it of value. It features articles with graphics and animation, and many questions are archived. The answers are well written with links provided.

How the Sun Shines

An historical article about the sun, beginning with early estimates of the sun's age and ending with the recent discovery of neutrino oscillations.

How Things Work

A How Things Work site by Louis Bloomfield from The University of Virginia

How Ultrasound Works

A detailed explination of how ultrasound works. There are some nice accompaning photos and ultrasound pictures. It is written with simple language so should be accessable for Year 11 students.

HR diagram applet

An applet in which add 1, 10 or 100 stars, to a HR diagram (Luminosity vs Temp), then watch as they each evolve over time.

Hubble Telescope NASA website

The current NASA website on Hubble

Hubble Telescope NASA website earlier version

It features sections on its technology, operations and multimedia resources. The last time it was updated was late 2009.

Hubble Telescope STSCI website

A website of the Formal Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach. This is a more newsy website, but it has a useful section for teachers.

Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D: You tube

A YouTube video (4:17 min) with narration.

HubbleSite: Newscentre

The newscenter contains news articles from the Hubble telescope. There are other interesting articles and activities in the other sections of HubbleSite. Of particular interest may be the unfilter vodcast by a Hubble astrophysicist (found under Explore Astronomy).

Hyperphysics

An encyclopedia of physics including a section on Astro and relativity. Very useable, simple and complete.

Hyperphysics - Inverse Square Law

Hyperphysics is a site setup to explain the concepts of physics. This page links to the inverse square forces. Clicking on the hyperphysics link will allow access to the homepage of hyperphysics.

I am radioactive! or my technetium scintigraphy: You tube

A Youtube video (9:53 min) A young woman monitors her radioactivity before during and after a Technetium examination of her thyroid. She has an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid. She uses a geiger counter reading in microsieverts per hour to measure the count. She speaks with the doctor in German, but in English to the camera and in the narration. She shows the gamma ray scan of her thyroid and observes the count over the following hours. She also tests the radioactivity of her urine, as well as the sediment from its distillation. You can also check her flickr for more results. She also answers the many questions from viewers, including the difference between Tc-99m and Tc-99 and how the Tc targets a particular organ.

I wonder what makes KEVLAR so strong?

A MicroWorlds page. It provides some information about Kevlar's properties and has links to five clues that explain them. The clues are mainly about polymer chemistry.

Imaging Health Specialist

Imaginis is a professional imaging health specalist. Under the procedures tab there is detailed discussions about various nuclear imaging avaliable at the clinic. There is information about how each one works and what a person would expect when undergoing the treatment/imaging. The MRI section is particularly detailed and worth a look.

Info on Radiocarbon Dating

An informational site dedicated to the process of carbon-14 dating of archaelogical findings. Details the process of C14 dating, the history of C14 dating and links to further information.

Inside Story

An Institute of Physics (UK) website that explores MRI and PET scans, a colonoscopy and a radiotherapy treatment. In each students have tasks to perform, for example in the colonoscopy, the students must direct the camera probe through the rectum of a diagram. On the side is vision of what the camera would see, including a spot where a biopsy should be taken.

Institute of Physics (UK) Teaching Astronomy Page

These resources aim to support the teaching of astronomy and space to 11-16 year olds. The resources are built around a series of five Teachers TV programs which are available to watch at www.teachers.tv. The programs were produced with funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Teachers TV. Within the programs there are sections to use with students, where astronomers talk about their work in an inspiring and engaging way, as well as guidance and advice on setting up and managing practical activities with students. The activities are supported by full teaching notes.

Interactive Applets

Interactive Applets for Video: Galileo-Battle for the heavens.

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

The INIS is the responsibility of the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency. INIS is one of the world's largest collections of published information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. It offers online access to a unique collection of non-conventional literature. The information is technical and search terms need to be specific.

Inverse Square Law

Hyperphysics page illustrating the inverse square law.

Jackson Siegelbaum Gastroenterology

This is the webpage for Jackson Siegelbaum Gastroenterology. At the bottom the homepage there are links to the different endoscopy procedures offered at the practice. Some of the procedures have images as well as a general description of the procedure. Please be warned they may be uncomfortable viewing for some students as they are real images of medical conditions.

Job Guide

The Job Guide allows students to look at a range of occupations and investigate the possible pathways to the occupation. There are also useful contacts for each occupation so students can learn more detailed information about each option. This may help students who would like to look at where Physics can lead them.

Joint science academies’ statement: Climate change adaptation and transition to a low carbon society (June 2008)

The national science academies of the G8 nations and Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa have signed a statement on climate change adaptation and the transition to a low carbon society. Adaptation is necessary if the worst impacts of climate change, now and in the future, are to be alleviated. Mitigation and adaptation can complement each other and if pursued together can significantly reduce the risks of climate change impacts. This link is to a web page of the Royal Society which contains the report as well as their press release. (June 2008)

Joint science academies’ statement: Energy Sustainability and Security (June 2006)

G8 countries bear a special responsibility for the current high level of energy consumption, and should play a leading role in assuring global energy sustainability and security. The national science academies of the G8 nations and Brazil, China, India and South Africa, have signed a statement on this issue. This link is to a web page of the Royal Society which contains the report as well as their press release. (June 2006)

Joint science academies’ statement: Global response to climate change (June 2005)

The national science academies of the G8 nations and Brazil, China and India, three of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the developing world, have signed a statement on the global response to climate change. This link is to the web page of the Royal Society, where the document can be accessed as well as their press release. June 2005.

Kevlar: The DuPont page

The page by the inventor of Kevlar, DuPont. Technical specifications of the material can be accessed.

La Cumbres Observatory Global Network

Building a network of robotically controlled telescopes, check the education link.

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Landline - Solar Systems

This landline article from 2002 looks at how solar energy is being used to provide energy to Indigenous communities.

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Las Cumbres Observatory

Las Cumbres Observatories is a global network of telescopes. There is information here about the network and the work being carried out across the network. Under the education link are activites and how to articles. If you are new to teaching astronomy or astrophysics the how to articles are very useful. Spacebook is a guide to different terms used in astronomy/astrophysics. To find particular information about a topic (especially cepheid variables) it is best to use the search funtion found at the top on the homepage.

Life history of a star

Very nice links with text and photos of real things. I like this one very much.

Light Pollution in Victoria

Some interesting photos showing the affect of light pollution on the night sky in Victoria. Unfortunatly the links to Dr. Barry Clark's papers are not currently working.

Lightning Investigation and Analysis

Lightning is one of nature's most spectacular phenomenon. Tom Warner seeks to document lightning's beauty, power, and ferocity using an array of optical and electromagnetic sensors in hopes of better understanding its behavior. Since 2007, he has used high-speed cameras capable of recording lightning at up to 100,000 images per second. These cameras enable us to see lightning like never before as we can clearly watch lightning propagate downward from the clouds or upward from tall objects. The website features Investigations, Projects and a Gallery.

Linac design & operation

A description of how the linac works including the electron gun and the buncher.

