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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.

The Source relies on you, the community of teachers, to expand and maintain its holdings.

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Waves: An Interactive Tutorial
This collection of interactive tutorials on Waves covers topics ranging from basic motion through chains of oscillators and non-linear waves. Each tutorial is built around an interactive simulation that can be run on a wide range of devices.
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PhET: Physics Education Technology
Research-validated simulations designed for student engagement. Simulations are available for a wide range of topics.
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Latest Source Materials

Sep 9	Mobile Device Models
Jul 23	Stationary waves in tubes and the speed of sound
Jun 23	Oersted Medal Lecture 2007: Interactive simulations for teaching physics: What works, what doesn’t, and why
Jun 13	Doing Positive Work: on student understanding of thermodynamics

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Evidence-based methods for teaching physics.
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October 22th History

1842: William Robert Grave wrote to Michael Faraday and described a "voltaic pile of alternate tubes of hydrogen and oxygen" (the first fuel cell).
Source: Physics Infomall.