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Assessment
Assessment Instrument Information www.ncsu.edu; This site has information about a large number of assessment tools and links to the sites that host the tools.
FLAG Wisconsin Center for Education Research; modular classroom assessment techniques
Force Concept Inventory modeling.asu.edu; This site has links to the FCI and other inventories. The file you download is password protected so you will need to send e-mail as directed on the page before you can use the file.
Intuitor Online Survey intuitor.com; This site presents an online quiz of basic physics concepts. A student can take the quiz, see the score, and read explanations as to why their answer is incorrect. Topics covered are Energy, Gravity, Kinematics, Fluids, Newton's Laws, Matter, Electricity and Units.
PreTests Monash University; Diagnostic and Remedial Tests for Introductory Physics. The tests cover mechanics, heat, and optics.
SALGWisconsin Center for Education Research; Student Assessment of Learning Gains; students can do the free assessment online; you can modify the assessment tool
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Astronomy Education
ASP Intro Astro Resources astrosociety.org This site has a wide variety of resources for the teacher of introductory college Astronomy.
Compadre compadre.org This is a well organized site with resources for physics and astronomy
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Digital Media
Teachers Domain teachersdomain.org Most of the items here are for K-12. The resources are organized by category. Free registration is required to do more than view a few resources. You can search for items.
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Homework
Texas U. of Texas; Free Internet Homework service for math, biology, chemistry physical science and physics; Unique problems are generated for each student; students work is automatically graded
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Magazines
American Journal of Physics You will need to be a registered subscriber to see the full text of an article.
Campus Technology Campus Technology Magazine; This site covers news about the use of technology in higher education
Direct Access doaj.org; This site lets you browse or search through a list of free, full-text, online journals.
Physics Teacher You will need to be a registered subscriber to see the full text of an article.
Royal Society pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk; The Royal Society has a free online archive of journals. You can enter keywords in a search box.
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Miscellaneous
Academic Standards D. Larry Crumbley's site; The site seeks to promote a return to academic standards.
Advice Julie Peterson's interviews with expert physics teachers; This was her Masters project.
APS Sites and resources for undergraduate physics teaching
Blog on the Universe blogontheuniverse.org This blog seeks to get people excited about science. One section that caught my eye is "Teachable Moments in the News." Much of the material is focused on the Earth and space.
Challenges Roger Freedman's article "Challenges in Teaching and Learning Introductory Physics"
Clickers derekbruff.com Teaching With Classroom Response Systems This is an educational blog. The archives are grouped by Activity, Discipline, FAQ, Outcome Type, and Resource Type. Links for resources are given.
Clicker Tutorials www.cwsei.ubc.ca This site has short videos on the use of clickers in the classroom. Most of the videos are just a few minutes long.
Clicker Resources www.cwsei.ubc.ca This page has links to help you use clickers in the classroom.
Compadre compadre.org This is a well organized site with resources for physics and astronomy
Curriki curriki.org; This site lets users post and use curriculum for the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, and languages in K-12 education.
Distance Education distance-educator.com; news related to distance education
Dover Books store.doverpublications.com This publisher has a wide range of books. They sell reprints of older works at reasonable prices.
Equipment etc. faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/manufact.html; This site has addresses and links to manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, toys, electronics, videos, etc. The links are organized by categories.
Ilumina ilumina-dlib.org; This site is a library of sharable resources for the math and sciences. You can browse by topic. There are many physlets on file.
Inquiry exploratorium.edu/ifi; This site has resources for inquiry based learning.
Lecture Tips Excerpt from "Tools for Teaching" by Barbara Gross Davis
Lon-Capa lon-capa.org; A free, open source, web-based course management system.
Merlot Home Page merlot.org; peer reviewed materials free for educational use; online resources for sciences, business, IT, languages ; free membership if you want to contribute materials
MIT MIT OpenCourseWare; free access to MIT courses, no access to MIT profs.
Moodle moodle.org; Moodle is an open source (free) course management system. Some institutions use it instead of Blackboard (TM).
National Science Digital Library nsdl.org; This site is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research. There are more than 1 million resources available through this site.
NSTA Web Seminars institute.nsta.org; The National Science Teachers Association presents free online seminars on a variety of topics. You can view the PowerPoint presentation from previous seminars. Most material is targeted towards pre-college teaching.
Physics Front thephysicsfront.org This site has resources directed towards high school physics. There are web based resources organized by topic and hints for new teachers.
Physics Source physicssource.org This site has resources for introductory college physics: curriculum, reference material, content produced as a result of physics education researth.
PHYS-L Archives carnot.physics.buffalo.edu; At this site you can search the archives of the PHYS-L mailing list from 1996 to the present.
