On-line Physics Resources

Here are some useful links:

http://www.s-cool.co.uk A GCSE revision web-site; so it contains basic notes on all the topics we cover.

1. UNDERSTAND THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY

• http://www.gcse.com/electricity.htm

  A good GCSE Physics web-site, click here and then follow the links...

• http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html

  Where does electricity come from? - from with-in the atom to batteries to the turbines in power stations

• http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage/index.html

  All about circuits - voltage, current, resistance - OHMS LAW - includes an interactive experiment

• http://www.geocities.com/fizzsticks2000/access/ELECTRICITY_files/frame.htm

  The powerpoint I used in class (well, more or less the same) introducing electricity, voltmeters and ammeters - runs even if you do not have powerpoint

• http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/physics/circuits/index.html

  All about electric circuits - series and parallel - includes circuit challenges




2. UNDERSTAND FORCES AND MOTION

• http://www.gcse.com/forces.htm

  A good GCSE Physics web-site, click here and then follow the links...

• http://www.geocities.com/fizzsticks2000/access/speed2.html

  Speed formulae

• http://www.geocities.com/fizzsticks2000/access/acceleration2.html

  Acceleration formulae

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=4&quicklearn_id=3&subject_id=16&ebt=316&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  All about HOOKES LAW - includes an interactive 'mass on spring' experiment




3. UNDERSTAND WAVES

• http://www.gcse.com/waves.htm

  A good GCSE Physics web-site, click here and then follow the links...

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=2&quicklearn_id=1&subject_id=16&ebt=304&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  Notes on how to describe waves - what is a wave? Transverse and longitudinal waves - scroll down the page for descriptions of amplitude, frequency, wavelength

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_principles.asp?loc=pr&topic_id=2&subject_id=16&ebt=304&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  Notes on the PROPERTIES of waves - reflection, refraction, diffraction - look at box [2]

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_principles.asp?loc=pr&topic_id=16&subject_id=68&ebt=379&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=13

  Level 3 Notes on - reflection and refraction - look at box [2]

• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/refln/u13l1a.html

  Notes on REFLECTION - look at all of 'Lesson 1', but you do not need to look at 'Lesson 2' or further.

• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/refrn/u14l1a.html

  Notes on REFRACTION - again, only look at 'Lesson 1', no need to go onto 'Lesson 2' or further.

• http://www.geocities.com/eldrac/physics/waves/transWave/Page1.htm

  Have a go at making your own TRANSVERSE waves

• http://www.geocities.com/eldrac/physics/waves/longWave/Page1.htm

  Have a go at making your own LONGITUDINAL waves

• http://www.infoline.ru/g23/5495/Physics/English/waves.htm

  loudspeaker animation (this web site has lots of waves animations, the loudspeaker is the 5th one down on the table...click on the video camera icon to start the animation

• http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

  Good animation of Longitudinal waves (and Transverse waves and others...)

• http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/forkanim.html

  Animations of complex sound waves

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=3&quicklearn_id=3&subject_id=16&ebt=315&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  An Level 2 notes on the Electromagnetic Spectrum - start here - includes an interactive spectrum

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=20&quicklearn_id=1&subject_id=68&ebt=383&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=13

  An Level 3 notes on the Electromagnetic Spectrum

• http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/Spectrum/s.htm

  An interactive Electromagnetic Spectrum - explore it yourself

• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

  Notes on the Electromagnetic Spectrum from the NASA web site.

• http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html

  Another site on the Electromagnetic Spectrum - a good table featured

• http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html

  Another site on the Electromagnetic Spectrum - a good table featured

• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html

  Another site on the Electromagnetic Spectrum - from Hyperphysics, includes a 'calculator'

• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/waves/u10l1c.html

  A web site that's like a physics textbook - everything you might want to know about waves and more... don't read it all, just search for what you need.




4. UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY AND ITS TRANSFER

• http://www.gcse.com/energy.htm

  A good GCSE Physics web-site, click here and then follow the links...

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/energy/energytransferrev6.shtml

  Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation - not many words but study the pictures!

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=5&quicklearn_id=2&subject_id=16&ebt=317&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  Notes on Conduction, Convection and Radiation

• http://website.lineone.net/~wickfiz/heattran.htm

  Notes on Heat Transfer - includes links to further pages on Conduction, Convection and Radiation

• http://www.cherwell.oxon.sch.uk/prm/heat.htm

  Notes on Conduction, Convection, Radiation and EVAPORATION

• http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm

  Notes and links to do with ENERGY RESOURCES. All the different Energy Sources listed and detailed: how it works, advantages, disadvantages etc.

• http://website.lineone.net/~i.guest/Year_7/Energy_Resources/energy_resources.html

  More notes to do with ENERGY RESOURCES

• http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html

  Energy Facts - links to info on all the many sources of energy

• http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/index.html

  A History of Energy - a very good way of looking at the subject - includes links describing the history of all the different energy types




5. UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF RADIOACTIVITY

• http://www.gcse.com/radioactivity.htm

  A good GCSE Physics web-site, click here and then follow the links...

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=7&quicklearn_id=1&subject_id=16&ebt=319&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  What are atoms made of?

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=7&quicklearn_id=3&subject_id=16&ebt=319&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  What is 'atomic radiation', and why is it dangerous?

• http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=7&quicklearn_id=4&subject_id=16&ebt=319&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4

  What are the different sorts of 'atomic radiations'?

  *You need the 'decay equations' if you want Level 3!*

• http://www.darvill.clara.net/nucrad/uses.htm

  The uses of radioactivity

P.S. PRACTICAL SKILLS (The Practical Exam)

• http://www.mathsrevision.net/gcse/pages.php?page=7

  Study this to find out what a 'gradient' is and how to go about finding/calculating/measuring it - especially the gradient of a curve

• http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/lab_safety.html

  Basic Lab Safety rules

• http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Physics/Measure&sigfigs/B-Acc-Prec-Unc.html

  Accuracy in measurements