CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Heat Engine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about heat engines, explore pressure volume diagrams, and figure how to calculate ideal efficiencies of heat engines.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Friction
Learn how friction causes a material to heat up and melt. What happens on an atomic level when you rub two objects together?
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Energy Transformations
Through interactive learning exercises, students examine the different definitions of energy and how enzymes regulate how the energy is stored and used during cellular respiration. They also take a close look at photosynthesis to learn...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Welcome
An introduction to the College Board's AP Chemistry course, which is designed to be equivalent to a first year college chemistry course.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Energy Use and Energy Sources
This interactive learning module will focus on the fundamentals of energy and energy sources, renewable and nonrenewable, that support the human population. Students will also explore our dependence on nonrenewable fossil fuels to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Efficiency of an Electromechanical System
Students use Lego motors and generators to raise washers a measured height. The work done by the motor-generator systems is compared with the energy inputs to calculate efficiency.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Efficiency of a Water Heating System
Students use a watt meter to measure energy input into a hot plate or hot pot used to heat water. The theoretical amount of energy required to raise the water by the measure temperature change is calculated and compared to the electrical...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Efficiency
Students measure energy outputs and inputs to determine the efficiency of conversions and simple systems. One associated activitiy includes Lego motors and accomplishing work. The other investigates energy for heating water. Students...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Albert Einstein
A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918: Max Planck
Use this site to learn about the scientific work of physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947 CE), whose studies in radiation and light earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read his Nobel Lecture, "The genesis and present state of...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Thermochemistry
This site provides a general overview of thermochemistry, the division of chemistry that deals with temperature in chemical reactions. Content explores what heat and cold really are, the heat and energy around you, and a bit about Lord...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 2: Swiss Years: Writings, 1900 1909 Eng
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 3: Swiss Years: Writings 1909 1911
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
Princeton University
The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 2: Swiss Years: Writings, 1900 1909
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life and works in Switzerland.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics
A two-lesson tutorial on thermal energy in the study of physics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension check-ins.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Heat Transfer
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and learn about the three ways that heat can be transferred between objects of different...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Loschmidt's Paradox
Use this simulation to observe how Loschmidt's Paradox affects the entropy of an isolated system.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?
Netta Schramm describes the pitfalls of perpetual motion machines.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Energy
This site is from the Physics Department at Georgia State University. The conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to further...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exo and Endo Thermic Processes
In this chemistry lab, learners investigate two types of reactions and answer questions relating to exothermic and endothermic reactions.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Energy Changes Make Things Happen
Nothing can happen without energy. Here you can learn about the many different ways that energy makes things happen.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Energy, Heat Flow, and Life
Here you can learn all about heat flow, one of the major driving forces of nature, and how it works. It is the force behind weather, photosynthesis, animal behavior, and much more.
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