General

• Math, Physics, & Chemistry - Science.gov links for Astrophysics, Chemicals, Mathematical Modeling ...
• Math & Physical Sciences - astronomical, chemistry, math, physics (NSF)
• Physics - more narrow Science.gov links for physics
• Virtual Physics Library - (NIST)
• Contemporary Physics Education Project - presents the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, incorporating the major research findings of recent year
• Physics Laboratory - 6 major divisions: electron & optical physics, atomic physics, optical technology, ionizing radiation, time & frequency, and quantum physics (NIST)
• painless Physics - high energy physics explained
• Physics Education Technology (PhET) - produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena; more than 35 simulations to experiment with circuits, string tension, kinetic and potential energy, radio waves and electromagnetic fields, balloons and static electricity, ideal gas and buoyancy, velocity and acceleration, sound waves and the Doppler effect, and more.
• Physics to Go - a collection of reviewed resources for teaching and learning about astronomy, electricity and magnetism, fluids, light, modern physics, motion and energy, quantum physics, and waves and pendula.
• Physics - provides more than 40 online interactives that demonstrate

concepts in mechanics, fluid mechanics and dynamics, electromagnetism, and quantum physics. Watch simulations of a pendulum, suspension bridge, charged particle in a magnetic chamber, hourglass, Archimedes' Principle of Buoyancy,

electrical fields, gears, light-matter interactions, Newton's Cradle, pulleys, springs, water flow when a dam collapses, and more. (National Science Foundation)

Fusion

• Office of Fusion Energy - (Energy Dept.)
• Fusion Basics - (Princeton Univesity and DOE)
• Glossary of Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

Nuclear

• Office of High Energy & Nuclear Physics - (Energy Dept.)
• ABC's of Nuclear Science - brief introduction to nuclear science with the Nuclear Wall Chart

Solar

• Solar Physics - sun facts, solar structure and features(NASA)
• Solar-Terrestrial Physics - (NOAA)
• Solar Physics Glossary - (NASA)

Other

• Fundamental Physics of Space - how what happens in space relates to what happens on earth (NASA)
• 'World Year of Physics 2005' - celebrates the centennial of the publication of 4 strange research papers, written by a 26-year-old patent clerk, that revolutionized how we think about light, matter, energy, space & time; learn how Albert Einstein's thinking that year laid the foundations for most of modern physics & a host of today's technologies.
• Physics - view of the great challenges in physics today -- read about self-organization, network theory, superconductivity, superfluidity, supersolids, quantum mechanics, quantum computing, quantum cryptography, nonlinear equations, chaos theory, the human genome, human consciousness, fundamental forces, grand unified theories, Higgs field, string theory, loop quantum gravity, supernovae, cosmic microwave background, neutrinos, dark energy, & cosmic rays.

Help

• Ask-A-Scientist - Physics, archive 1991+

Teaching Resources

• Physics Education Technology (PhET) - fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena; more than 35 simulations with circuits, string tension, kinetic & potential energy, radios waves & electromagnetic fields, balloons & static electricity, ideal gas & buoyancy, velocity & acceleration, sound waves & the Doppler effect, & more.
• Long Island Consortium for Interconnected Learning in Quantitative Disciplines - presents physics (and math) problems
• Activity-Based Physics - presents "thinking problems" for physics topics: vectors, kinematics, momentum, circular motion, universal gravitation, sound, energy, temperature, & circuits. Problems include designing a roller coaster, riding a bicycle efficiently, tailgating, tuning a radio, electrical safety, & how bats & dolphins "see" with sound (echolocation).
• The Physics Front - provides selected resources to physics with lessons, labs, & activities in 4 categories: conceptual physics, algebra-based physics, AP physics, & K-8 physical sciences; or accessed by topic: measurement, motion, forces, momentum, energy, springs, heat & temperature, wave energy, electrostatics, electricity & circuits, magnetism, electromagnetism, optics particles & interactions, & astronomy.