Locating Satellites in the Night Sky

This NASA site enables you to select Melbourne Australia and to find out when and where you will be able to see the bright artificial satellites, such as the ISS, the Shuttle, Hubble, COBE, etc in the night sky. The data takes several minutes to download.

Longitudinal wave applet

Longitudinal wave applet with many aspect to be varied.

Looking Glass - Interactive Physics Package

Looking Glass is an interactive software package designed for senior highschool and university. Students are able to explore the optical effects that occur when light shines on concave or convex mirrors and lenses. The program is avaliable either by a free 30 day trial or for purchase. It would be suitable for use in both the Year 11 and Year 12 light topics.

Luna Park

Suggested excursion destination.

Making Waves - Interactive Software Package

Making Waves is an interactive software package designed for senior highschool and university. Students are able to explore both transverse and longitudinal waves to look at the motion each wave and resulting interfence patterns. The program is avaliable either by a free 30 day trial or for purchase. It would be suitable for use in both the Year 11 and Year 12 light topics.

Mark Ketchum's Bridge Engineering Page

A page showing different bridges that Mark Ketchum has worked on. There are coloured photos and a description of most bridges. The bridges show a variety of different structural designs.

Mars Classroom activites

This is a PDF of classroom activities which would be suitable for students across many year levels. Each activity is accompanied by a lesson plan which includes materials and suggested discussion questions.

Materials and Structures student workshops at CSIRO

This webpage provides details on the materials and structures workshop offered by the CSIRO. The activities include: Materials and structures testing using specialised equipment Axial tests to obtain accurate load extension data Observing plastic and elastic behaviour Using models of structures to identify and measure forces Examining the effects of heat treatment on metals Studying the effects of temperature on toughness

Materials Research Society

The homepage for the Materials Research Society. The link to news has interesting articles about new materials.

Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales

Mechanism for Type 1A Supernova Explosions

This page explains the mechanism for supernova explosions. Using the homepage allows access to other lectures in the series.

Medical Procedures - Better Health Channel

The Better Health Channel is funded by the Victorian State Government to provide up-to-date, easily accessable health and medical information. The medical procedures page explains what medical prodecures are and why they may be used. At the bottom of the page are links to information about specific medical procedures; such as ultrasounds, PET scans and endoscopy.

Medical Radiation Practitioners Board (MRPB) of Victoria

The MRPB provides registation for radiation based medicial careers, and approves courses of study for registration.

Melbourne University Astrophysics

The home page of the Astrophysics group at the University of Melbourne. Their pages of 'useful links' and 'image banks' are comprehensive.

Melbourne University astrophysics website

The website for Melbourne Universities group for Astrophysics. Many sections of the webpage is still under construction, but there is information about current research and key people within the group.

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

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Microphone handbook No 1

12 pages of text on different types of microphones.

Microphone handbook No 2

Microworlds - An interactive tour of research at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source

This website provides an interactive tour of research at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Of particular value is the link to Information for teachers which contains classroom activities.

Minds*on Physics

Minds*On Physics is a “constructivist, active-learning curriculum for high school physics” produced by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Select ‘Sample MOP Activities’ to access about 28 activities on Motion. Each is about 4 pages long and they are in pdf format.

Misconceptions in Key Stage 3 Science

This publication is a 2.5 MB zip file, The material is from the UK's Department of Education website for science. It is part of a package that can be used as an optional training program. There is also a resource pack and notes for tutors that can be downloaded.

Misconceptions on Electricity

This website by William J Beaty features 16 misconceptions on electricity in general, each linked to a detailed explanation. There are also 8 misconceptions specifically on static electricity and 10 on current electricity, also with detailed explanations. There are links to several of his articles at the bottom of the page.

Modeling Composite Materials with LEGO

A page showing how LEGO blocks can be used to illustrate reinforcement in a structure. This is a University of Wisconsin site and there is a link to there other educational projects in the Materials area.

Mouth Cancer Radiation Therapy: You tube

A Youtube video (7:07 min) The linear accelerator gives 6 exposures from different angles. The face mask that stabilises the head can be seen. There is no narration, juts the noise of the machine. The young woman from the Technetium video answers posted questions.

MRI Animation

This short (1min 31s) animation explains how an MRI is different to scan like x-rays. They have also included a video transcript. There are other useful videos and animations located under the resource tab (includes x-rays).

MRI Scan Overview

This article explans how MRI works. Using the drop down tab (show more articles) you can access articles about specific MRI scans.

Multimedia Victoria Homepage

Multimedia Victoria is an association working to grow ICT throughout Victoria.

Nanodot

Built with the same engine as slashdot, Nanodot is the place to go for the latest news and breakthroughs in nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology Journal Page

This journal focuses on the uses of nanotechnology across all areas of science. There are many recently published free articles avaliable to read and download, but be aware that older articles may require a subscription to view.

Nanotubes and Buckyballs

This webpage contains illustrated information about the difference in structure of single wall and multi wall nanotubes. There is some information about the properties and uses of these nanotubes. There is also a short illustrated description of buckyballs.

NASA Astrophysics Data System

This site has two components, an abstract service and an article service. The article service convers over 40,000 journal articles, including historical articles.

NASA Dryden PDF document 'Flight Testing Newton's Laws'

Available free online.

NASA Multimedia Video Gallery

There are a range of search categories including: Moon & Mars, Solar System, Technology, Universe, etc. There are about 60 videos listed under 'Universe'

NASA Science, Education, and Public outreach

NASA site for current information about their science, education, and public outreach activities.

NASA website

Shows in real time the location of all satellites in 3D, useful for showing geostationary satellites.

National Schools Laboratory (UK)

This UK website offers schools in the UK and Ireland free access to the Liverpool Telescope. However the website does have some useful resources including activities, worksheets and information for students.

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is an independant American government agency designed to promote science. This webpage contains numerous classroom materials for all areas of science. The easiest way to access these is by typing 'Classroom resources' into the search bar. It is also worth looking at 'Mosaic' the science magazine which has many articles that could be used as professional readings avaliable for free access.

Neave Planetarium

Explore the sky and stars through your web browser. Click and move your mouse to look around the sky. Point at a star or planet to reveal its name, its constellation, its brightness and distance in light years or astronomical units. You can adjust your time and your viewing location to view the sky from any part of the world.

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial

Ned Wright's Cosmology tutorial is written with university students in mind, so does contain alot of high level discussions about cosomology, however there are some nice animations and applets that are very useful in the VCE setting.

New Scientist Magazine

This is the webpage for New Scientist magazine. There is an archive of past magazines with an electronic search function which allows students to search for topics on any topic. The archive is free but you need to apply to get a username and password.

New Scientist WebLinks

One of the best collections of science related web links you'll ever see.

New Technology Could Mean Fewer Breast Biopsies

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Nobelprize.org - The official Website of the Nobel Prize

The official website of the Nobel Prize contains information about both the purpose of the prize and the winners of every nobel prize since the introduction of the prize in 1901. The website is easy to use and will be accessable to students across most year levels. Of particular interest may be the information about specific winners in the medical physics area and the web games avaliable to demonstrate how the acchievements of these prize winners work.

