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The Physics Source is a collection of resources for introductory college level physics courses. It includes curriculum, curriculum support material, reference material, and pedagogical and physics education research inspired content.

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PhET Simulations: Ladybug Revolution
This is PhET simulation on the topic of circular motion featuring one or two ladybugs. Users can change the various initial kinematics quantities and display time progression vectors, graphs and data of these kinematics quantities.
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ISLE: Investigative Science Learning Environment
This approach to teaching physics has students perform experiments and build models in a manner similar to physics research. Included are example labs and curricular materials, research results, and discussion boards.
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Latest Source Materials

Mar 12	MRI lecture and homework
Mar 12	PhET Simulation: Simplified MRI
Mar 12	Charge motion in a square conductor with hole
Mar 12	Charge motion in a cylindrical conductor with hole

This Day in History

1896: Wilhelm Roentgen created an x-ray photo of the hand of Dr. W. Koening by using a five minute exposure.
Source: Physics Infomall.