Calculators and References
Mathway is a topic specific free online graphing calculator. They are a great resource for displaying graphs, computing derivatives/integrals, as well checking your answer!
Desmos is an easy and free to use graphing calculator. Graph cartesian and polar plots, conic sections, probability plots, derivatives, integrals, areas and Taylor Series expansions!
GeoGebra is another easy to use graphing calculator, but can do more than graph. Here they also can plot in 3D, construct geometric objects, and display Gaussian probability curves!
Wolfram Alpha is as close as you get to computer aided algebra software, which is not software! On top of algebra and graphing, they feature explanations, diagrams, and much more!
Symbolab is a very popular online calculator that many students use to help with their class work. Their calculators include: Algebra, Calculus, Matrices, Physics and Economics.
PhysicsCalc is an online calculator for Mechanics, Optics, Fluids, Electricity, and more. For each calculation, they also have a detailed explanation of where the physics originates.
MacTutor is an online resource containing biographies of nearly 3000 mathematicians and over 2000 pages of supporting materials. The site is supported by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Calculators and References
Mathway is a topic specific free online graphing calculator. They are a great resource for displaying graphs, computing derivatives/integrals, as well checking your answer!
Desmos is an easy and free to use graphing calculator. Graph cartesian and polar plots, conic sections, probability plots, derivatives, integrals, areas and Taylor Series expansions!
GeoGebra is another easy to use graphing calculator, but can do more than graph. Here they also can plot in 3D, construct geometric objects, and display Gaussian probability curves!
Wolfram Alpha is as close as you get to computer aided algebra software, which is not software! On top of algebra and graphing, they feature explanations, diagrams, and much more!
Symbolab is a very popular online calculator that many students use to help with their class work. Their calculators include: Algebra, Calculus, Matrices, Physics and Economics.
PhysicsCalc is an online calculator for Mechanics, Optics, Fluids, Electricity, and more. For each calculation, they also have a detailed explanation of where the physics originates.
RefractiveIndex.INFO is a data base for the indices of refraction for inorganic, organic, and glass materials. Indices are plotted versus wavelength for a wide range of materials for different thicknesses.
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is the standard reference for elemental, atomic, and molecular properties and specta including condensed matter and other properties.
PTable is the most detailed online Periodic Table I've ever seen. You can see what the state of all materials are with temperature. You can create compounds, see electron & isotope properties, and more!
Phys Link: The Physics and Astronomy online portal! They feature the latest physics news and editorials, extensive science reference and constants section, and education section.
OPENMODELICA is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Use it to visualize a device or demonstrate a concept.
Elmer is an open source multiphysical simulation software mainly developed by CSC - IT Center for Science (CSC). Elmer uses the finite element method to solve partial differential equations.
MASON is a fast discrete-event multiagent simulation library core in Java, designed to be the foundation for large custom-purpose Java simulations. Visuals are in 2D and 3D options.
Demonstrations and Simulations
PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. These are an invaluable resource for an physics teacher!
PHYSCLIPS is a multi-level, multi-media teaching and learning resource for all Physics from introductory to just about any First Year College Course! Thank you University of New South Wales!
IPPEX. The Interactive Plasma Physics Experience introduces the concept of magnetic confinement fusion. You can control experiments virtually in the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
Check out this Amusement Park Physics Interactive which allows you to design a roller coaster explaining the process step by step. Thank you Annenberg Learner for making physics fun!
The OSP Collection provides resources that engages students in physics, computation, and computer models. Computational physics provides students with ways to predict physical phenomena.
Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) are web-based activities for introductory physics students. They combine online video with video analysis to implement a hands on approach to learning.
Walter Fendt provides HTML applications on physical concepts including mechanics, waves, electronics, optics, thermal physics, relativity, nuclear physics and solid-state physics.
The oPhysics website is a collection of interactive physics simulations. They include topics such as Kinematics, Forces, Waves, Light, E&M, Fluids, Modern Physics, and more!
Phisics is the fastest growing and most modern free physics simulation service. They have simulations on Kinematics, Dynamics, Thermal Physics, Waves, Climate, and more!
Physion interactive physics simulations is an online app for designing and simulating physics experiments. They have an interactive environment with virtual lab equipment.