Nova: Science in The News

Nova: Science in the News

The Australian Academy of Science has developed the Internet site Nova: Science in the News. The aim of Nova is to provide teachers and students with accurate and up-to-date information about the scientific, technological, health and environmental issues reported in the media.

NTNU Java applets

This website of applets by Fu-Kwan Hwang from National Taiwan University has been running for many years. It now has contributions from many people across most areas of physics. It is designed along Bulletin Board lines.

Nuclear Accidents

A page on nuclear accidents on a Hungarian Nuclear energy site, mostly in English.

Nuclear Chemistry and the Community - ChemCases

ChemCases is a website devoted to creating links between the chemistry studied in the senior school years and the real life implications of the technology. This chemcase looks at nuclear chemistry. It compliments the text with equations and cartoons.

Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography - The Austin Hospital

This website covers the Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography at the Austin Hospital. It contains alot of detail about PET and nuclear medicine. You do need to use the links at the bottom to access most of the information after choosing your intial starting point from the home screen.

Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future

Explains the physics behind nuclear technology, connecting it to popular history, current issues and prospects for the future. Also provides a forum for users to discuss material presented on the site and express their thoughts regarding various issues. Contains information about the meltdown at Three Mile Island

Nuclearinfo.net

A University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website, that provides authoritative information about Nuclear Power.

Obstetric Ultrasound

This webpage looks at the role ultrasound plays during pregnancy. Of interest may be the photos and movies of a 3D ultrasound of a fetus.

On the Cutting Edge - Professional Development

This is a website of the Science Education Resource Center in the US. The site is nominally about improving the teaching of geoscience, but the resources and strategies on Assessment, The Affective Domain, Teaching Methods and Metacognition apply to science, if not learning, in general.

On-line course in first year Astro

Very pretty, very sensible, very well organised.

On-Line Material about Arms Control

This site of the Federation of American Scientists.

Open Directory Project - Medical Physics

The Open Directory Project is a large human edited directory of the internet. This page contains is the entry for medical physics.

Operation Physics: Children's Misconceptions about Science

A list of students’ misconceptions in Science: astronomy (26), atmosphere (18), colour and vision (20), electricity (10), energy (13), forces and motion (20), forces and fluids (13), heat and temperature (14), light (30), lithosphere (9), magnets and magnetism (6), properties of matter (19), measurement (27), sound (12), space (19), work and power (4). The list is compiled by Operation physics, an elementary / middle school physics education outreach project of the American Institute of Physics.

Optical Society of America

This website has a diverse range of useful material including: posters, optical illusions, historical section, biographies, classroom activities, podcasts, etc.

Optometrists Association of Australia

Their website has general information on a range of topics related to the Eye and to vision.

Orbiting binary stars applet

Origins Education Forum

Origins is an old website run by NASA. No new information is being added to the website, but there is useful information and activites still there. The focus of the site is the observation of the formation of galaxies, and the search for life. There are information about the missions and resources for teaching.

OZJAC - The Australian Courses and Careers Database

OZJAC is a subscription service provides information about courses, providers, jobs and general information about working.

Perimeter Institute: Past Public Lectures

The Perimeter Institute has on file videos of an enormous number of public lectures and talks. The webpage has very useful search options. It offers 'Public lectures' and 'All talks' (the latter includes lectures too academic for secondary students), as well as choice of audience (general public, students, teachers) and education level (basic, intermediate and advanced). Some of the talks include: The Secret Life of a Snowflake, My Top 10 Bonkers Things about the Universe, Before the Big Bang (Roger Penrose) and What Banged?.

PET Scan Imaging

Philips Helps Children Take CAT Scans

How stuff Works video. Philips Helps Children Take CAT Scans. CAT Scans provoke anxiety in patients, but Philips has designed a new technology to help ease that anxiety. (2.5 min)

Photon Technology International

Photon Technology International designs and markets electro-optical instruments. Information about the different products that they market can be found under the products tab. Of interest may also be the application tab which details what type of analysis each instrument can perform inside a laboratory.

Photonics Dictionary

The Photonics Dictionary contains more than 6000 industry-related terms. There are also key acronyms and abbreviations included with some illustrations. This dictionary should be very helpful for students and teachers covering photonics. It could also be used in the light and matter topic, and has some use in both astronomy and astrophysics.

Photonics Education Tools (PET)

Photonics Education Tools (PET) is a collection of educational tools about photonics. These include Java Applets and Flash Animations (found on the Education drop down menu).

Photonics kit

A Photonics kit is available from Ciderhouse.

Photos of Physicists

Some of the favorite photos of physicists and astronomers from the files of the American Institute of Physics. They reveal the physicists' human side and the environments of scientific work. Photos are available from US$10 each.

Physical Science Resources Centre

The American Association of Physics Teachers has a very comprehensive site called Physical Science Resources Centre.

Physics 2000 - X-rays

Physics 2000 is a student friendly website explaining various physics principals through a question and answer style conversation. Each explaination is accompanied by a picture or applet. A basic understanding of atomic shells is needed for the x-ray section.

Physics Careers Slide Shows - Insights

Physics InSight is a series of slide shows designed to inform and excite undergraduates about physics, but they may have some useful content for secondary students. Slide show topics include: Diverse physics careers, Physicist salary information, Current physics research, Resources for undergraduate physics majors and Opportunities for undergraduates.

Physics Carols

Lyrics written by US secondary students to common Christmas carols. There is a link to a large range of Physics songs.

Physics Central

This is a "weekly physics feature magazine" site run by The American Physical Society. Areas include: Physics in Action, People in Physics, Picture of the Week, Physics News, Physics Links and How Things Work.

Physics Demonstrations: A Source book

This is a compilation of demonstrations by Julien Sprott of the University of Wisconsin done in 1996. There are 20 examples for Motion, 22 for Heat, 9 for Sound, 7 for Electricity, 5 for Magnetism and 11 for Light.

Physics Education technology

An extensive set of applets, select 'Light and radiation' and 'Quantum Phenomena'.

Physics of Kung Fu

Physics of Rollover Crashes

Extensive description and analysis, includes animation.

Physics Saves Lives (pdf from American Institute of Physics)

This pdf produced by the American Institute of Physics has some great graphics for various radiology procedures (PET, mammogram, x-ray, MRI, ultrasound, CAT scan, and molecular imaging). There is also a nice timeline of the development of medical imaging.

Physics Songs

An extensive range of lyrics for Physics songs, including Tom Lehrer's songs. There are video links and links to other science songs websites.

Physics Teaching Technology Resource

This website is the work of Dr Eugenia Etkina from Rutgers University. The goals of this website are: i) to effectively implement video technology through investigative learning cycles, ii) to provide a resource of ideas and methods for constructivist physics teaching in the form of videos experiments, learning cycles and pre and post test questions, and iii) to be used as a distance learning resource. The website has several activities for each of over a dozen topics across physics. All use Quicktime videos.

