Physclips

About this resource

Description

A series of film clips, animations and short tutorials in introductory physics. Physclips has volumes on Mechanics, Sound and Waves, and Light. Smaller resource collections are also available for Electric Motors and Circuits, and Thermal Physics. Students can use the video tutorials as a reference resource, and each chapter is supported by HTML pages of background material. Downloads of the film clips and animations are available for teachers to incorporate into their lessons.

Length

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Pedagogical backing

Rationale

This resource is broken into short segments for ease of digestion. Mayer’s principles of visual learning are employed in the design of the videos and animations. A framework for designing educational animations to assist in the teaching of complex information is outlined with references to the main resource.
Physclips has been developed over a number of years with support from The Australian Learning and Teaching Council. It has been designed as a free, online platform for learning or teaching physics.

How is the resource used

This resource may be used as part of a first year undergraduate course in physics. The authors recommend integrating the short, modular videos and downloadable animations into existing lessons. Students may also use the resource to obtain an overview of each topic.

Student evaluation

Physclips has won a number of national and international accolades. It has been used in tertiary and high school settings for a number of years.

Authors

Joe Wolfe, University of New South Wales, j.wolfe@unsw.edu.au
John Smith, University of New South Wales
George Hatsidimitris, University of New South Wales