SymPhy claims to be the first physics simulator that combines all branches of physics. They provide a simulation software for use in visualizing and solving complex problems.
3D Physics Simulations can be an invaluable resource for understanding how theory translates to reality. They provide useful mechanical, electrical, and magnetic simulations.
MyPhysicsLab gives us simulations which you'll see animating in real time, and be able to interact with them by dragging objects or changing parameters like gravity. These are mostly mechanical.
Physics At School provides HTML apps for a wide variety of physics fields including mechanics, electronics, thermal physics, fluids, nuclear physics, optics, astronomy, and modern physics labs!
The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses computation to illuminate concepts in many fields including physics. Their library is always growing!
Pre-University Resources
GCSE Physics is a great guide to secondary school Physics. There are hundreds of GCSE videos organised by exam and topic. Made to help you understand the physics you need for your exams.
New York Science Teacher. The material found here was uploaded by teachers. There are science labs, demonstrations, lesson plans, worksheets, notes, and much more for secondary physics.
Share My Lesson is a platform where teachers upload lessons and materials from their lessons. These are guided for primary and secondary students and teachers of physics.
Physics World is a web site dedicated for the physics education in Hong Kong. They provide a web-based resource centre and a newsgroup for secondary school teachers to use.
Flipping Physics provides real physics education. Learn with Billy, Bobby and Bo. New videos pretty much weekly. Directed mostly for students in secondary level physics courses,
Pradeep Kshetrapal gives us lessons explaining the topics of Physics for secondary. Language is mixed between English and Hindi. Suitable for all secondary school physics students.
Physics Galaxy offers content in physics up to high school level, which develops expertise to crack examinations for JEE, NEET, BITSAT, AIIMS, International Physics Olympiad, KVPY and NTSE.
Sachin Sir (PHYSICS LECTURER) offers IIT -JEE - NEET Classes. Learn Physics with ease by Sachin. He believes that physics is easy only when we learn physics with daily life examples.
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is the standard reference for elemental, atomic, and molecular properties and specta including condensed matter and other properties.
physicsfun. is all about physics. To them, Physics describes the real magic of the universe. They showcase fun little toys that demonstrate physics properties and concepts.
PhysicsHigh provides explanations of various concepts of physics explained in a way that a high school students can grasp. Though many videos have been popular with undergrad students!
GorillaPhysics is a GCSE and A Level aimed physics revision service. They provide revision videos, teaching videos and exam practice videos, as well as educational materials.
Colorado State University's College of Natural Sciences Little Shop of Physics is a science engagement program. Their goal is to make science accessible and inform students and teachers!
PhysicsFun sets out to help students visualise physics and make learning physics enjoyable. Rakesh gives us a mixture of practical explanations as well as worked questions and answers.
Chris Doner's Physics videos contain numerous questions that emulate the style of IB Physics questions from Past Exam papers. His goal is to help students and teachers alike with IB Physics.
Cowen Physics offers free GCSE, A Level and IB Physics resources for students who are interested in entering the field of physics. They also offer worked video solutions for the Oxford University PAT.
Burrows Physics: A series of mini-lessons to cover some of the key aspects of Physics to support students studying for A Level Physics and any other end of secondary school levels.
Khan Academy is the leading online physics learning resource in the world (in my opinion). If you don't know Sal Khan is one of the pioneers of free online education. Please check them out!
Kisembo Physics presents experiments, theories, explanations and calculations on topics like Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics, Electricity, Light, Waves, and Magnetism.
K Eklund-Lule Physics has created a YouTube channel providing lecture, notes, and worksheet practice for Mrs. Eklund-Lule's high school physics class. Look here to a quality high school teacher!
The Physics Front is a Physics and Physical Science teaching resource which caters to primary (K-8) and secondary (9-12) learning of physics. Brought to you by the AAPT.
Science Joy Wagon is designed to help students learn introductory level, Algebra & Trig based, Physics. The Physics Lessons and Review are organized by topic. Wide range of topics.
First Year University Resources
The Physics Classroom specializes in High School and First Year College Physics. They offer full modules which include the lesson, interactive component, and practice problems!
Hands-On-Physics provides extensive at home labs meant to supplement ones introduction to Physics! Educators at Concord Consortium designed the modules to be for the technical minded.
