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Welcome to the MERLOT Physics Portal, a collection of educational resources for instructors and students of physics. The collection focuses on open access and open source content that improves conceptual understanding and problem solving. You can help build the collection by joining MERLOT, submitting content, lesson plans, and activities, and volunteering to join the peer review process.
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The Editor's Choice 2014: This project provides a wide range of visual, interactive quantum mechanics tutorials. The materials cover all aspects of an upper-level quantum mechanics class, as well as advanced topics in quantum information and the foundations of quantum theory.
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Creative AI for STEM Toolkit
The Creative AI for STEM Toolkit is a free, classroom ready suite of GPT tools for undergraduate STEM general education...
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Graphs, Formulas and Tables relevant to Transport Phenomena: 2nd edition | TU Delft OPEN Books
This book provides relevant information required during BSc-level courses on Transport Phenomena, encompassing micro- and...
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Quantum Electronics - Student Guide | Prep4Uni.online
A guided entry into electronics shaped by quantum behavior—covering concepts such as tunneling, superposition, and...
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Aero Control Systems and Robotics – Autopilots, Drones, and Guidance | Prep4Uni.online
An accessible guide to control systems in aviation and space: feedback, stability, sensors/actuators, and autopilot...
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Aerospace Structures – Loads, Strength, and Lightweight Design | Prep4Uni.online
Learn how aircraft and spacecraft structures carry loads while staying light, stiff, and safe. Covers structural...
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Avionics – Aircraft Electronics, Navigation, and Flight Computers | Prep4Uni.online
A practical overview of avionics systems that enable modern flight: sensors, communications, navigation, flight...
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Flight Mechanics – Forces, Stability, and Aircraft Motion | Prep4Uni.online
Understand how aircraft move and remain controllable: lift, drag, thrust, weight, and the equations of motion in...
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Hypersonics and High - Speed Aerodynamics - Student Guide | Prep4Uni.online
A learner-friendly introduction to flight at extreme speeds, where shock waves, compression heating, and real-gas effects...
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Propulsion Systems – Rocket and Air-Breathing Engines Explained | Prep4Uni.online Description
Explore how propulsion creates thrust in aircraft and spacecraft, from basic momentum ideas to real engine architectures....
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Satellite Technology – Orbits, Payloads, and Space Services | Prep4Uni.online
A structured guide to satellites and what they do: communications, navigation, Earth observation, weather, and scientific...
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Physical Technologies – Engineering Systems in the Real World | Prep4Uni.online
An overview hub for physical technologies that shape modern life—from machines and vehicles to energy, materials, and...
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Geometrische Optica | TU Delft OPEN Books
The book provides the scientific basis of geometrical optics, ray tracing, and aberration theory. It applies this...
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Qubits – The Quantum Building Blocks of Computation
This page explains what qubits are, how they differ from classical bits, and how physical systems such as photons, ions,...
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Introduction to Complexity Science
Offered by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This course explores the features of complexity science. Our...
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University Physics II Lecture Slides | Physics OERs | Collin College
This page provides lecture slides for Calculus-Based University Physics II (PHYS 2426). Each link corresponds to a...
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University Physics I Lecture Slides | Physics OERs | Collin College
This page provides lecture slides for Calculus-Based University Physics I (PHYS 2425). Each link corresponds to a...
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Physics Bowl D1 + D2 prep-material
Open-source 47-page study guide for Physics Bowl D1/D2 exams. Summarizes key concepts, formulas, heuristics, and original...
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Psilab
Psilab is an intuitive, real-time simulation of the Schrödinger equation that helps students and teachers explore wave...
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Physion - Interactive Physics Simulations
Interactive 2D physics sandbox for classroom demos, labs and student projects
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Interactive Optics – 2nd ed. | TU Delft OPEN Books
This book treats optics at the level of students in the later stage of their bachelor or the beginning of their master. ...
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Physics 204A – Physics for Students of Science and Engineering: Mechanics
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Explore Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle in depth—understand its quantum foundations, real-world applications in computing and microscopy, and its role in shaping modern physics and technology.
This comprehensive educational resource offers an in-depth exploration of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, a...
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Unveiling Particle Physics: Case Studies of Higgs, Neutrinos, and Quarks
This resource introduces learners to the foundations of Particle Physics through a deep exploration of three landmark...
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Engineering Thermodynamics Textbook
A Creative-Commons licensed thermodynamics textbook for engineering students. From the back cover: "This textbook offers...
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#AAPTSM18 Recap #1 – “Can We Have a Group Test?”
Aug 07, 2018 02:55 PM PDTSaturday July 28 “Can We Have a Group Test?” Designing Collaborative, Active, Alternative Assessments for Physics Classes (Kelly O’Shea, Danny Doucette) On Saturday, I attended Kelly O’Shea’s and Danny Doucette’s all-day workshop on lab practicums. All of their slides and … Continue reading →
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Day 65: Hour of Physics Code
Dec 11, 2014 05:14 PM PSTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: I’ve been coding with my AP Physics classes for years. But in honor of this week’s Hour of Code, I tried VPython programming for the first time with my College-Prep class. We used the GlowScript version…
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Day 26: What Causes Gravity?
Oct 11, 2014 07:21 AM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: Even though we now have a mathematical relationship between mass and weight, we still don’t know what causes Earth’s gravitational pull. So first, we took a short survey: Download a copy here: GRAVITY Survey 2015 Then we…
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Day 16: Relative Motion
Sep 24, 2014 01:06 PM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: This year I decided to bring relative motion into my curriculum. It’s a unit in Preconceptions in Mechanics, a book I used a lot last year for introducing different types of forces. My hope is that vector…
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Day 13: A New Approach to Colliding Buggies
Sep 19, 2014 02:50 PM PDTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: College-Prep Physics: Modeling Instruction’s standard lab practicum for the constant velocity unit is colliding buggies. Lab groups take data to determine the speed of their buggy, then the buggies are quarantined and groups are paired up. Each group…
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Flappy Bird Physics Is Real Life?
Jan 30, 2014 03:39 PM PSTIf you don’t already know, Flappy Bird is the hot new mobile game right now. The premise is simple: navigate the bird through the gaps between the green pipes. Tapping the screen gives a slight upward impulse to the bird. … Continue reading →
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What Happened When I Gave Them the Answers
Nov 19, 2013 04:11 PM PSTOriginally posted on Noschese 180: [TL;DR – Not as much as I had hoped.] College-Prep Physics: Students came to class with the following question completed for homework: You are on a sleigh ride in Central Park one brisk winter evening. The mass…
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Quizzes vs. Projects (Mass & Weight Edition)
Nov 16, 2013 07:09 PM PSTTests are evil, let them do projects. That type of rhetoric frequently appears in my Twitter stream. My gut reaction is hell yeah. But some recent quiz results have gotten me thinking …. Take for example, this learning objective: The … Continue reading →
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Edtech PR Tips
Jul 14, 2013 10:54 AM PDTI’m not a PR guy. I’m just a teacher. But they say that if you want to be a disruptor, the best experience is no experience. So here goes… 1. It’s not about the technology. It’s about what students are … Continue reading →
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Convincing Reluctant Teachers
Jul 11, 2013 09:00 PM PDTThis question was posted to Twitter today: Question: how do you convince teachers who are ADAMANT that they teach to the rigor required by CCSS that they really don’t? (CCSS means Common Core State Standards) This is a great question. … Continue reading →