Physics Websites

http://exn.ca/Stories/2000/11/23/52.asp	Don’t think football has anything to do with physics? Check out this story to find out why it does!
www.d230.org/vja/research/science/physcience/sport/	Want to know how physics is the basis of many sports? Check this site out!
www.ct.infn.it/~aif/physics_as_game/physics_as_game.htm	If you speak Italian, you’ll love this site! Even if you don’t you can see an example of another physics game!
http://www.billnye.com/	Bill Nye is never short on creativity and fun science. Use this website by going to “home demos” once you are on the flash site. Look under physical science and physics for fun ways to attract youngsters attention!
http://physics.nad.ru/Physics/English/mech.htm	An excellent source for animations of mechanics. Each simple, mechanical machine has a theory and video to go along with it!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/	This is an incredibly cool website. It is a great place to generate ideas and look at drawings similar to ones that you will need in your proposal.
http://www.interactivephysics.com/simulations.html	This website contains many animations or demonstrations of basic physics. Look here for initial brainstorming, and definitely come back to this site when you have a better idea of what you’re doing
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~probs/mech.html	This site contains examples of mechanical problems. If you know your topic area and want to look at a few, you may find some ideas to use.
http://physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html	If you need to get a handle on the basics of mechanics, this website will help!
http://physics.nad.ru/Physics/English/index.htm	If you don’t want to be limited to games/sports with mechanical advantage, you may use these animations of waves and optics.

Last updated on July 31, 2003. Based on the “Concrete Design” template from The WebQuest Page