Pirelli Relativity Multimedia Award

Click on Kiran Sachdev, the winner, and also Alan Boyle and Clay Frost.

Polymer Fiber Orientation Activity

An activity exploring how the orientation of fibers affects the strength of materials. This activity is part of clue two from the MicroWorlds page, which explains the properties of Kevlar.

Polymer Modeling Activity

An activity using paper clips to model linear, branched and cross-linked polymers. This activity is part of clue one from the MicroWorlds page, which explains the properties of Kevlar.

Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography (PET/CT)

This is the Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography (PET/CT) page from RadiologyInfo.com. It explains how PET works, why it is used, and the benefits vs. risksof the procedures. There is also a short video from a radiologist explaining how PET works.

Powers of 10

The Website for the famous 'Powers of 10' video. They have established a Powers of 10 Video Response Competition with announcements to be made at the end of January 2011.

Practical Physics

The homepage for Practical Physics, an initiative of the Institute of Physics (UK) and the Nuffield Foundation. It has worksheets for practical activities in over 10 topics, covering Astronomy, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Mechanics, Light and Waves. Each topic has the activities grouped in collections, e.g. the topic 'Electric circuits and fields', has a collection 'Current and charge' which has several experiments. Each experiment includes a description, equipment, technical notes, safety reference, procedure, sample readings and teaching notes. Each topic also has several items under the heading 'Guidance'. There is also an extensive section on Teaching and Learning.

Pregnancy Ultrasound digital images

How Stuff Works. 16 Pregnancy Ultrasound digital images.

Proceedings of Misconceptions Conferences

These are papers from international conferences held in 1993 and 1997 before pdf by the Meaningful Learning Research Group. Philanthropic funds have enabled their availability. There are 278 papers across the range of science, they are research papers, but many are relevant to physics classroom practice, these include: problem solving strategies, relativity, weight and gravitation,electric circuits, etc

Profile of the Anglo-Australian Telescope

This AAO website contains a profile of the Anglo-Australian Telescope, including facts and figures. Of particular interest to students may be the virtual reality tours (found under the AAO dropdown menu) and the numerous images taken by the telescope.

Profile of the Linux

The Linux website is currently unavalible due to maintenance, but should be back online soon.

Profile of the Parkes Telescope

This CSIRO page provides an overview of the famous Parkes Telescope (as seen in the Dish) with information about how it operates, the work it does and where to find it.

Profiles of Women in Astronomy

This webpage has links to various female astronomers; including Henrietta Leavitt and Maria Mitchell. There are also links to other notable women in history if you are looking for some positive role models for female students.

Project CLEA

Project CLEA is a website devoted to developing laboratory exercise for high school students in modern astronomical techniques. Please note that these laboratories are intended to be downloaded instead of being run off the website.

Putting it together: A NOVA site

NOVA is the Science in the News website for the Australian Academy of Science. This page is about composite materials. The focus is on plastics, but like all NOVA sites there is an extensive range of support including: Key text, Activities, Glossary, Further reading and Useful sites.

Radiation Therapy for Cancer - A Fact sheet

A detailed fact sheet addressing 11 specific questions with various words in the answers hyperlinked to explanations and definitions. The website is from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (US).

Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

Provided by the Department of Energy, Resources and Tourism, the site offers information about radioactive waste management in Australia. Included are media releases, publications, fact sheets, project backgrounds and frequently asked questions.

Radioactivity in a nuclear medicine room: You Tube

You tube video (5:03 min) The young woman, bionerd23, from the Technetium video, is visiting a nuclear medicine room where a patient is about to have radiation doses temporarily inserted to treat prostate cancer. She gives the geiger counter readings in the room, then goes to the control room for readings during the dose. She subsequently puts the geiger counter inside the room for the next treatment with the display visible through the window.

RadioGraphics - The Journal of Continuing Medical Education in Radiology

This is the homepage for RadioGraphic (published by RSNA). There are many article avaliable with great graphics and photos. If you search around there are also some videos that can be accessed.

Radioisotopes in Medicine

The World Nuclear Association webpage contains details about the use of radiation in nuclear medicine. It was formally located on the Uranium Information Centre (Australia). The public information service tab contains details about the creation of nuclear isotopes, nuclear energy and countries that have access to nuclear technology.

Radiological Society of North America

This is the homepage for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). There is access to many full articles from the past year published by the RSNA News under the Publication tab.

Radiology Info

RadiologyInfo contains information about a whole range of radiology procedures and tests. The test/treatment tab is an easy way to sort through the information. Each procedure is accompanied by photos and images of the machinary used and of patients. Of particular interest may be the vidoes located under the images tab.

RealClimate: Climate science from climate scientists

A useful feature of the website is the 'Start Here' section. Select this and it displsys the following headings: 'For complete beginners', 'Those with some knowledge', 'Informed but need more detail', 'Informed but seeking serious discussion of common contrarian talking points'. Each of these has several links on offer.

Relativity on the World Wide Web

Report on Brave New Climate website

Research Papers in Nanotechnology

The Institute of Physics has an on-line Journal "Nanotechnology".

Resources at Deakin University

Deakin University has an extensive set of activities for Science Years 5 to 10, that addresses many common alternative conceptions of students. It has sections on i) Astronomy, ii) Earth's climate, iii) Earth's structure, iv) Electricity, v) Force, Motion and Machines, vi) Light, vii) Magnetism, viii) Sound, ix) Water and a few Chemistry topics. Each section opens with a list of key concepts expressed in simple clear language, as well as a list of common alternative conceptions. At the bottom of the page is a link to a pdf file of activities and resources.

Retrograde motion of Mars

This is a simple applet demonstrates the retrograde motion of Mars.

Road Safety

Road Safety links

An extensive list of links on Road safety both for Australia and from around the world prepared by Vehicle Design and Research Pty Ltd.

Road safety: Controlling speed

Another extensive list of links on road safety prepared by the Vehicle Design and Research Pty Ltd.

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Royal Adelaide Hopsital

This is the homepage for the Royal Adelaide Hopsital. There is information here about the hospital and the revelant departments. Under the Information for Patients link there is useful information about treatments offered by the hosptial and how they work. Of particular interest may be the pages for Bone Densitometry and Cancer.

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners represents urban and rural general practitioners working in or towards a career in general practice. Students can find information about what a career in general practice involves and which pathways will lead to this occupation.

Ruben's Tube

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Safety of four wheel drive vehicles and bull bars

Comprehensive report on safety aspects prepared by Vehicle Design and Research Pty Ltd.

Scholars and Rogues

A concise treatment of 20 myths. " 'Scholars & Rogues' is a diverse band of thinkers, social analysts, activists, grousers, jesters, and troublemakers. We’re different in many ways, but we share a general belief in progress, a conviction that smarter is better, and a passionate distaste for convention."

