Research Guides: Physics: General Resources

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Websites:

Khan Academy: Physics
An excellent site with video tutorials and practice questions.
Bozeman Science: Physics
A comprehensive collection of tutorial videos made by Paul Andersen.
Study Physics
Site created by a veteran physics teacher containing full sets of easy to understand notes plus examples.
The Physics Classroom: a High School Physics Tutorial
Physics tutorials covering kinematics, Newton’s laws, vectors, momentum, work, energy & power, circular motion and satellite motion, sound waves and light waves, reflection, refraction. Test yourself with the quizzes.
SparkNotes Physics Study Guides
Covers units, scientific notation, vectors, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, linear momentum, rotational motion, oscillations, gravitation, thermodynamics, magnetic forces and fields, optics, and special relativity.
About: Physics Homework Help
Links to online resources for physics covering basic physics as well as thermodynamics, electromagnetism and Quantum physics.
Interactive Simulations
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado.
Exploratorium
Links to interactive teaching sites in the physical sciences.
Zona Land
Through definitions and 3D animations, this site explores high school physics and mathematics in a review format, with multiple choice questions and answers for students to test their knowledge.
Professor Dave Explains - Classical Physics
A YouTube channel that helps you understand concepts in physics.
Crash Course: Physics
Split into physics areas with helpful, informative videos.
Physics 20 Note-A-Riffic
The following notes cover the entire Physics 20 curriculum (2007 version).

Calculations and Conversions

ConvertPlus Online Units Conversion
Conversions for area, capacity and volume, circular measure, computer storage, currency, distance and length, energy and work, fuel consumption, power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, torque, mass and weight.

The Math Forum: Fermi Questions Library

Examples of Fermi Questions, including a Fermi Question library.

Graph Sketching and Recognition
A website with practice questions and "pop-up” answers to test your understanding of the graphical description of motion.

Vector Direction
This web page is designed to provide practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the representation of the magnitude and direction of a vector.

Vector Addition
This web page is designed to provide some additional practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the addition of two or more vectors.

Formula Sheets

Physics 20 - Formulas and Re-Arrangements

Physics 30 - Data Booklet (Government of Alberta)

Physics 30 Formula Sheet

NorQuest College Library

NorQuest College Library

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Master Math. Essential Physics

Physics Demystified

Physics Essentials for Dummies

Physics: the First Science

Physics

Physics for Dummies

Studying Physics

Physics Terminology

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Websites:

Calculations and Conversions

ConvertPlus Online Units Conversion
Conversions for area, capacity and volume, circular measure, computer storage, currency, distance and length, energy and work, fuel consumption, power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, torque, mass and weight.

The Math Forum: Fermi Questions Library

Examples of Fermi Questions, including a Fermi Question library.

Graph Sketching and Recognition
A website with practice questions and "pop-up” answers to test your understanding of the graphical description of motion.

Vector Direction
This web page is designed to provide practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the representation of the magnitude and direction of a vector.

Vector Addition
This web page is designed to provide some additional practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the addition of two or more vectors.

Physics

Websites:

Calculations and Conversions

ConvertPlus Online Units Conversion Conversions for area, capacity and volume, circular measure, computer storage, currency, distance and length, energy and work, fuel consumption, power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, torque, mass and weight.

Examples of Fermi Questions, including a Fermi Question library.

Graph Sketching and Recognition A website with practice questions and "pop-up” answers to test your understanding of the graphical description of motion.

Vector Direction This web page is designed to provide practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the representation of the magnitude and direction of a vector.

Vector Addition This web page is designed to provide some additional practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the addition of two or more vectors.

ConvertPlus Online Units Conversion
Conversions for area, capacity and volume, circular measure, computer storage, currency, distance and length, energy and work, fuel consumption, power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, torque, mass and weight.

Graph Sketching and Recognition
A website with practice questions and "pop-up” answers to test your understanding of the graphical description of motion.

Vector Direction
This web page is designed to provide practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the representation of the magnitude and direction of a vector.

Vector Addition
This web page is designed to provide some additional practice with the use of scaled vector diagrams for the addition of two or more vectors.