At-Home Labs for First Year Physics First Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Open-ended activity • Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A set of first-year physics labs that can be conducted with common household equipment
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) written assignment First Year • Assessment, Open-ended activity • Astronomy / Astrophysics, Physics A written assignment where students use a NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day image to creatively communicate science to a general audience.
Classical Mechanics lectures and tutorials Second Year, Third Year • Lecture, Problem set, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Mechanics, Physics A series of lectures and tutorials for a higher year undergraduate course in classical mechanics.
First year mechanics question bank First Year • Assessment, Problem set • Mechanics, Physics A bank of over 80 three-part questions covering the mechanics topic. Questions provided as Moodle STACK question type and as a PDF.
Physclips First Year • Lecture, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A series of film clips, animations and short tutorials in introductory physics. Physclips has volumes on Mechanics, Sound and Waves, and Light.
First Year Mechanics Playlist First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Mechanics, Physics A series of videos on first year mechanics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.
Electromagnetism Video Playlist First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Physics A series of videos on first year electromagnetism, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.
Vibrations on a wire practical First Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Video / Audio • Optics / Waves, Physics Videos and worksheet of standing waves on a wire practical activity.
First Year Optics Playlist First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Optics / Waves, Physics A series of videos on first year physical optics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.
University of Melbourne demonstrations First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Astronomy / Astrophysics, Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A series of pages including videos containing demonstrations for common physics topics.
Science and Mathematics Simulations (SciMS) First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Laboratory, Simulation, Tutorial • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermal Physics and Statistics SciMS is a set of online interactive simulations written with Geogebra/ Javascript demonstrating a particular mathematical or physical concept.
Five minute physics First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Lecture • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics Modules to support undergraduate physics with pages containing teaching material in the form of text, images, videos and interactive simulations.
