High School Physics Free Educational Websites

FROM: Cathy Ezrailson, University of South Dakota

Ed Lee, American Physical Society



RE: not-for-profit educational websites for physics teachers



We are writing to alert you to these two not-for-profit sites that support high

school physics instruction and learning--The Physics Front

(www.thephysicsfront.org) and Physics To Go (www.physicstogo.org).



The Physics Front (www.thephysicsfront.org) is an online library of physics and astronomy resources whose goal is to provide enhanced accessibility to peer-reviewed quality physics teaching resources for all pre-college teachers of physics and the physical sciences with special support for new and "cross-over" teachers of all levels of science. The collection contains references, lesson plans, activities, labs, assessments and best teaching practices all searchable by subject and course type. Users can also contribute to this dynamic and growing online physics teacher community by sharing, accessing and archiving exemplary teacher-designed materials.



Physics To Go (www.physicstogo.org) is a collection of more than 550 carefully selected online resources for informal physics learning, and it has great potential value for teachers as well. The homepage features "Physics in Your World" and "From Physics Research" present striking images, with links to related sites that discuss the physics, and both features can be useful as examples of the application of physics concepts. Past features, including more than 60 images, are archived.

Please see reviews by the the Sci-TechLibrary at http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/nsflibnews/2007/stan070820.html#math

(scroll down to "Physics to Go") and by Education World at http://www.education-world.com/awards/2006/r0906-18.shtml.



The Physics Front and Physics To Go are part of the ComPADRE

(www.compadre.org) collection of electronic resources in physics and astronomy education. ComPADRE is a joint project of the American Association of Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society,

and American Institute of Physics. ComPADRE is supported by the National Science Foundation.