Virtual Course Material

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MIT Open Courseware - PhysicsFully online courses with video lectures, exercises, quizzes and online readings in things like Relativity, Classical Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, etc. that can be freely reused by instructors and reviewed by students.
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MIT Open Courseware - Planetary ScienceFully online courses with video lectures, exercises, quizzes and online readings that can be freely reused by instructors in planetary science, solar system dynamics, and observational astronomy.
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MIT TechTVMIT Tech TV is the video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering, and MIT-related video on the web.
Open Textbooks
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College Physics from OpenStaxPublished by Rice University's OpenStax, this free College Physics textbook can be read online, in PDF, or on an iPad. It's peer reviewed, available for reuse in the classroom and customizable by instructors.
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Teach AstronomyThis site provides a textbook, images, videos, and podcasts.
Images and Videos
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Physics Lessons from Khan AcademyAn excellent suite of tutorial videos explaining a variety of Physics concepts. Great if in class use or for students trying to master the concepts.
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Astronomy Image ExplorerThe Astronomy Image Explorer (AIE) is a tool for researchers working in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics to gain access to images published in peer-reviewed journals. AIE is populated with hundreds of thousands of images published in the journals of the American Astronomical Society.
Labs and Simulations
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Open Source PhysicsSite dedicated to Physics teaching materials like simulations, models, and digital content and tools for all kinds of physics.
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Online Physics (and other science) SimulationsFun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado.
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Lab Manual ExchangeShare lab manuals with other physics and astronomy teachers. (Sign up required.)
Physics Apps
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Nuclear
Build the elements of the periodic table by adding and subtracting the atomic building blocks of neutrons, protons and electrons with the swipe of your finger. An exciting, energetic and informative app.
Free (first half of the periodic table); Cost (second half) Apple -
Pocket Physics
Pocket Physics is an easy-to-use, free app that covers a wide range of physical formulas with descriptions and images. Good reference tool for beginning and advanced Physics students.
Free Android
Moon Globe
Mars Globe
Planets