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1. Interactions in Understanding the Universe (I2U2)

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Byline:: Editor: M. Bardeen; Publisher: Fermilab
Item Types:: Lesson Plan; Activity; Laboratory; Assessment; Material for a New Teacher

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This website provides educational modules and outreach activities based on experiments at leading U.S. universities and laboratories. The teaching modules, available to registered…

http://www.i2u2.org/

2. Physics for the 21st Century: Gravity

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Byline:: Publisher: Annenberg Foundation
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This is Unit 3 of the free digital course "Physics for the 21st Century", aimed at secondary teachers, high school physics students, and adult learners. It explores gravity, an…

https://www.learner.org/series/physics-for-the-21st-century/gravity/

3. Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors

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Byline:: A. Fraknoi; Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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This resource guide for introductory astronomy highlights useful and accessible materials on the web and in print. It is designed to help instructors quickly compile high-quality…

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_...

4. Spacetime 101

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Byline:: P. Schwarz
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Spacetime 101 provides basic background covering how mathematical models of space and time have evolved since ancient times, from the Pythagorean Rule to Newtonian mechanics, Special…

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http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/st101.html

5. A. Einstein - Image and Impact

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Byline:: American Institute of Physics
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This online exhibit on the life of Albert Einstein takes a somewhat less orthodox approach. How did an ordinary patent clerk with an undistinguished college record evolve into one of…

https://history.aip.org/history/exhibits/einstein/

6. General Relativity (GR) Package [ Computer Program ]

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Byline:: W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox
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The General Relativity (GR) Package is a self-contained file for the teaching of general relativity. The file contains ready-to-run OSP programs and a set of curricular materials.…

https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7351&DocID...

7. Perimeter Institute Educational Resources

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Byline:: Editor: D. Pope; Publisher: Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
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This is the collection of the Perimeter Institute's free digital resources, designed to help teachers explain a range of important physics and science topics. Each compilation…

https://resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/

8. Light and Matter - Open Source Physics Textbooks

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Byline:: B. Crowell
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This web site is the home of Light and Matter Physics, a series of textbooks available online for no cost. There are six main textbooks: Light and Matter -- physics for students…

http://www.lightandmatter.com/

9. The Light Cone: an illuminating introduction to relativity

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Byline:: R. Salgado
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This web site contains a detailed introduction to relativity. It integrates text explanations of relativity concepts with diagrams and animations to clarify the material. It includes…

http://visualrelativity.com/LIGHTCONE/indexv.html

10. Space Time Travel - Relativity Visualized

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Byline:: U. Kraus and C. Zahn
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What would it be like to travel at the speed of light and directly experience the effects of relativistic speed? This website, developed by a theoretical astrophysicist, features a…

https://www.spacetimetravel.org/

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