Selected Physics Web Sites

General Physics Sites

• Physical Review Focus ( http://focus.aps.org/ ) - readable summaries of recent physics papers
• Physics News Update ( http://www.aip.org/physnews/update/ ) - from the American Institute of Physics
• Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences 
  ( http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/ ) - with science news and more
• Physics Today Online ( http://www.physicstoday.org/ ) - newsflashes, articles from the journal, etc.
• PhysicsWorld ( http://physicsworld.com/ ) - the online site for the magazine, PhysicsWorld, published by IOP (United Kingdom). Completing a free membership application for the site allows access to more articles.
• PhysLINK ( http://www.physlink.com/ ) - a physics news center for everyone
• Fundamental Particles and Interactions wall chart
  ( http://particleadventure.org/frameless/chart_frame.html ) - the interactive version; a Flash version and print-quality version are available, too.
• New Scientist ( http://www.newscientist.com/ ) - general science magazine including a great news section
• PBS Science ( http://www.pbs.org/science/ ) - science news for everyone, including a link to a site for the TV show Nova.
• Why Files ( http://whyfiles.org ) - science behind the news for everyone
• Amateur shortwave radio ( http://www.arrl.org/ ) - information from a venerable "ham" organization

More Advanced Sites

National Laboratories

• Synchrotron Radiation Center ( http://www.src.wisc.edu/ ) - Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• Center for Neutron Research ( http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/ ) - part of NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.
• National Synchrotron Light Source ( http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/ ) - at Brookhaven National Labs, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
• Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ( http://www.jlab.org/ ) - Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.

Journals

• American Journal of Physics ( http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ ) - editor's website: http://www.kzoo.edu/ajp/
• The Physics Teacher ( http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ )
• Physics Today Online ( http://www.physicstoday.org/ )
• Science ( http://www.sciencemag.org/ )
• Nature ( http://www.nature.com/nature/ )
• Biophysical Journal ( http://www.biophysj.org/ )
• Biopolymers ( http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=28380 )

Physics Education Sites

• ISAW: Interactive Science Activities on the Web ( http://www.bridgewater.edu/~rbowman/ISAW/ ) - simulations relating to physics and astronomy, located at Bridgewater College, VA, USA.
• Powers of Ten Illustrations ( http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html )
• Project Kaleidoscope ( http://www.pkal.org/ ) - focused on effective education at the undergraduate level
• comPADRE - Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education 
  ( http://www.compadre.org/portal/ ) - a group of collections of resources for both students and teachers
• Astronomy Center ( http://www.astronomycenter.org/ ) - resources for the introductory course for college students not majoring in astronomy
• The Physics Front ( http://www.thephysicsfront.org/ ) - resources for the teaching of physics and physical science
• Physical Sciences Resource Center ( http://psrc.aapt.org/ ) - resources for physical science educaiton
• The Nucleus ( http://www.compadre.org/student/ ) - resources for physics and astronomy undergraduates
• Physics to Go ( http://www.compadre.org/informal/ ) - explore physics on your own through these links and online magazine
• The Quantum Exchange ( http://www.compadre.org/quantum/ ) - for teachers of quantum physics
• Contemporary Physics Education Project ( http://www.cpepweb.org/ ) - presents several wall charts (online versions and printed posters) and other information in the areas of elementary particle physics and nuclear science
• PhysTEC: Physics Teacher Education Coalition ( http://www.phystec.org/ )
• PBS TeacherSource ( http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ ) - especially for K-12 teachers & students
• Association of Science-Technology Centers ( http://www.astc.org/ ) - info for and about science museums
• Science Learning Network ( http://www.sln.org/ ) - resources for K-8 (and beyond) science education
• American Association of Physics Teachers ( http://www.aapt.org/ )
• American Institute of Physics ( http://www.aip.org/ ) - including a connection to job listings in physics
• American Journal of Physics ( http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ )
• The Physics Teacher ( http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ )

Physics Reference Sites

• Find an integral ( http://integrals.wolfram.com/ ) - powered by Mathematica
• Mathematica ( http://www.wolfram.com/ )
• Numerical Recipes ( http://www.nr.com/ ) - from the books and with computer programs
• Physical constants (values) ( http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html ) - from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Atomic Spectral Database ( http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/AtData/main_asd ) - wavelengths and more for atomic emission lines
• Atomic Orbitals ( http://www.orbitals.com/orb/ov.htm ) - an orbital viewer and sketches of many orbitals
• NuDat ( http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/ ) - an interactive nuclide chart nuclear structure and nuclear decay
• Fractal Archive ( http://spanky.triumf.ca/ ) - loads of images and computer programs
• Chaos and non-linear studies ( http://www-chaos.umd.edu/ ) - with good links and programs
• Primordial Soup Kitchen ( http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/kitchen.html ) - cellular automata