A 16-part video series from the partnership of NBC and the National Science Foundation, on the "physics, biology, chemistry, and materials engineering behind the Olympic Winter Games." Exciting and engaging videos give new meaning to...

Fun science site that explores the vibrational behavior of a baseball/softball bat. Contains links to mode splitting in wood bats, controlling vibration, measuring the vibration of a baseball/softball bat and more!

For most westerners, and indeed for many Arabs, the spectacular achievements of Arabic language science from the eighth through the 16th centuries come as a startling discovery, as if an unknown continent had suddenly appeared on the...

Rodney Lee Cool spent much of life's work on hyperons. This is the classic biography of a real-life scientist, a particle physicist. It's touching and enlightening, complete and full of science and significance. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

A description of the Quantum Physics Group located at the Institute for Microstructural Sciences in Canada. Gives an overview of their research areas.

Combined with aspects of circular motion, students discover that Kepler's third law follows directly from the law of universal gravitation. This unit will expand upon the conservation of energy principle for problems beyond the confines...

Students will understand and predict wave phenomena, and investigate the energy contained in waves. They will gain a deeper understanding of waves and wave interference that will enable characterization and engineering of matter from the...

Pitch is the ear's response to frequency, and here you can get a better understanding of pitch, its measurement and the perception of pitch.

Provides a list of Nobel Prize winners in the field of nuclear science that includes the discoveries of spontaneous radioactivity, radium, and the neutron.

Explanation of how physical and conceptual models can be used during scientific research. Several examples are given ranging from modeling with Legos to computer modeling.

Descriptions and pictures of over thirty minerals are available at this website. Documents describing the properties of minerals and how to use the properties for identification templates to make models, and dichotomous keys make up the...

Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via...

This article from Khan Academy provides information about capacitors. This information is intended for the Class 12 Physics Course (India).

In addition to overviewing Compton's (1892-1962 CE) studies in x-rays, this article includes information on Compton's published works, his education, and personal life.

This site shares a collection of expert and peer-vetted teacher resources that are searchable for teachers and students. Searching can be achieved via a subject, grade, audience, and/or type. Curricula standards for the following subjets...

This site from the Nobel eMuseum from the Nobel Foundation provides information for you to read about the life and scientific discoveries of Marie Curie (1867-1934 CE), whose work with radioactivity earned her two Nobel Prizes.

Learn about scientist Ernest Lawrence, a physicist whose work was prominent during World War II.

A thorough review of subatomic particles and the people that discovered them. Each particle has its own link for additional information.

The legendary Faraday forges on with his prolific research and the telegraph reaches a milestone when a message is sent between Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD.

Are you looking to explore possible career paths based on a college major? Explore possible career titles, major skills and characteristics, and websites related to your choice of college major.

This site from the McMaster University provides the full text article of Newton's work, "Representations on the Subject of Money." Newton wrote these letters while serving as head of minting operations.

Theodore Maiman built the world's first operable laser. Ironically, Maiman's first paper announcing this momentous achievement, which many other scientists had been racing to complete themselves, was rejected. Since then, however, lasers...

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain how an object must be displaced for a force on it to do work; explain how relative directions of force and displacement of an object; and determine whether the work done on the...

Practice questions on understanding cardiac pressure-volume curves.