Science Made Fun

A UK website for junior science. It features podcasts on numerous topics including many physics topics. It has a world wide audience.

Science News Magazine

This the website for the magazine Science News. It is subscription based and so there are many articles that can only be accessed by paid members. There are however alot of content also avaliable for free access. This free content is mostly more recent news, blogs, columns and features.

Science Posters

A range of posters produced by the SciArt Project. The posters contact some text, but the emphasis is on good design and the use of colour. Posters (8.5" x 11") can be downloaded for free, 18" x 24" can be ordered. There are physics posters on aurora, Models, Seeing Light, Snow Butterflies and Opals, Levitation, Women in laboratories, etc.

ScienceNetlinks

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has launched ScienceNetlinks, a website to help science teachers to efficiently identify useful resources.

Scienceworks

A great location for an excursion is to Scienceworks, Museum of Victoria, Spotswood. Permanent displays: 'Sportsworks' and 'The Lightning Room' as well as Planetarium presentations.

Scientific American - Search (magazine)

This is the website of Scientific American. There are many articles, podcasts, vidoes, slideshows, images, columns and interactive pages avaliable for free access. It covers all areas of science including science education and is constantly updated with new content.

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Scitalks: Smart people on cool topics

Prominent speakers across the full range of science. Search on Physics gives over 100 including Feynmann and Bethe and many others. Worth searching through the long list.

Seeing Relativity: a multimedia relativistic visualisation work

A multimedia relativistic visualisation work called 'Through Einstein' Eyes, and an interactive relativistic visualisation program called 'Real Time Relativity'. It is produced by Antony Searle of ANU.

Semiconductor Educational applets

Severe and Fatal Car Crashes due to road side hazards

A study by the University of Adelaide, it contains: A literature review, An examination of general crash data, A detailed examination of fatal car crashes and At scene investigation of road crashes .

SIMBAD Astronomical Database

This is the webpage for the SIMBAD database, which provides data, cross-identification, and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system.

Single Walled Nanotubes

A detailed explanation of how nanotubes are built using graphite as an example. A java applet illustrating different sized and types of graphite tubes is found at the bottom of the page.

Sir David King video "Climate Change: State of Urgency: the Science, the Impacts and Maintaining a Growing Economy"

This is the web page of the Press Room of the AAAS. Go down to 'Events' and select 'video of Sir David King's presentation' for streaming video. The presentation goes for 1 hr 21 min. Sir David is the chief UK Scientific advisor and co-author of the book 'The Hot Topic: How to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on'.

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Up to date pics of great things eg the most distant objects etc.

SNAP: Supernova Accelerator Probe

The website for SNAP run by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Check Educators' section and gallery.

Some of the History of Carbon Fibre

A column that details some of the history of carbon fibres and suggests some of the possible uses for the future. There is also a column about shake shingles and the materials of the future for roof shingling that can be accessed via the next button.

Sound in Practice

Information on the excursion for the Unit 4 Detailed Study: Sound organised by Adrian Alexander.

Space.com - Space and Astronomy

Space.com contains news articles on the latest discoveries about the universe. There are a few articles about the formation of galaxies found by using the search function.

Speed records

A file of speed records compiled by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) covering all manner of configurations on land, on and under water and in air.

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Spitzer's Spin on Stars

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Based at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre (SLAC), the SSRL website is well designed and comprehensive n content.

Star Size Comparison: You tube

A Youtube video (2:35 min)that shows the comparative size of the stars using realistic images of rotating planets and stars. It starts with the moon, moves through the planets, then the sun, followed by about a dozen stars of increasing size, finishing with the largest stars known. The video finishes with the questions, how long would it take an aircraft to fly around the largest star. Answer over 1000 years.

Stellar Evolution applet

Stellarium - open source planetarium

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Its features include: default catalogue of over 600,000 stars, extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars, illustrations of the constellations, images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue), realistic Milky Way, very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset, the planets and their satellites. The interface has: a zoom, time control, fisheye projection for planetarium domes and spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome. It also features equatorial and azimuthal grids, star twinkling, shooting stars and eclipse simulation.

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Stop I can’t Fit Anything More Into My Head: How Students Learn Physics

A 16 page pdf file of a talk by Prof Richard P. Olenick, University of Dallas, who established C3P: Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics. It is a 'research-based physics curriculum that utilises a learning cycle approach appropriate for all high school students'. The website still opens, but some of its links to resources are no longer active.

Street Mozart

A video of a roller skater rolling between two rows of filled bottles, gently hitting them to produce a tune by Mozart.

Sun Trek

SunTrek is a UK website designed for students. It explores the Sun and its effect on Earth. There are images, videos, activities and classroom resources. The style is more suited to junior secondary, but should engage older students.

Supercomputing at Swinburn.

This is the homepage for the Supercomputer at Swinburn University.

Supernover Acceleration Probe (SNAP)

SNAP is a proposed probe to measure the expansion of the universe. There are lots of useful materials and online activites about the stars and the expansion of the universe in the educators' area.

Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

Offers virtual 3D tours; a regional program is available.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

A four minute video on Youtube with occasional commentary.

Teaching Advanced Physics

The UK Institute of Physics has established a website, Teaching Advanced Physics, to support new teachers of physics. The site contains advice on how to prepare lessons, as well as lots of ideas for experiments and worksheets.

Teaching Medical Physics

Test your own hearing

Detailed instructions.

Testing Beethoven's hair

A detailed report of the use of Synchrotron radiation to analyse Beethoven's hair, which found high concentrations of lead.

The 'Double slit' experiment with electrons

The 2dF Galaxy RedShift Survey

Includes the data, publications and images.

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

This webpage contains many images taken from the 2DF redshift survey.

The Association of Laser Users

The Association of Laser Users is a not-for-profit association for users of lasers across all industries. There is a useful section with informatio sheets about the use of lasers in industry. Many of these sheets have accompanying diagrams. There is also a FAQ section which covers many aspects of lasers. There is also a feature where you can email your question to an expert if it is not already covered.

The Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine

Hosted by the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine this page contains information about possible career paths for students who would enjoy the medical physics unit.

The Australian Academy of Science's comments on the Joint science academies' statement: Climate change adaptation and the transition to a low carbon society

"The Australian Academy of Science notes the statement on climate change by the academies of science for the G8+5 countries. Although the Australian Academy was not involved in the drafting of the statement because it is not a member of this group, we do endorse the concerns expressed in the statement. As recently summarised by the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the increases in global average temperature and sea level are unambiguous and are almost certainly primarily due to greenhouse gas emissions."

The Australian Synchrotron web site

The Australian Synchrotron web site resources

The Birth of Fibre Optics

This About.com webpage looks at the history of the fibre optics. It is a very brief.

The comparison of Aristotle and Galileo

A short text-based explanation.

The development of MRI

This indepth article by Beyond Discovery explains how MRI was developed. Of particular interest may be the timeline (accessed via the timeline button at the top of the article), which provides a simple overview of the development of MRI. The glossary provides simple definations of the key terms.