Real World Physics Problems provides us with physics problems, complete with solutions, taken from real world situations including: Amusement Parks, Weapons and War, and Sports.
MrHeer's channel is designed as a resource for the high school or college level physics teacher. It has videos that show examples of physics phenomenon categorized into typical physics units of study.
Real World Physics Problems focuses on the most interesting physics taking place in sports. They make an effort to explain those concepts that can be directly applied to the sport itself.
Physics with Professor Matt Anderson has 29 Modules covering the physics you'll see in high school AP Physics or introductory physics in college. 1st semester is Mechanics and 2nd semester is E&M.
The Organic Chemistry Tutor's YouTube channel focuses on providing videos on organic chemistry, general chemistry, physics, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and precalculus.
HyperPhysics is an exploration environment for almost all concepts in physics which employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth navigation. Use it for a quick reference!
WFU (Wave Forest University). They make video clips of physics demonstrations used by most first year universities. They promote developing an understanding before memorizing concepts.
minutephysics is an influential YouTube creator which makes short animated and narrated physics videos. Some playlists include Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern that adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries.
This channel contains the complete Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism and Physics III: Vibrations and Waves lectures as presented by Walter Lewin...and more!
Saul Hernandez provides physics videos for General Physics topics, aimed at first year undergrad level. Videos follow a question and answer platform, teaching by showing solutions.
Physics Stuff provides a laboratory based approach to learning the topics generally inclusive to First Year University study. Labs also include topics studied in electronics and physical optics.
Dr. Oommen George's channel aims to support the learning of Physics by providing solutions to problems and explaining concepts. Videos are created to get viewers interested in Physics.
UNSW Physics makes videos to support their students in First Year, Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics and more! They even discuss the physics of everyday reality.
AbrahamPhysics goes through a typical first year physics course that would be taught at most colleges and universities. He is an experienced professor from The Univeristy of Oklahoma.
MU Physics and Astronomy presents videos relating to Physics and Astronomy at Marymount University. Meant for attending students, you can look and see what they learn.
Mr. Wright's Physics Classroom covers a first year University course which is based on Algebra. The course is based at St. Andrew's University. He provides all resources needed for the course.
Physics Study Guides is an ongoing project which provides an online textbook for a generic calculus-based physics course. David has 5 volumes which survey most topics covered.
Notes, Lecture Slides, Homework and Tests from PHYS 121 at the University of Rochester. The course covers kinematics, forces, energy, oscillations, waves, fluids and thermal physics.
IUN/FYDE Introductory Physics Notes. They constitute a general, non-calculus intro physics course. They were created for Physics 1301 offered at the University of Winnipeg.
PY104 is an algebra-based introductory physics course at Boston University taken primarily by life science majors. They have notes, applets, and links to the second half of the course.
Upper Year University Resources
At MIT Open Courses, learn as you go by taking free full courses by some of the best professors in the world. Here they offer more courses than most universities at a top notch level.
Particle Adventure offers an award winning tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, and more from the Particle Data Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Physics for the 21st Century. Explore the frontiers of physics research with the scientists on the front lines in this 11-unit course in modern physics offered free from Annenberg!
Einstein-Online is a free educational resource put forth by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics. This is an accessible introduction to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity!
Real World Physics Problems focuses on the most interesting physics taking place in sports. They make an effort to explain those concepts that can be directly applied to the sport itself.
STP is a collection of resources for teachers of Statistical and Thermal Physics. They provide supplements to standard Statistical and Thermal Physics textbooks and include applications and more.
The Physics Hyper Textbook is a comprehensive physics resource teaching: mechanics, thermal physics, waves & optics, electricity & magentism modern physics and much more!
Includes the programs used in Statistical and Thermal Physics: With Computer Applications, by H. Gould and J. Tobochnik. The Java programs use the Open Source Physics (OSP) library.
The Physics Stack Exchange is an online community of professionals, teachers, and students of physics. Ask a question or see if it's already answered. A great resource for everyone!
Physics LibreTexts is a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access texts to improve postsecondary education at all levels of higher learning.
Dyslexic Artist Theory on the Physics of 'Time'. This channel promotes Quantum Atom Theory an artist theory on the dynamics of light, space and time. Creator borders meta physics and physics.
