Physics Standards and Relevant Websites

1. Motion and Forces

1.1 Distinguish between vector quantities (velocity, acceleration, and force) and

scalar quantities (speed and mass).

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L1b.html A tutorial on vectors and scalars followed by an online quiz.

1.2 Illustrate how to represent vectors graphically and be able to add them graphically.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L2c.html A tutorial on vector diagrams with an animation.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L1a.html A tutorial on vector directions, vector components and vector addition with animations and interactive quiz questions.

http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/vectors/vectors.html An informational site on vector addition.

1.3 Distinguish between, and solve problems involving, velocity, speed, and constant

acceleration.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L1d.html A tutorial on speed and velocity with an animation and interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L1e.html A tutorial on acceleration with an animation and interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L5a.html A tutorial on free fall.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6a.html A problem-solving tutorial involving distance, velocity, and acceleration. Also includes interactive quizzes.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L2a.html A tutorial on projectile motion involving vectors with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/circtoc.html A tutorial on circular motion with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Xva/xva.html A site on position, velocity, and acceleration with interactive problem solving.

http://cccmkc.edu.hk/~kei-yhk/explain_sva1.html A site on displacement, velocity, and acceleration with animations.

1.4 Create and interpret graphs of motion (position vs. time, speed vs. time, velocity

vs. time, constant acceleration vs. time).

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L3a.html A tutorial on position vs. time graphs with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L4a.html A tutorial on velocity vs. time graphs with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6e.html Includes interactive practice problems involving the creation of graphs of motion and velocity/acceleration calculations.

http://hypertextbook.com/physics/mechanics/motion-graphs/ A tutorial on position vs. time, velocity vs. time, constant acceleration vs. time graphs with practice problems.

1.5 Explain the relationship between mass and inertia.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L1b.html A tutorial on mass and inertia including interactive quiz questions.

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/circmot/rht.html An animation of inertia during a right hand turn in a car.

http://www.sciencemonster.com/gravity_inertia.html Information on gravity and inertia with a lunar lander game.

1.6 Interpret and apply Newton’s first law of motion.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L1a.html A tutorial on Newton’s first law of motion with animations.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/cci.html An animation of this law.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/mb.html An animation of this law.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/il.html An animation of this law.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/NewPhysics/newtons_1.html A football movie about Newton’s first law in sports.

1.7 Interpret and apply Newton’s second law of motion to show how an object’s

motion will change only when a net force is applied.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L3a.html A tutorial on Newton’s second law of motion with interactive quiz questions.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/NewPhysics/newtons_2.html A football movie about Newton’s second law in sports.

1.8 Use a free body force diagram with only co-linear forces to show forces acting

on an object, and determine the net force on it.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L2a.html A tutorial on free body diagrams with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L3a.html A tutorial on forces in two dimensions using vectors with animations and interactive quiz questions.

http://www.mta.ca/faculty/science/physics/ntnujava/forceDiagram/forceDiagram.html An interactive free body diagram of a block on an incline.

http://eta.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/fbd/Q.fbd.html A tutorial on free body diagrams with practice quiz questions.

1.9 Qualitatively distinguish between static and kinetic friction, what they depend on and

their effects on the motion of objects.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/sd.html An animation of the effect of air resistance on the motion of an object.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.html An animation of the effect of air resistance on the motion of an object.

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Ben_Townsend/StaticandKineticFriction.htm The relationship of static and kinetic friction to the physics of a car.

http://www.cord.edu/dept/physics/p128/lecture99_12.html Types of friction in relation to Newton’s third law with interactive quiz questions.

1.10 Interpret and apply Newton’s third law of motion.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L4a.html A tutorial on Newton’s third law of motion with interactive quiz questions.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/NewPhysics/newtons_3.html A football movie about Newton’s third law in sports.

1.11 Understand conceptually Newton’s law of universal gravitation.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/U6L3a.html A tutorial on the law of universal gravitation with interactive quiz questions.

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html A tutorial on the law of universal gravitation.

1.12 Identify appropriate standard international units of measurement for force, mass,

distance, speed, acceleration, and time, and explain how they are measured.

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html A table of the SI units.

2. Conservation of Energy and Momentum

2.1 Interpret and provide examples that illustrate the law of conservation of

energy.

http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/lawce1.htm An explanation of the law of conservation of energy.

http://library.thinkquest.org/3042/conservation.html A description of the law of conservation of energy with a story analogy.

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu:7521/projects/IPPS/Ch12/index.html Interactive energy problem set.

2.2 Provide examples of how energy can be transformed from kinetic to potential

and vice versa.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/energy/energyTOC.html Energy transformation animations.

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/energy/ce.html Energy transformations on a roller coaster. Includes an animation and interactive quiz questions.

