Activity-Based Physics aims to sustain and enhance efforts to render introductory physics courses more effective and exciting at both the secondary and college level. It uses the outcomes of physics education research...

This concise tutorial from the Physics Classroom explores a phenomenon that is integral to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. This phenomenon is known as "Relativistic Length Contraction" and occurs when "the...

The elegance and beauty of physics can elude students initially, so physics educators will be glad to learn that this site provides some nice video demonstrations that will be useful in the classroom. This site is part...

(MIT) Highlights for High School Web site provides access to free online resources to improve high school science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction. The Web site builds on MIT's existing...

This project aims to demonstrate the effective use of technology to a student-centered, model-based approach to secondary science teaching. Using a variety of computer-based manipulable models and probeware, MAC teaches...