Teaching Tips Links

Assessment
Assessment Instrument Information	www.ncsu.edu; This site has information about a large number of assessment tools and links to the sites that host the tools.
FLAG	Wisconsin Center for Education Research; modular classroom assessment techniques
Force Concept Inventory	modeling.asu.edu; This site has links to the FCI and other inventories. The file you download is password protected so you will need to send e-mail as directed on the page before you can use the file.
Intuitor Online Survey	intuitor.com; This site presents an online quiz of basic physics concepts. A student can take the quiz, see the score, and read explanations as to why their answer is incorrect. Topics covered are Energy, Gravity, Kinematics, Fluids, Newton's Laws, Matter, Electricity and Units.
PreTests	Monash University; Diagnostic and Remedial Tests for Introductory Physics. The tests cover mechanics, heat, and optics.
SALG	Wisconsin Center for Education Research; Student Assessment of Learning Gains; students can do the free assessment online; you can modify the assessment tool
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Astronomy Education
ASP Intro Astro Resources	astrosociety.org This site has a wide variety of resources for the teacher of introductory college Astronomy.
Compadre	compadre.org This is a well organized site with resources for physics and astronomy
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Digital Media
Teachers Domain	teachersdomain.org Most of the items here are for K-12. The resources are organized by category. Free registration is required to do more than view a few resources. You can search for items.
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Homework
Texas	U. of Texas; Free Internet Homework service for math, biology, chemistry physical science and physics; Unique problems are generated for each student; students work is automatically graded
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Magazines
American Journal of Physics	You will need to be a registered subscriber to see the full text of an article.
Campus Technology	Campus Technology Magazine; This site covers news about the use of technology in higher education
Direct Access	doaj.org; This site lets you browse or search through a list of free, full-text, online journals.
Physics Teacher	You will need to be a registered subscriber to see the full text of an article.
Royal Society	pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk; The Royal Society has a free online archive of journals. You can enter keywords in a search box.
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Miscellaneous
Academic Standards	D. Larry Crumbley's site; The site seeks to promote a return to academic standards.
Advice	Julie Peterson's interviews with expert physics teachers; This was her Masters project.
APS	Sites and resources for undergraduate physics teaching
Blog on the Universe	blogontheuniverse.org This blog seeks to get people excited about science. One section that caught my eye is "Teachable Moments in the News." Much of the material is focused on the Earth and space.
Challenges	Roger Freedman's article "Challenges in Teaching and Learning Introductory Physics"
Clickers	derekbruff.com Teaching With Classroom Response Systems This is an educational blog. The archives are grouped by Activity, Discipline, FAQ, Outcome Type, and Resource Type. Links for resources are given.
Clicker Tutorials	www.cwsei.ubc.ca This site has short videos on the use of clickers in the classroom. Most of the videos are just a few minutes long.
Clicker Resources	www.cwsei.ubc.ca This page has links to help you use clickers in the classroom.
Compadre	compadre.org This is a well organized site with resources for physics and astronomy
Curriki	curriki.org; This site lets users post and use curriculum for the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, and languages in K-12 education.
Distance Education	distance-educator.com; news related to distance education
Dover Books	store.doverpublications.com This publisher has a wide range of books. They sell reprints of older works at reasonable prices.
Equipment etc.	faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/manufact.html; This site has addresses and links to manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, toys, electronics, videos, etc. The links are organized by categories.
Ilumina	ilumina-dlib.org; This site is a library of sharable resources for the math and sciences. You can browse by topic. There are many physlets on file.
Inquiry	exploratorium.edu/ifi; This site has resources for inquiry based learning.
Lecture Tips	Excerpt from "Tools for Teaching" by Barbara Gross Davis
Lon-Capa	lon-capa.org; A free, open source, web-based course management system.
Merlot Home Page	merlot.org; peer reviewed materials free for educational use; online resources for sciences, business, IT, languages ; free membership if you want to contribute materials
Microsoft Academic Research	academic.research.microsoft.com This site is a search engine to research papers. Over 6 million papers are accessible.
MIT	MIT OpenCourseWare; free access to MIT courses, no access to MIT profs.
Moodle	moodle.org; Moodle is an open source (free) course management system. Some institutions use it instead of Blackboard (TM).
National Science Digital Library	nsdl.org; This site is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research. There are more than 1 million resources available through this site.
NSTA Web Seminars	institute.nsta.org; The National Science Teachers Association presents free online seminars on a variety of topics. You can view the PowerPoint presentation from previous seminars. Most material is targeted towards pre-college teaching.
Physics Front	thephysicsfront.org This site has resources directed towards high school physics. There are web based resources organized by topic and hints for new teachers.
Physics Source	physicssource.org This site has resources for introductory college physics: curriculum, reference material, content produced as a result of physics education researth.
PHYS-L Archives	carnot.physics.buffalo.edu; At this site you can search the archives of the PHYS-L mailing list from 1996 to the present.
PHYS-L List	carnot.physics.buffalo.edu; This site has information about the PHYS-L mailing list. The mailing list focuses on physics and the teaching of physics. You can enter a request to be subscribed to the mailing list at this site.
PHYS-L	Listserv for physics teachers, e-mail based discussions
PHYSHARE	www.geocities.com/physhare; This site has information about the PHYSHARE e-mail mailing list. This discussion group is dedicated to secondary physics education
Plagiarism	guidetoonlineschools.com This site has information about plagiarism and links to tools to detect plagiarism. I did not try any of the links.