The Discovery of Global Warming

A website on the history of global warming by the American Institute of Physics with a searchable table of contents.

The Discovery of the Milky Way

This website (part of a lecture series from the University of Arizona) details how the Milky Way was discovered. The picture of the rocket at the bottom of the webpage is a link to the rest of the lecture notes from the course. These are worth a look and contain useful pictures, applets and weblinks. At the end of each lecture is also a webtest.

The Electronic Universe

The Electronic Universe has information on many different fields of science. The space science link has access to numerous images, weblinks and education material.

The Geometry of War 1500 - 1750

This exhibition at Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science shows how mathematical science was used in warfare and illustrates the historical and philosophical contexts in which kinematics developed.

The Great Magnet, The Earth

An extensive site on the life and work of William Gilbert. The site has been prepared by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Highest Redshift Quasars

This webpage looks at spectra to identify red shifted quasars.

The History of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

This account of the history of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology by Dr. Joseph Woo links the development of ultrasound technology right back to the development of SONAR and RADAR technologies. It is not really a short account but worth a read to understand how the development of the technology came about.

The Hubble Space Telescope

The offical website for Hubble Space Telescope containing information about all aspects of the Hubble project. It has updates about the latest discoveries and images from the telescope (although the website has not been updated recently).

The Hubble Space Telescope Site

A comprehensive site of images, discoveries, technology and education resources. Search on 'Galaxies'.

The imperatives for Action from the Science of Climate Change

Text of of a speech by Sir David King, chief UK scientific advisor, to the AAAS in February 2004. (7 pages)

The Inflationary Universe

This website looks at how some of the problems found in the big bang theory can be in principal solved by a corresponding theory of the inflationary universe. Using the home menu provides access to a range of other pages with lots of information relevent to light and mater, astronomy, astrophysics and chemistry.

The Innovation Group

This webpage sells equipment for nanotechnology anaylsis. There are many different types of equipment featured with photos and specifications for each.

The Lab

The ABC Science site,The Lab, is a rich resource for science teachers and students, with new material being added almost every day.

The Light Guide

The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre - Puerto Rico

This is the homepage for the National Astronomy and Ionosphere. It is claimed to be the world's largest radiotelescope located in Puerto Rico. The website is in English and contains information about current and past projects.

The National Nuclear Data Center

This site provides information on neutron, charged particle and photonuclear reactions, nuclear structure and decay data. It is technical, but comprehensive.

The NPL bicycle frame design project (Java applet)

A website that allows students to determine how different materials affect the production of a bicycle. It allows the examination of how different cross section designs and materials can affect bending, cost and weight.

The Official String Theory Web Site

This is an accessible compilatioin of information about string theory and its role in theoretical physics and cosmology. It also includes interviews with leading theorists.

The Particle Adventure

Site aboutfundamental particles and forces by Berkeley U

The Photonics dictionary

The Physics Classroom

This website features i) Tutorials, ii) a Multimedia Studio of animations and applets on the full range of physics content as well as Quicktime movies and iii) Shockwave files. There are also prac and teaching resources for teachers.

The physics of mobile phones

A Yale University site on 'The Physics of Cell Phones'. It includes several sections including lesson plans and teacher resources.

The Raise Project

The RAISE project is designed to increase the status of professional women through enhanced Recognition of the Achievements of Women In Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine. Current programs of The RAISE Project include an interactive website with a listing of available awards categorized by discipline, career level and eligibility by gender. There are no educational resources as such on this website, but is some research data on the participation of women in STEM.

The Report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review

The Garnaut Report has some useful information on the Science of Climate Change, in particular Ch 2 of the Final Report ('Understanding Climate Science'); Commissioned papers (Three on the Science of Climate Change), Technical Papers and Issues Papers.

The Royal Society

This authoritative site lists 8 misleading arguments with a detailed response on each. The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science. This is not intended to provide exhaustive answers to every contentious argument that has been put forward by those who seek to distort and undermine the science of climate change and deny the seriousness of the potential consequences of global warming. Instead, the Society - as the UK's national academy of science - responds here to eight key arguments that are currently in circulation by setting out, in simple terms, where the weight of scientific evidence lies.

The Royal Society: Climate Change resources

This site has an extesniove range of resources on the categories of 'Climate Science', 'Facts and fictions about climate change', 'Global climate change policy', all their 'policy statements and reports' on climate change, 'Personal views on climate change by some prominent members of the Royal Society' and 'Climate change controversies: a simple guide' which outlines and rebuts common misleading arguments.

The Science of Food

This website from Penn State University (US) serves as a forum for news, views and discussion about all things related to the science of food: food chemistry, microbiology, engineering, process technology, and nutrition. Also discussed are issues related to food safety, GMO foods, organic foods, health and wellness. There is also a significant section on Food Physics.

The Soundry

The Square Kilometre Array

The SKA project's website has updates on the latest development with the telescope. There are detailed descriptions of how the telescope will operate and projects that have been selected to run on the telescope. Of particular interest may be the media tab, which has printable posters, images, videos and a comic strip.

The Stabilization Wedge game

The game is a hands-on learning tool that helps students learn the impacts of different strategies for reducing greenhouse gases. 16 pages of background notes, instructions, lesson plans and worksheets.

The STScI Digitized Sky Survey

This webpage allows images of the sky to be searched to find specific objects. As this page can be a little difficult to use at first it would be advisable to read the help page before trying to locate objects.

The Sun: Lesson Plans

This page has lesson plans for various lesson plans. Each lesson plan has indication of the time required and the suggested year levels. These range from primary to highschool level.

The truck and the ladder

Animation from Glenbrook P - 12 school of a truck with a ladder on top which collides with a car and the ladder keeps moving.

The UK Met Office: Climate Change

This web page has two sections of interest: 'A Guide to Climate Change' and 'Climate Science'. The former has sub-sections on 'Climate facts', 'Effects' 'What you can do' and 'Climate timeline'. The latter has sub-sections on'Climate sciencs explained' and 'climate projections'

The Universe Forum: A comprehensive, but archival NASA site

The Universe Forum is the national centre for the teaching and learning about the structure and evolution of the universe. Sponsored by NASA and based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, the world's largest centre for astrophysical research, the Forum uses the unique resources of NASA's space science research program to create exciting learning experiences for students, teachers and the public. This is an archival site. The Universe Forum's role as part of NASA's Education Support Network concluded in September, 2009. Please visit NASA at http://nasascience.nasa.gov/ for current information about NASA's science, education, and public outreach activities.

The University of Sydney - Great 'Medical Physics' page

This webpage by the University of Sydney contains many links for websites relevant to most aspects of the Medical Physics outcome. There is a combination of informative websites, applets and experiments.

The use of Composite Materials in Boeing 7E7 aircrafts

This Boeing media report from 2003 details how composite materials are being used in the design of Beoing 7E7 aircrafts. It discusses some of the reasons why the change is being made from the traditional aluminium design.

