Physics: Internet Links

Welcome to the Internet link section of "Physics: The Way Things Work." As you may already know, physics is very broad in scope. Physicists study everything from motion to magnetism. As a result, its difficult for any one web site to cover all aspects of physics. We hope that our site has opened up your eyes to what physics is and how it relates to your life. If you would like to explore a specific area of physics, the Internet is a great resource. The following links have been compiled by students and teachers. If you have a great Physics related link that you would like to see added to the list, email the site administrator.

University of Oregon's physics department: University of Oregon's physics department home page. Contains several education applets geared at the introductory level in a "Java Lab".
Gravitation Java Applet: Educational, robust, and customizable Java applet that provides an intuitive sense of orbital dynamics.
Interplanetary Water Rocket Society: Vast amount of information regarding the construction of water rockets from 2 L soda bottles. Site maintained by the Interplanetary Water Rocket Society. Also has links to other sites discussing water rockets.
Projects In Computational Physics: An interactive web tutorial discussing computational physics. Note, this site is set at undergraduate level and above. Despite this, it has some great information that would still be of interest.
Common misconceptions of electricity: If you want to learn something about electricity, this is the place to be. Dozens of misconceptions about electricity are explained.
Aurora Borealis: the northern lights: The Northern lights are poetry, they are nature's light show, and they are quantum leaps in the oxygen atom. They are elementary particle physics, superstition, mythology and fairy tales. Created by the most northerly university in the world, Tromsoe University, in Norway, the site is filled with interesting information and stunning pictures.
Environmental Defense Fund: Energy: The Environmental Defense Funds's report on energy. Includes data on both world and local energy sources and consumption. Promotes energy awareness and wise use of this important resource.
The International Energy Outlook: The finding of the Energy Information Administration as taken from their International Energy Outlook report (1997). The report discusses the future of the energy market through 2015.
The Bose-Einstein condensation: Information about the Bose-Einstein condensation experiment that took place in Boulder, Colorado in 1995. Physicists were able to achieve a temperature far below that has ever been produced before, creating a new state of matter Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose has predicted decades ago.
Core Courses in Computational Science: Tutorials in computational science for the advanced student. Developed by the Krell Institute located in Ames, Iowa.
Virtual Physics Laboratory: Over 20 Java applet relating to introductory physics concepts. Available in two languages, English and Chinese.
Yahoo's related physics categories: Another source for physics related links.
Olympia Academy: Relativity: Everything you ever wanted to know about Relativity but were afraid to ask. Includes links to sites about the father of relativity, Albert Einstein.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: A brief description of electromagnetic waves and the Electromagnetic spectrum.
North Carolina State University demonstration links: The Lecture Demonstration Facility for the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University index to hundreds of classroom physics demonstrations.
Amusement Park Physics: A site created to answer your questions "What goes on behind the scenes of an amusement park?" The site touches on the mechanics behind roller coasters, such as momentum and velocity, on a high-school physics level. Also included a simple build your own coaster section to illustrate the concepts laid out in the text.