2.3 Apply quantitatively the law of conservation of mechanical energy to simple systems.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/U5L1d.html A tutorial on mechanical energy.

http://cougar.slvhs.slv.k12.ca.us/~pboomer/physicstextbook/ch6.html An explanation of the law of conservation of mechanical energy.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/U5L2a.html A tutorial on the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of mechanical energy.

2.4 Describe the relationship among energy, work, and power both conceptually

and quantitatively.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/U5L1a.html A tutorial on the physical concepts of work, energy, and power with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/U5L2a.html A tutorial on the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of mechanical energy.

http://cougar.slvhs.slv.k12.ca.us/~pboomer/physicstextbook/ch6.html An explanation of work and power.

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu:7521/projects/IPPS/Ch11/index.html Interactive energy and work problem set.

2.5 Interpret the law of conservation of momentum and provide examples that illustrate

it. Calculate the momentum of an object.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/momentum/U4L2a.html A tutorial on the law of conservation of momentum with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/momentum/U4L1a.html A tutorial on momentum with interactive quiz questions.

http://tutor4physics.com/m4.htm A tutorial on the law of conservation of momentum.

http://library.thinkquest.org/3042/conservation.html A description of the law of conservation of momentum with a story analogy.

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu:7521/projects/IPPS/Ch12/index.html Interactive momentum problem set.

2.6 Identify appropriate standard international units of measurement for energy, work,

power, and momentum.

www.hep.fsu.edu/~wahl/Quarknet/pepperlect/energy.ppt A powerpoint presentation on energy, work, power, and momentum. Includes an explanation of units.

3. Heat and Heat Transfer

3.1 Relate thermal energy to molecular motion.

http://titans-web.s716.ips.k12.in.us/~blachlym/pol/unit_10/nitro-story.htm A mock article relating thermal energy to molecular motion.

http://www.cpast.org/Articles/fetch.adp?topicnum=29 Thermal energy in relation to molecules on the stove or in the microwave.

3.2 Differentiate between specific heat and heat capacity.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/spht.html A description of specific heat.

http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/boilwater/page.html A description of the heat capacity of water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capacity Differentiates between specific heat and heat capacity.

3.3 Explain the relationship among temperature change in a substance for a

given amount of heat transferred, the amount (mass) of the substance, and the

specific heat of the substance.

http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/chem30/modules/module3/lesson2/calcheat.htm An online graphing exercise focusing on the relationship between temperature change/heat added and temperature change/mass.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/spht.html The relationship between temperature change, specific heat, mass, and amount of heat added.

3.4 Recognize that matter exists in four phases, and explain what happens during a

phase change.

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phases/waterempty.html Animation of the phases of matter for water, copper and nitrogen.

http://step.k12.ca.us/profneutron/phases.html Tutorial of the four phases of matter including animations.

4. Waves

4.1 Differentiate between wave motion (simple harmonic nonlinear motion) and

the motion of objects (nonharmonic).

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L1a.html A tutorial on wave motion with animations and interactive quiz questions.

http://physics.usask.ca/~hirose/ep225/animation/wave-general/anim-sine.htm An animation of wave motion on a graph.

4.2 Recognize the measurable properties of waves (e.g., velocity, frequency, wavelength)

and explain the relationships among them.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L2a.html A tutorial on wave properties including interactive quiz questions.

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm#pictureOfAWave A tutorial on wave properties with an interactive frequency animation.

4.3 Distinguish between transverse and longitudinal waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L1c.html A tutorial on wave categories with animations and interactive quiz questions.

http://ww2.unime.it/dipart/i_fismed/wbt/mirror/ntnujava/waveType/waveType.html An animation of transverse and longitudinal waves.

http://online.cctt.org/physicslab/content/Phy1/lessonnotes/waves/lessonwaves.asp An animation of transverse and longitudinal waves.

4.4 Distinguish between mechanical and electromagnetic waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/soundtoc.html A tutorial on sound (mechanical) waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/light/lighttoc.html A tutorial on light (electromagnetic) waves.

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/em.html An explanation of electromagnetic waves with animations.

http://online.cctt.org/physicslab/content/Phy1/lessonnotes/waves/lessonwaves.asp Tutorial on mechanical and electromagnetic waves.

4.5 Interpret and be able to apply the laws of reflection and refraction (qualitatively)

to all waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L3b.html A tutorial on reflection, refraction and diffraction of waves.

www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/light/flashLight.html An interactive animation of reflection and refraction.

4.6 Recognize the effects of polarization, wave interaction, and the Doppler effect.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L3c.html A tutorial on wave interference with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L3d.html A tutorial on the Doppler effect.

http://www.netzmedien.de/software/download/java/polarisation/applet.html An interactive animation of polarization.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/fourier.html An interactive animation of wave interference.

