I.B. Physics Resources

Text / Resource / Edition / Author / Publisher / Details
Physics Principles with Applications / 6th Edition
Douglas Giancoli / Pearson Educational International / Prentice Hall / ISBN 0-13-191183-X
Additional support materials for Giancoli text / http://www.pearsoned.com.au/Catalogue/TitleDetails.aspx?isbn=9780131911833#Instructor
Physics SL
Excellent! / Chris Hamper / Keith Ord / Heinemann / ISBN 978 0 435994 266
Physics HL
Excellent! / Chris Hamper / Keith Ord / Heinemann / ISBN 978 0 435994 466
Physics
(new edition has been edited!) / Gregg Kerr
Paul Ruth / IBID Press
IB Diploma Programme Physics Course Companion / Tim Kirk
Neil Hodgson / Oxford University Press / ISBN-13: 978-099151448
IB Study Guides
Physics for the IB Diploma Standard & Higher Level / Tim Kirk / Oxford University Press / ISBN 978-0-19-915141-1
Lesson notes / practicals / Bruce Saunders / Bruce Saunders [
Test Bank – Past Exam Questions / IBO
Data logging / http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/occ/resources/ict_in_physics/
DVD – TOK
The Physics Teacher / American Association of Physics Teachers
Data logging / http://www.vernier.com/soft/lp.html

Websites

Heinemann
Excellent! / www.heinemann.co.uk/hotlinks (code 4266s)
Animations on gravity / http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/
Astrophysics / ircamera.as.arizona.edu/.../supernovae.htm
Fear of Physics / http://www.fearofphysics.com/
Classical & Quantum mechanics animations / http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory/animations.shtml
Interference of light waves / http://schools.matter.org.uk/Content/Interference/Default.htm
Magnetism / http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/feedback.cfm?topic=Magnetism
GIF animations / http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/
Physics animations / http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/index.htm
Flash animations / http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/
Physics questions / http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_walker_physics_2/0,7966,803655-,00.html
Home practical physics / http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/
Critical angle annimation / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/refraction/criticalangle/index.html
Doppler effect / http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html
Interference / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/interferenceintro.html
Diffraction grating / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/imageformation/gratingdiffraction/index.html
Rayleigh Criterion / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/imageformation/rayleighdisks/index.html
Soap bubbles / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/soapbubbles/index.html
Young’s double slit experiment / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/doubleslit/index.html
Waves & optical interference / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/waveinteractions/index.html
Acoustics & vibrations animations – v.good! / http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos.html
Beats - applet / http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/beats/b.htm
Atomic spectra / http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Light/atomspectra.html
Beats / http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/beats.htm
Astrophysics animations / http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/animations/
Conservation of mechanical energy - applet / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/science/JavaApp/energy1/e-energy1.html
Doppler effect - applet / http://physics.uwstout.edu/physapplets/a-city/physengl/dopplerengl.htm
Electric field – unequal charges / http://physics.uwstout.edu/physapplets/wave/elefi_z.htm
Generator - applet / http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/generator_e.htm
Physics notes / http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Diffraction gratings / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/diffraction/diffractionorders/index.html
Longitudinal & transverse waves / http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html
Longitudinal waves - applet / http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/Lwave01/Lwave01Applet.html
Diffraction applet / http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/diffraction/basicdiffraction/index.html
Projectile - applet / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/science/JavaApp/canon/e-canon.html
Reflection of sine wave - applet / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/science/JavaEd/e-wave5.html
Reflection of a pulse - applet / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/science/JavaEd/e-wave6.html
Reflection of waves from boundaries / http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/reflect/reflect.html
Superposition of waves - applets / http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/superposition/superposition.html
Principle of superposition - applet / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/science/JavaEd/e-wave2.html
Hypertextbook / http://hypertextbook.com/physics/
Thin lens simulations / http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=47.0
Vernier callipers / http://members.shaw.ca/ron.blond/Vern.APPLET/index.html
Virtual labs and simulations / http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html
Young’s double slit - applets / http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/twoslitsa.html
Global warming etc / http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/visualization.cfm
Geoscience annimations / http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/
Physics resources / http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/physics.htm#tdsm
Colorado Physics simulations – excellent! / http://phet.colorado.edu/new/index.php
Electronic method for marking IB practicals – new! / http://eduap.com/Default.aspx
Applets / http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/APPLETS/Applets.html
Applets / http://physics.uwstout.edu/physapplets/
Simulations / http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/e-sciencenori.html
Animations / http://physics.uwstout.edu/staff/scott/animate.html#faraday
Online Physics resources – heaps here! / http://www.ba.infn.it/www/didattica.html
Notes / http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/physics.htm#tdsm
Simulations / http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/bu_semester2/menu_semester2.html
Notes / http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/physics/
Animations – heaps! / http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
Animations – heaps! / http://www.physicslab.co.uk/index.htm
Climate change –recommended by IB / http://climateprediction.net/content/international-baccalaureate