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written by Steve Wirt
designer: the Science Joy Wagon
Science Joy Wagon and the Ithaca City School District offer the Physics Zone Web site as a resource for algebra-based physics courses. Numerous interactive lessons, simulations, descriptions, and other online learning material are categorized into nine subjects including motion; forces; work and energy; momentum; electricity and magnetism; waves, light, and sound; modern physics; and nuclear physics.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
General Physics
- Collections
- Measurement/Units
Oscillations & Waves
- Acoustics
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
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- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- Lesson Plan
- Activity
- New teachers
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© 2002 Science Joy Wagon
Keywords:
algebra-based physics, introductory physics
Record Creator:
December 31, 2002 by Waylon Flinn
Record Updated:
September 7, 2011 by Caroline Hall
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pay to access?

Author: Dave Cross
Posted: May 14, 2005 at 1:11PM

Shouldn't Compadre be promoting the free distribution of information. I do not charge for the ideas and items on my site - I sure as hell have no intention of paying others for a bunch or rehashed ideas they found elsewhere.

Good luck to them in their endeavors - but, Compadre, please do not waste my time sending me to pay-2-join sites!

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Re: pay to access?

Author: swirt
Posted:

The Physics Zone does not charge for ideas, I charge for animations that take weeks to create and the hundreds of dollars in bandwidth costs.   When you have a multimedia intensive site, bandwidth is not cheap.  The Physics Zone is a very popular site and the bandwidth charges were in triple digits per month.  I could no longer afford to offer free access (it was free for 7 years).

Dave makes unscientific claims here about what he thinks is in the member's side because he didn't want to pay the $5 to access the site for a year. What is actually on the members side is certainly not re-hashed from anywhere else on the web.  The non-members section (free) does have work that was donated by others and is found elsewhere, but the members side does not.

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This resource is part of 3 Physics Front Topical Units.


Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: For the New Teacher

This site is designed to be a resource for learning introductory level, algebra based, physics.  Lessons and review are organized by topic. The collection features an especially robust section on Units, Measurement, Significant Figures, and use of measurement tools. A $5.00 annual fee gives teachers access to additional simulations, many of which have been rewritten to HTML5.

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Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: For the New Teacher

This is a comprehensive set of tutorials for learning algebra-based introductory physics, organized by topic. It could be quite useful for students who need extra help or for crossover teachers seeking content support. A $5.00 annual feel gives access to additional simulations and resources.

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Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: For the New Teacher

This is a comprehensive set of tutorials for learning algebra-based introductory physics, organized by topic. It could be quite useful for students who need extra help or for crossover teachers seeking content support. A $5.00 annual feel gives access to additional simulations and resources.

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