The Visible Human - MRI images

The Visible Human Project was created to collate cross-sectional photographs of both the male and female body. The linked page contains some nice visuals with MRI images provided for a male head, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, thighs and feet.

Time and Temperature: The Sun

Tomorrow's Women in Science and Technology

TWIST is an US-based non-profit organisation, promoting science and maths education and career planning for girls and women. The site is about TWIST events in the US, but the "References Links" is very extensive. TWIST organises annual "Expand Your Horizons (EYH)" conferences for middle school girls. The site informs about a range of programs and activities, and provides access to a variety of relevant resources.

Top 50 Things To Do To Stop Global Warming

A list compiled by "GlobalWarming-Facts.info". Most are the usual suggestions, but ther may be a few that are unfamiliar. The link is also on the AAAS site.

Top 500 Supercomputing Sites

This webpage keeps a current list of the top 500 supercomputers (ranked on performance) in the world. The list is updated in June and November each year. Sublists can be created easily allowing sorting of these computers by most types of statistics; including country and region. There is also a blog updates fortnightly by Professor Whispers about what is new in the supercomputer scene.

Traffic Light system

Transistor applet

The simulation that shows the link between input to output signal, saturation and cut-off occurring, varying the Q point and its affects; you vary the voltage divider ratio, and input voltages.

Transistorized!

The web page covers the 50 year history of the transistor. The site is prepared by the US Public Broadcasting Service and the American Institute of Physics.

Tutorial on amplifier design

Type 1 Supernova

Website that was the source of images of the mechanism for supernova type 1 explosion.

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UK Institute of Physics on-line physics resource

The UK Institute of Physics has also established an on-line physics resource an for teachers and students in the 11- 19 age range. The Teachers section features Experiments, Lessons Problems, Answers, Tests, and Texts. The site is subscription based, teacher access: 55 pounds (UK) for full web access and a CDROM.

Ultrasound in Your Pocket

Ultrasound: How Does it Work?

This Gizmo by Explore Learning allows students to learn about the real-life application of ultrasounds. Through the virtual machine students can perform a mock ultrasound on a patient to get a clear understanding of how the images are produced. This website is a subscription based site. They do have 30 day free trials and 5 minute free passes.

University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website

University of Melbourne, a School of Physics website providing authoritative information about Nuclear Power.

UNSW School of Materials Science & Engineering - Research

The school of materials science and engineering at UNSW has information avaliable on their latest research. The articles contain short descriptions of what the outcome of the research was. If the research has been published in a journal the full reference can be found at the bottom of the article.

Use a Climate Model as a Screensaver

This site has lots of information plus the chance to run a climate model on your PC or Mac as a screensaver. They say "Climateprediction.net is a distributed computing project to produce predictions of the Earth's climate up to 2080 and to test the accuracy of climate models. To do this, we need people around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they have their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full capacity.". It has a useful description on climate models.

Uses of Carbon Fibres

A comprehensive and very visual coverage of carbon fibres. There is a section at the bottom of the web page on their mechanical properties.

Using Microwaves in a Sytnchrotron

A description of the microwave system in a synchrotron including the klystron, wave guides and RF cavities.

Using polarized light to illustrate stress patterns in bones

This activity uses polarized light in certain plastics to reveal stress fractures. These can be used to illustrate stress fractures in bones.

Using X-rays and CT Scans on the Iceman

Veritasium's videos

A set of Youtube videos, 24 in number, that explore alternative conceptions in various physics scenarios. The videos are short, about 3 min, and are done in a humorous and provocative way.

Victorian Photonics Network

Victorian Space Science Education Centre

At Strathmore Secondary College offers programs for VCE Physics students.

Video: Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change

This link is to the web page of the Press Room of the AAAS. Go down to 'AAAS Resources for Teachers' and select 'AAAS Climate Change Movie' for streaming video. The video runs for 12 min. It can also be downloaded.

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Views of the Solar System

This page looks at information and data for each of the items within the solar system. This page also includes activities for use within the classroom.

Virtual Physics Labs

A collection of applets at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Mechanics(16), Electricity, Magnetism & Light (37). Some are traditional and some are links to PhET.

VisLab - The Light Guide

The Light Guide hosted by the University of Queensland looks at the history and future of Photonics. This webpage has not been updated for awhile so the future sections are not very useful, however there are some nice explinations about what optical fibre and photonic devices are and how they work.

Visual Binaries

This page looks at visual binary systems. It includes clear diagrams and java applets.

Warp Drive When?

This site explains NASA's breakthrough Propulsion Physics program to the general public. It discusses superluminal velocities and controlling gravity.

Web Weather for Kids

This site explains the physical processes of weather, it provides tutorials on thunder and lightning, as well as simple experimens to do.

West Point Bridge Designer 2006 software

What is Carbon

This website explains what carbon fibres are and some of the myths behind them.

What's a composite?

This website provides industrial information about a range of composites. Of particular value is the link to 'Composites 101'.

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) from NASA

The WMAP is being used to create a detailed map of the anisotropy or differences in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation. This website details the results of the probe from each round of data collection. The probe has been commissioned for 9 years of operations.

Women in Astronomy

An Introductory Resource Guide to Materials on Women in Astronomy. There is information of 16 female astronomers from the past and 17 living astronomers. There is also an extensive list o written resources, websites. The website is by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, so it has useful general astronomical resources.

WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine

The WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine is a virtual library of Internet resources on the history of science, including biographies, journals and organisations.

X-ray - Infoplease.com

Infoplease.com is a free online encyclopedia. This entry explains briefly what x-rays are and how they were discovered.

X-ray Imaging - Gismo

This Gizmo by Explore Learning allows students to learn about how x-ray imaging works. The virtual machine allows students to take x-ray images from two sides of a patient. This website is a subscription based site. They do have 30 day free trials and 5 minute free passes.

Year 11 Sound Starter

Year 12 Recording and Reproducing Sound in Practice

Years 7 – 10 Sounds Sensational

Careers links

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A Career in Aerospace

A NASA site on careers in the aerospace industry.

AIP Job Clipping Service

Monthly job clippings from Australian newspapers.

AIP Women in Physics Lecture Series for 2007

Word doc file about AIP Women in Physics Lecture Series for 2007.

Australian Jobs for Physicists

An excellent web site run by the Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide.

International Physics Jobs

Search listings of physics jobs from around the world.

Physics Slogans

A list of over 50 slogans from the Aust Inst of Physics site.

Smart Grrls

The site has activities and other links.

University of Sydney, School of Physics

Search for jobs at the University of Sydney, School of Physics

Women in Science

Brief biographies of 16 women who had a career in or made a significant contribution to a scientific discipline.

Students links

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Australian Student Mineral Adventure

A 12 day summer (January) school in Tasmania of plant and mine visits, geological excursions, lectures and exposure to scientific innovation and research. It is for Years 10, 11 and 12 students. Applications are due in early July. The program allows students to find out about careers, lifestyles and opportunities in the minerals industry and investigate university courses that would suit their abilities and preferences in terms of subjects such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, geology and biology. The ASMVs are fully residential and supervised, with an ASMV Administrator responsible for each Region's program.

