Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics ` - Sep 11, 2022

Completely turn-key resource for a unit on momentum and collision. Fascinating video plus four comprehensive classroom activities.

PhET Simulation: Charges and Fields ` - Sep 11, 2022

This PhET favorite has been rewritten to HTML5. Learn about variables that affect interactions among charged bodies by dragging + or - charges onto the field. You can  view voltage values, plot equipotential lines, and more.

HHMI Biointeractive: Electrical Activity of Neurons ` - Sep 11, 2022

Interactive tutorial uses a virtual electrode to show how neurons generate action potentials. View graphs of Potential v. Time for both transmitting and receiving neurons.

NASA Visualizations: How Plasma Transports Energy ` - Jul 10, 2022

Recent data from NASA's Multiscale Magnetosphere Mission reshapes what we understand about how energy travels in plasma. Great resource for HS.

PhET Simulation: Energy Forms and Changes ` - Mar 19, 2022

Build your own system to convert mechanical, light, or chemical energy into electrical or thermal energy.

NBC Learn: Science of NFL Football ` - Jan 6, 2022

This video collection funded by NSF aims to spark interest in physics through the motion of football players & ball trajectory. Entertaining AND accurate science.

Energy Theater: Exploring Energy Transfer and Transformation ` - Aug 20, 2021

Want to shake up your middle school Energy Unit? Try this AAPT lesson, where students play the role of "Energy Actors" to gain insight into how energy moves and changes form.

Physlet Physics - Mechanics 3E ` - Apr 12, 2021

Physlet Physics Section 1 (Mechanics) is now mobile and tablet-friendly! Each chapter features three resource types: Illustrations, Explorations, and Simulation-Based Problems.

Physics for Video Games ` - Apr 12, 2021

Free online textbook supports 1-semester course in the physics of video games. Developed by PER researcher Aaron Titus; includes labs and activities using Tracker and Vpython.

PhET Simulation: Faraday's Law - HTML5 ` - Dec 20, 2018

Newer HTML5 simulation by PhET introduces learners to Faraday's Law as they move a magnet through large and small coils. Great for beginners!