Plagiarism	www.onlineeducation.com This page has several links for resources related to plagiarism.
Pretty Good Physics	prettygoodphysics.wikispaces.com This site has user developed high school teaching resources.
PTEC	ptec.org; This site has resources and links related to research on physics education. The site also has information on conferences and educational opportunities for instructors.
The Physics Front	www.physicsfront.org; This site has "a collection of resources for pre-college physics teachers."
Physics Resource Packets	rose-hulman.edu; This site has worked out problems for Maple, Mathematica, and spreadsheets.
Plagiarism	Jane Sharka's tips on how to detect/prevent plagiarism
Pliagarism Check	doccop.com This site lets you check an electronic document for pliagarism. Free registration is required.
Prentice Hall	books available from Prentice Hall with resources for astronomy and physics teachers
PTEC	ptec.org Physics Teacher Education Coalition This site represents a group of about 100 institutions. It includes education resources and materials from past conferences.
Science Education Hall of Fame	learningscience.org This site is a collection of links to pages that provide resources for science education.
Study Tips	howtostudy.org This particular page has suggestions on how to study for a science course.
T.A.'s	Steve Pollock's comments for physics T.A.'s
VARK	vark-learn.com This site has a free online questionnaire to help students discover their learning style. The site also has free Helpsheets that give Study Strategy tips for the selected learning style.
Wisebridge Learning	wisebridgelearning.com; This site has free clipart for download. Teachers can register to get a free CD with clipart, pdf files, illustrations, and PowerPoint slides. The site offers a free MCAT review and free physics diagnostic tests. The site has publications for sale to help students learn physics and organic chemistry.
Wolfram Demonstrations	demonstrations.wolfram.com You will need to download a free player for these Wolfram interactive demonstrations. You can browse by topic or search for a keyword. The topics include Art, Business, Computation, Math, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and more. A free player exists for PC's and Macs.

Workshop Physics	physics.dickinson.edu This site gives information about the Workshop Physics approach to physics education. This is an active learning, experimental, approach to education that has been well received.
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Pedagogy and Teaching Tools
Social Media Uses	c4lpt.co.uk This site has over 100 examples of the use of Social Media (Google Docs, YouTube, etc.) in teaching.
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Physics Education Research
Colorado U.	colorado.edu; U. of Colorado; Be sure to click the Resources tab to get access to materials.
Kansas State U.	web.phys.ksu.edu; Some of the content at this site includes papers on the improvement of science teaching, using technology in the classroom, Visual Quantum Mechanics, and archives of past physics education classes.
Illinois U.	research.physics.uiuc.edu/PER/; U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Maryland U.	physics.umd.edu/perg/; U. of Maryland; This site has information about PER (Physics Education Research), Resources, and links to other PER sites.
Minnesota	groups.physics.umn.edu/physed; U. Minnesota; Take a look at the Context Rich Problems. The site has downloadable software and documents.
Nebraska	physics.unl.edu; U. of Nebraska; This site has some locally developed materials, and links to other PER sites.
Physics Ed. Research	prst-per.aps.org This free site has papers (2005 to present) accepted for publication in Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research. The site is an APS site, Physical Review Special Topics.
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Schools: Online Content
Berkeley Webcast	webcast.berkeley.edu This site has recorded lectures for various departments organized by semester. You can do a search that is probably the fastest way to find the course topic you are interested in. Much of the recording I found was in the .rm file type. MP3's of the lectures can be downloaded.
MIT Open Courseware	ocw.mit.edu This is the home page for MIT open courses.
World Lecture Hall	web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh; Free course content from the world
Yale	oyc.yale.edu Open Yale Courses, Free for noncommercial use. You can read the transcript, listen to audio, or watch a Flash or Quicktime video.
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Videos
Annenberg Media	learner.org; Annenberg Media; Click on the 'View Programs' tab. This site allows you to watch the Annenberg videos if you have a broadband connection. You will have to register (free) before you can watch the videos.
Berkeley Videos	video.google.com; Videos of classes from U. of California at Berkeley; Adobe Flash Player is used to view the videos.
Khan Academy	khanacademy.org This site has links to over 1600 tutorial videos that last about 10 minutes. The topics covered include Arithmetic, Pre-algebra, Algebra, Algebra I Worked Examples, California Standards Test: Algebra I, Algebra 1 Examples, California Standards Test: Algebra II, MA Tests for Education Licensure (MTEL) -Pre-Alg, Precalculus, Probability, Statistics, Geometry, California Standards Test: Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Science: Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Banking, History. You definitely should evaluate the content before directing students to this site. The videos I viewed did problem solving in a step by step manner similar to watching a person write on a board in front of a class. There is narration along with the video. If I read the site correctly, one person made all of the videos.
MIT Videos	mitworld.mit.edu Over 600 videos with most in the areas of science and technology.
Physics Toolkit	physicstoolkit.com; Robert A. Carlson's site; This site has free software (non-commercial use) for video analysis and video capture.
TED	www.ted.com Free videos on a wide variety of topics: Technology, Design, Entertainment, Business, Science, Global Issues. I have only looked at the Science area.
Video Analysis	www3.science.tamu.edu; This site has information on how to do analysis of videos for physics education. There are video clips, and suggested analysis of the clips, available for download.
You Tube Educational	youtube.com/education This site has educational videos from a few minutes to over an hour long. You can search the educational videos or browse by topic. Many videos are from major universities.
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Teaching Tips Last edit 8/28/2010