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Doppler/Doppler.html Animation of the Doppler effect with moving objects.

http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html Animations of the Doopler effect with stationary and moving objects.

4.7 Explain, graph, and interpret graphs of constructive and destructive interference of

waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L3c.html A tutorial on wave interference with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/fourier.html An interactive graphing animation of wave interference.

4.8 Explain the relationship between the speed of a wave (e.g., sound) and the medium it

travels through.

http://www.amershamhealth.com/medcyclopaedia/medical/Volume%20I/speed%20of%20sound.asp Tutorial on the factors affecting the speed of sound waves in relation to the medium.

4.9 Recognize the characteristics of a standing wave and explain the conditions under which two waves on a string or in a pipe can interfere to produce a standing wave.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/U10L4a.html A tutorial on traveling vs. standing waves with animations and interactive quiz questions.

http://physics.usask.ca/~hirose/ep225/animation/standing1/anim-stwave1.htm Animations of standing waves.

http://ww2.unime.it/dipart/i_fismed/wbt/mirror/ntnujava/waveType/waveType.html An animation of transverse and longitudinal standing waves.

5. Electromagnetism

5.1 Recognize the characteristics of static charge, and explain how a static charge is

generated.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/estatics/estaticTOC.html Various static electricity animations.

http://www.electrostatics.com/page2.html A tutorial on electrostatics with diagrams.

5.2 Interpret and apply Coulomb’s law.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/1997spring/PHY232/lectures/coulombslaw/ A tutorial on Coulomb’s law with practice problems.

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall2003.web.dir/Kevin_Jones/index.html A page about Charles Coulomb with a description of his famous law.

5.3 Explain the difference in concept between electric forces and electric fields.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/nforcefield.html An interactive animation of electric forces.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/wavpart2.html An interactive animation of electric forces between electrons and protons.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/wavpart3.html An interactive animation of electric fields.

5.4 Develop a qualitative and quantitative understanding of current, voltage,

resistance, and the connection between them.

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.intro.html A tutorial on Ohm’s law with an interactive animation.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Sample_Projects/Ohms_Law/ohmslaw.html A tutorial on Ohm’s law with interactive quiz questions.

http://www.ohmslaw.com/ohmslaw.htm An introduction to Ohm’s law and circuits with sample problems.

http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/otherpub/wfendt/ohmslaw.htm An interactive animation of a circuit.

5.5 Identify appropriate units of measurement for current, voltage, and resistance, and

explain how they are measured.

http://www.purchon.co.uk/radio/ohmslaw.html A description of units for current, voltage, and resistance.

5.6 Analyze circuits (find the current at any point and the potential difference between

any two points in the circuit) using Kirchoff ’s and Ohm’s laws.

http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/otherpub/wfendt/ohmslaw.htm An interactive animation of a circuit.

http://www.ohmslaw.com/ohmslaw.htm An introduction to Ohm’s law and circuits with sample problems.

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.fall2000.web.projects/Jeremie%20Smith/page3.htm An explanation of Kirchoff’s laws.

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.fall2000.web.projects/Jeremie%20Smith/page5.htm A circuit analysis example using Ohm’s and Kirchoff’s laws.

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.example.ohm.html Ohm’s law and a simple circuit problem.

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys03/bkirchof2/default.htm Kirchoff’s 2nd law and simple circuits with diagrams.

6. Electromagnetic Radiation

6.1 Describe the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength and energy, and be

able to identify specific regions such as visible light.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html A tutorial on the electromagnetic spectrum.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/quiz_l1/emspectrum_quiz.html Interactive electromagnetic spectrum quiz.

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html Electromagnetic spectrum diagram with questions.

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html A tutorial on the electromagnetic spectrum with an explanation of the spectrum of visible light.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html An interactive electromagnetic spectrum.

6.2 Explain how the various wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum have many

useful applications such as radio, television, microwave appliances, and cellular

telephones.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html A tutorial on the electromagnetic spectrum.

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html Electromagnetic spectrum diagram with useful applications.

6.3 Calculate the frequency and energy of an electromagnetic wave from the wavelength.

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c120/emwave.html A tutorial on calculating the frequency and energy of electromagnetic waves.

http://www.zyra.org.uk/freqwav.htm A description of the conversion between frequency and wavelength.

6.4 Recognize and explain the ways in which the direction of visible light can be changed.

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/light/rayOptics/refraction/refraction1.html A tutorial on refraction of light waves.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn/u14l1e.html A tutorial on the refraction of light waves.

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l2c.html A tutorial on the reflection of light waves with interactive quiz questions.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/light10.htm A tutorial on reflection and refraction with diagrams.