Finding Useful AP Physics Help Online

Introduction

Time and intellectually effective tutorials and interactive resources for homework and exam review help are needed for AP Physics and interested college-prep physics students to supplement their study. Topics that challenge students are listed below.

Guiding Question

What are the most effective websites for each physics topic?

Questions

What Web URL's or links are tested to be effective as either tutorials, interactive lessons, practice with feedback, question submission, or chat groups?

Mechanical Properties of Matter, Fluids, Gases and Kinetic Theory, Heat and Thermodynamics

1.     Materials of Matter

2.     Density

3.     Pressure in Fluids

4.     Archimedes' Principle

5.     Buoyancy

6.     Bernoulli's Equation

7.     Thermometers & Scales

8.     The Mole

9.     The Ideal Gas Law

10.                        The Concept of Heat

11.                        Thermal Energy

12.                        Linear Expansion

13.                        First Law of Thermodynamics

14.                        The Work done by a System of Ideal Gases

15.                        Heat Engines

16.                        Absolute Temperature Scale

Modern Atomic & Nuclear Physics

1.     Photons and Photoelectric Effect

2.     Wave-particle Duality

3.     Quantum Mechanics

4.     Atomic Energy Levels

5.     Spectra

6.     The Atomic nucleus

7.     Nuclear Reactions

8.     Mass-Energy Equivalence

Vibration, Waves and Sound

1.     Periodic motion

2.     Energy in a Hooke's law spring

3.     Simple Harmonic Motion

4.     Vibration Frequency

5.     Sinusoidal Motion

6.     Simple Pendulum

7.     Wave reflection

8.     Resonance

9.     Longitudinal Waves

10.                        Sound's Origin

11.                        Waves in Air: Speed, Intensity & Level

12.                        Sound Pitch & Quality

13.                        Interference & Beats

14.                        Resonance of Air Columns

15.                        Doppler Effect

Internet Resources

1.     Properties of waves

2.     Behavior of Waves

3.     Photon Propagation

4.     Reflect/mirrors

5.     Charges & Fields

6.     EPE vs V

7.     E-in B

8.     Particle Adventure Summary

9.     GW/zap Web Page

10.                        The LBNL Website

11.                        Physics Classroom

12.                        Tutorial Topic Index

13.                        Amer Inst of Physics Home

14.                        Tutorial Tutorial 2

15.                        Amer Physical Soc

16.                        Physics Web Home

17.                        Sample AP Questions

Daryl Zapata, Teacher, developed this web hunt.

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