BHP Billiton Science Student Awards

Primary and secondary students submit experimental research projects. Many cash prizes. Application due early July. Victorian students can only enter their project in either STAV's Science talent Search or CSIRO's CREST Awards. Bursary winners are automatically entered into the BHP Billiton Awards.

CREST Awards

A CSIRO competition for experimental research projects that is school based with flexible time lines.

CSIRO Student Research Scheme

The student completes a research project under the supervision of a practising scientist in a research institution usually during the school holidays. This is suitable for Year 11 and 12 students. A List of topics and institutions arrive in schools early Term 2.

How to Learn

The Rev. Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, is known for 'Alice in Wonderland'. He was also a mathematician. This erudite document on 'How to Learn' from reading a text is the introduction to his book on Symbolic Logic.

How to Learn Physics

Advice prepared by the Physics department of the University of Sydney for their first year physics students, however it is very accessible and appropriate for secondary physics students.

How to solve Physics Problems

This article by Donlad Simanek identifies the steps in solving a physics problem as well as some comments on learning physics.

How to Study Effectively

Advice prepared by the Physics department of the University of Sydney for their first year physics students. It is a companion piece for their advice 'How to Learn Physics' and so it is very accessible and useful for secondary physics students.

How to Study Physics

An booklet (26 pages) originally written in 1949 by Seville Chapman for undergraduate physics students in the US. It is very comprehensive and still largely relevant to current secondary physics students. A highlight is the summary of 52 one line statements of advice.

National Youth Science Forum

A career-oriented, personal development youth program in Canberra for a fortnight in January, in which students will meet leading scientists, visit scientific and national centres, participate in forum debates, mock job interviews as well as a range of social events. It is open to Year 11 students. Applications should be submitted to the local Rotary club by mid May.

Physics Course Survival Strategies

A short document (8 pages) by Donald Simanek for US undergraduarte physics students. Much is relevant to secondary physics students, but it does refer more to tertiary structures such as professors, lectures, tutors, etc than other links listed here.

Physics Gymnasium at University of Melbourne

The University runs a series of monthly evening events for students in Years 10 - 12.

Physics Olympiad

The Physics Olympiad is an event for able Year 11 Physics students. Students sit for a National Qualifying Exam (NQE) in August. The purpose of the NQE is to identify the best 24 students in the country. These students go to Canberra in December for training and ultimately selection in a team to represent Australia overseas. Click on the link for details about registration. Resources such as the syllabus and previous National Qualifying Exams with solutions are also available.

Science Talent Search

Science Talent Search includes experimental research projects. Units 2 and 3 Investigations are ideal. Registrations close late June. Entries submitted late July. Entries are automatically entered in the BHP Billiton Science awards and bursary winners are automatically national finalists.

Siemens Science Experience

A three day science school of hands-on activities held in January at each of the universities in Melbourne. It is for Year 9 students. Applications are due in August

Study Tips for Introductory Physics

A two page document from the Oberlin College in the US by Don Styer for undergraduate physics students that presents advice is a simple dot point form.

Suggestions for Physics Students

A one page document from the University of Texas by Dale D. Long, which has some useful advice on how to use a text book.

Events Links

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AIP Victoria Branch Meetings

Meetings are held at 6.30pm on the third Thursday of each month in the Hercus Theatre at the University of Melbourne.

American Association of Physics Teachers

The web site for the American Association of Physics Teachers physics photo competition.

Article on Bouncing Drops from PhysicsWorld

Water droplets make an impact by Vance Bergeron and David Quere: PhysicsWorld 1/5/01. The physics of bouncing water droplets underlies a wide range of industrial applications from crop spraying to ink-jet printing, and continues to fascinate after 200 years of research.

Australian Science Olympiads

Australian Young Physicists Tournament

Canadian Association of Physicists

The web site for the Canadian Association of Physicists physics photo competition.

Computer Analysis of Video Captured Motion

Link to LenoxSoftworks who produce the Videopoint

Computer Analysis of Video Captured Motion (Part 2)

David Crocker (Note:Link is to Microsoft Word Document)

Computer Analysis of Video Captured Motion (Related Site)

Link to LenoxSoftworks who produce the Videopoint

Computer Simulation of Electronics Circuits to Aid Understanding

David Crocker (Note:Link is to Acrobat Document)

Connecting research in physics education with teacher education

This website contains many articles on a large range of topics, including Students' Knowledge & Learning, Teachers' Attitudes and Practices, and Planning and Analysis of Teaching Situations. They were produced by the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE). Articles of particular interest are: a) Students' conceptions and problem solving in mechanics by Lillian McDermott, University of Washington. b) Learning and understanding key concepts of electricity by Reinders Duit, University of Kiel and Christoph von Rhöneck, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg. c) Teaching Introductory Electricity by Dimitris Psillos, University of Thessaloniki. d) Teaching for conceptual change; a review of strategies by Phil Scott, H.M. Asoko, Rosalind Driver, Children's Learning in Science Research Group, University of Leeds. There is also commentary of the first three papers.

CONNECTING RESEARCH IN PHYSICS EDUCATION WITH TEACHER EDUCATION

This website contains many articles on a large range of topics, including Students' Knowledge & Learning, Teachers' Attitudes and Practices and Planning and analysis of Teaching Situations. They were produced by the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE).

Discovery Centre

The Discovery Center, Bendigo's web site.

Einstein and the Jumbo Jet

David Jamieson's Plenary Address

How can we get more students to study and enjoy physics?

Keith Burrows and Martin Mahy

ICT in Physics Education: Issues and opportunities

Dr Chris Bigum, University of Central Queensland

Measuring Small Time Intervals

Dan O'Keeffe

Model Aerobatics

A promotional video for a model aerobatic competition. There is some surprising manoeuvres.

Pasco

Pasco link for Data Studio data analysis software.

Photo Contest Entries

The current entries for the AIP 2007 Physics Photo Competition can be seen at this blog.

Physics of aerobatics

A US secondary student's project, but quite detailed (a 27 page pdf file). It's accuracy has not been checked and imperial units are used at times, but the report is well expressed.

Practical Investigation

Dan O'Keeffe

Presentation by Prof Tanya Monro

A pdf file of her Powerpoint presentation

Research paper on Bouncing Drops

A paper by Bojan Durickovic and Kathleen Varland (University of Arizona, 2005) titled 'Between bouncing and splashing: Water drops on a solid surface", which describes their experimental set up as well as their results.

STAV conferences

Science Teachers Association of Victoria conferences web page.

Teaching Sound in Context

Ross Phillips (Note:Link is to Microsoft Word Document)

The Bullet Cluster and the Evidence for Dark Matter

This is a link to a very similar presentation on this topic that Dr Andrew Melatos gave as part of the July Lectures in Physics in 2007. The webpage provides a video of his talk divided into five sections. The pdf and 'print' options at the top of the screen don't seem to work.