PHYS-L List carnot.physics.buffalo.edu; This site has information about the PHYS-L mailing list. The mailing list focuses on physics and the teaching of physics. You can enter a request to be subscribed to the mailing list at this site.
PHYS-L Listserv for physics teachers, e-mail based discussions
PHYSHARE www.geocities.com/physhare; This site has information about the PHYSHARE e-mail mailing list. This discussion group is dedicated to secondary physics education
Plagiarism guidetoonlineschools.com This site has information about plagiarism and links to tools to detect plagiarism. I did not try any of the links.
Plagiarism www.onlineeducation.com This page has several links for resources related to plagiarism.
Pretty Good Physics prettygoodphysics.wikispaces.com This site has user developed high school teaching resources.
PTEC ptec.org; This site has resources and links related to research on physics education. The site also has information on conferences and educational opportunities for instructors.
The Physics Front www.physicsfront.org; This site has "a collection of resources for pre-college physics teachers."
Physics Resource Packets rose-hulman.edu; This site has worked out problems for Maple, Mathematica, and spreadsheets.
Plagiarism Jane Sharka's tips on how to detect/prevent plagiarism
Pliagarism Check doccop.com This site lets you check an electronic document for pliagarism. Free registration is required.
Prentice Hall books available from Prentice Hall with resources for astronomy and physics teachers
PTEC ptec.org Physics Teacher Education Coalition This site represents a group of about 100 institutions. It includes education resources and materials from past conferences.
Science Education Hall of Fame learningscience.org This site is a collection of links to pages that provide resources for science education.
Study Tips howtostudy.org This particular page has suggestions on how to study for a science course.
T.A.'s Steve Pollock's comments for physics T.A.'s
VARK vark-learn.com This site has a free online questionnaire to help students discover their learning style. The site also has free Helpsheets that give Study Strategy tips for the selected learning style.
Wisebridge Learning wisebridgelearning.com; This site has free clipart for download. Teachers can register to get a free CD with clipart, pdf files, illustrations, and PowerPoint slides. The site offers a free MCAT review and free physics diagnostic tests. The site has publications for sale to help students learn physics and organic chemistry.
Wolfram Demonstrations demonstrations.wolfram.com You will need to download a free player for these Wolfram interactive demonstrations. You can browse by topic or search for a keyword. The topics include Art, Business, Computation, Math, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and more. A free player exists for PC's and Macs.
Workshop Physics physics.dickinson.edu; This Dickinson College site hosts materials for the teaching method known as Workshop Physics. There are course documents, assessment tools, downloadable software, and other information related to Workshop Physics at this site.
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Physics Education Research
Colorado U. colorado.edu; U. of Colorado; Be sure to click the Resources tab to get access to materials.
Kansas State U. web.phys.ksu.edu; Some of the content at this site includes papers on the improvement of science teaching, using technology in the classroom, Visual Quantum Mechanics, and archives of past physics education classes.
Illinois U. research.physics.uiuc.edu/PER/; U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Maryland U. physics.umd.edu/perg/; U. of Maryland; This site has information about PER (Physics Education Research), Resources, and links to other PER sites.
Minnesota groups.physics.umn.edu/physed; U. Minnesota; Take a look at the Context Rich Problems. The site has downloadable software and documents.
Nebraska physics.unl.edu; U. of Nebraska; This site has some locally developed materials, and links to other PER sites.
Physics Ed. Research prst-per.aps.org This free site has papers (2005 to present) accepted for publication in Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. The site is an APS site, Physical Review Special Topics.
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Schools: Online Content
MIT OpenCourseware ocw.mit.edu; This site gives you access to course content put online by MIT.
World Lecture Hall web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh; Free course content from the world
Yale oyc.yale.edu Open Yale Courses, Free for noncommercial use. You can read the transcript, listen to audio, or watch a Flash or Quicktime video.
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Videos
Annenberg Media learner.org; Annenberg Media; Click on the 'View Programs' tab. This site allows you to watch the Annenberg videos if you have a broadband connection. You will have to register (free) before you can watch the videos.
Berkeley Videos video.google.com; Videos of classes from U. of California at Berkeley; Adobe Flash Player is used to view the videos.
MIT Videos mitworld.mit.edu Over 600 videos with most in the areas of science and technology.
Physics Toolkit physicstoolkit.com; Robert A. Carlson's site; This site has free software (non-commercial use) for video analysis and video capture.
TED www.ted.com Free videos on a wide variety of topics: Technology, Design, Entertainment, Business, Science, Global Issues. I have only looked at the Science area.
Video Analysis www3.science.tamu.edu; This site has information on how to do analysis of videos for physics education. There are video clips, and suggested analysis of the clips, available for download.
You Tube
Educational 		youtube.com/education This site has educational videos from a few minutes to over an hour long. You can search the educational videos or browse by topic. Many videos are from major universities.
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