Ever been confused by all the letters and squiggles used by scientists? This site will unravel some of those mysteries. Sixty Symbols gives videos from The University of Nottingham.
Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky. Topics covered include physics, mathematics, and engineering. Videos are very well thought out, narrated, and animated! Great visualizations!
Physics Stuff provides a laboratory based approach to learning the topics generally inclusive to First Year University study. Labs also include topics studied in electronics and physical optics.
iLectureOnline by Michel van Biezen. The physics videos explain the fundamental concepts of physics with some easy to follow examples on how to solve physics problems.
Pazzy Boardman is currently a physics undergraduate and provides helpful A-Level tutorial videos and university level physics videos, learning about all that he has learned at university.
Viken Kiledjian presents resources available for a person wanting to learn Physics and Astronomy better. You can search either by topic or by chapter. Also, check out the Demos playlist.
Physics Explained offers physics videos for courses in First Year, Mechanics, Waves, Electronics, and more! Simple medium (pencil and paper) but great teaching and tons of videos covering alot!
Physics of Fluids Group University of Twente shares here a variety of videos of their work in the field of Fluid Dynamics. A mixture of video and animation, they clearly explain complex phenomena.
GraduatePhysics gives us theoretical and mathematical physics at the graduate level and above. Here you find real theoretical physicists doing real theoretical physics. Not for the faint hearted.
College Physics will help people in learning physics. Viewers get short notes, examples, exercises, revision, and numerical problems, with a special focus in the federal board syllabus.
Good Vibrations with Freeball teaches us full courses in Structural Dynamics and Vibrations designed to help students along with their pursuit of understanding aerodynamics.
Dr. Elliot Schneider wants to help you learn physics! Whether you’re a beginner, a college student, or a lifelong learner, you’ll find resources here that deepen your mind in the laws of nature.
Teacher Resources
Physical Science Resource Center (PSRC). A source for physics educational resources and simulations. Provided by AAPT in partnership with comPADRE and the NSF/NSDL.
PhysPort supports physics faculty in implementing research based teaching practices, by providing teaching methods and assessment from physics education research (PER).
Welcome to PER-Central, a resource collection for physics education researchers. Here you find articles, theses, dissertations, research groups, and curricular material. An invaluable resource.
PICUP realizes that computation is an integral part of the education of every undergraduate physics student. Their mission is to increase the organic use of computation in all individual courses.
Advanced Labs provides an information base for upper-level undergrad laboratories. These include labs in electronics, condensed matter, optics, atomic physics, mechanics, and the like.
The Physics Source is a collection of resources for introcollege level physics courses. It includes curriculum material, reference material, and physics education research inspired content.
Quantum Exchange, a collection of resources for quantum physics teachers. The resources are supplements to quantum textbooks and include activities, important info, and applications.
The Spacetime Emporium provides resources for anyone interested in Einstein's Theories of Relativity. Materials are for a wide audience, from the generalist to specialists in spacetime physics.
Physics Institutions of Research
Perimeter Institute is a leading centre for scientific research, training, and educational outreach in foundational theoretical physics. They provide info on how to teach, learn and research.
SITP (Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics) (SITP) is a research institute providing videos on theoretical physics concepts including cosmology, quantum gravity, and more!
IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) gives animations & videos to clarify Earth-science processes. They want to advance awareness and understanding of seismology.
Int'l Centre for Theoretical Physics provides lectures on a wide range of graduate level physics courses as well as providing research opportunities and updates on new areas of developement.
APS (American Physical Society) is a non-profit organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. They offer a journal, career options, and a YouTube channel of new advancements.
NYU (New York University) Physics posts seminars, special events, and lectures on a variety of physics concepts. Majority of content includes high energy physics and astrophysics topics.
This is the Department of Physics at Brown University's channel. They provide education in astrophysics, cosmology, high energy, condensed matter and biological physics.
ITAMP (Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), is a center of AMO physics theory in the US. The channel provides videos from their conferences and workshops.
The IOP is the learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, with an active role in promoting physics around the world. They strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.
The ATLAS Experiment uses precision measurements to push the frontiers of knowledge, seeking answers to important questions. Keep up to date with their progress on YouTube.
