Project LITE is a two-year proof-of-concept project involving materials development, course instruction, and student learning assessment at Boston University. The project's goal is to develop a prototype set of...

Created by Tom Henderson of the Physics Classroom.com, this item is a chapter in a beginning physics tutorial. It explores the conceptual and mathematical principles governing the bending of waves as they cross the...

This web site, authored by Andrew Davidhazy of the Rochester Institute of Technology, provides a discussion of methods used in schlieren photography, a technique to image variations in density of a transparent fluid. The...

This site, provided by the Center for Science Education at the University of California Berkeley, contains an activity to experiment with shadows and light sources and to understand the relationship between the angle of...

This web site contains a large collection of animations illustrating basic concepts in physics and astronomy. It covers topics in astronomy, mechanics, vectors, electricity and magnetism, optics, waves, and modern...