Contents
- Disclaimer
and Warning - Please read this.
- Physics - This page provides links to
sites containing
information that is both relevant to and useful for the current HSC Syllabus in
Physics.
- Religion - This page provides links to
sites containing
information that is both relevant to and useful for the current HSC Syllabus in
Studies of Religion 1 & 2 Unit.
- Favourite - Links to some of my favourite
sites,
including the excellent GOOGLE Search Engine.
- General - Links to some more general sites
of interest.
ABC
Science News - Excellent source of current science news articles.
ANZWERS Search Engine
or Google Search Engine
BINTEL - This is
the website of The Binocular and Telescope Shop in York St, Sydney - in my
opinion the best place to buy all your astronomical equipment.
Board
of Studies - HSC Exam Papers links page. HSC Exam papers from
1995 to the present are available here, as well as Markers Guidelines &
Comments.
Board
of Studies HSC Syllabuses - Select the letter of the Syllabus name
when you get there.
Catholic Schools Diocese of Maitland Newcastle
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Conversions
- Convert any unit to any other unit with the same dimensions.
Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Australia
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Edna -
Education Network Australia. This is Australia's free online network
for educators. This site contains a wealth of resources for teaching,
learning & research.
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Experimental
Accuracy, Reliability and Validity - This link takes you to
an article for teachers on the "From Quanta To Quarks"
Option. The article contains very good definitions of the
important terms "accuracy", "reliability" and
"validity". See page 2 & 3 of the article.
It is a pdf file, so you will need a program like the Adobe Acrobat
reader.
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Interact - A selection of interactive websites and games
that show a different side of Physics.
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Merchants of
Doubt - A great article in Cosmos Magazine (May 2011)
revealing the reasons behind the campaign of doubt & uncertainty
being waged by big-business against the science of global warming.
This is a great read. The author Naomi Oreskes is author of
the book by the same title.
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Minor Amendments to Physics Stage 6 Syllabus - 7 December
2006
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My Favorite Site
- Albert Einstein - Image & Impact
National Youth
Science Forum - Find out about this excellent opportunity for keen
Year 11 Science students. If you are interested in the possibility of
Science as a career, this is an opportunity not to be missed!
Ozymandias
- The poem by P B Shelley.
Physics
2000 - An interactive journey through modern physics.
Powers
of Ten - A view of the universe spanning from 10 million light years
from Earth down to the scale of nucleons.
Senior
Science - An excellent site with notes, questions, practicals and
revision for the Stage 6 Senior Science Course. This site is run by
Peter Wilkinson, a Science Teacher at St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton,
NSW.
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St Pius X
High School, Adamstown - School Website
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The
Desiderata - A beautiful reflection on how to live a good life.
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The
Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Page down when you
get there to find the link.
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The Physics
Classroom - A fantastic site devoted to the study of physics.
The site contains notes, animations, problems with answers & audio
assistance and much more on a wide variety of physics topics. Take
care with the problems as there is some use of non-SI units.
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The
Rose - a beautiful song
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The Stern Report - Check out
a summary of the
Stern Report on the economics of climate change.
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Verb
Practice - A great way to learn or revise the meanings of all the
important verbs used in the Stage 6 Syllabuses.
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Videos - Top 10 Physics videos plus access to many others - just
page down a little & look for the "Categories" heading on the right hand
side of the page.
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Weird Things - A
fascinating blog by Greg Fish who is a computer science grad student and
science blogger. His work appears on BusinessWeek, Discovery News, The
Panda’s Thumb and other popular science sites and blogs. He specializes in
writing about unusual cutting edge science and promoting skepticism and
sound science education. A huge variety of topics is covered. It
is updated daily.
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8.2
THE WORLD COMMUNICATES:
Acoustics
& Vibration Animations - Good animations illustrating important
concepts relating to acoustics & vibrations.
Bandwidth
- An explanation.
EMP
- Interesting article on electromagnetic pulses generated by the explosion
of nuclear weapons.
EM
Spectrum & Applications - Notes on EM radiation plus
some interesting applications to remote sensing.
EM
Spectrum Usage in Australia - Provides the frequency ranges and
other details for the various bands of the EM spectrum used for
communication purposes in Australia.
Explore
Learning
- A site that provides notes & practical exercises on many Physics and
Maths topics. It is a pay site that allows you to run only one
"Gizmo" applet per day unless you join. It is a very good
site with many excellent applets but whether you join or not is totally up
to you. There are many other sites with excellent applets for which
you do not have to pay. See for instance the other Java Applet links
below.
General
Physics Java Applets - Many useful applets for explaining basic
Physics concepts - waves, optics, oscillations, mechanics and more.
How
Radio Works - A good explanation of how radio works. The Table
of Contents at the top & bottom of the page allows you to browse through several
interesting aspects of the production, transmission & reception of radio
waves.
Inverse
Square Law - a practical - part of the Australian Academy of Science
project - Communicating with Light. Material also available on fibre
optics, morse code and more.
Java
Applets - virtual laboratory exercises on a huge range of Physics topics
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Learn
About Light - A collection of useful information on light.
Well worth a look. Thanks to Matt for alerting me to this site.
Longitudinal
& Transverse Wave Motion - Good animations of these wave types.
Modulation
- A simple but adequate explanation of signal modulation, including pulse,
amplitude & frequency modulation.
Solar
Radiation - Useful information on the nature of solar radiation and
its penetration ability through Earth's atmosphere.
Speed
of Sound in Materials - A very good explanation of the effect of
density & elasticity on the speed of sound in materials. Links to
other good lessons on waves.
The
Communications Revolution - Basic information on the
communications revolution, optical fibres,
photonics and related aspects of physics.
The
World Communicates - Notes from School of Physics, Uni. of NSW, for
workshop for High School Physics Teachers.
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8.3 ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN THE HOME:
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8.4 MOVING ABOUT:
Aerodynamics
Links - A very comprehensive list of topics on aerodynamics.
Good explanations of much of the basic Physics involved in flight.
Defines & explains true airspeed, windspeed, cross winds, groundspeed
& much more. Well worth a look if your interested in flight.
Bed of Nails
Physics - Brief explanation of the physics behind lying on a bed
of nails and having a heavy stone block broken on top of you.
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Death-defying
Designs For Car Safety - Good article on car safety features & why
they work.
Fatal
Impacts 1 - An interesting article on the risks involved in speeding.
Some physicists would argue that the actual risk estimates have been
over-estimated but the article is still worth a look.
Fatal
Impacts 2 - A mathematical analysis of the "speed kills"
arguments. Note that this article attempts to provide an accurate
assessment of the risks associated with speeding and is in no way
intended as an argument in favour of speeding.
Key
Facts for New Drivers - Download this very useful booklet from this
page.
Physics
Applets No.1 - Numerous very good applets on a range of Physics
topics, including motion.
Physics
Applets No.2 - More great applets on many topics, including motion.
Physics
Applets No.3
- Virtual laboratory exercises on mechanics, astrophysics, energy & the
environment and thermodynamics. When you get there, move your mouse
over the topic of interest and a menu will appear. Click on the menu
item required so that it is highlighted. A description of the applet
will appear in the box to the right. Then click on the "choose
this applet" button below this box to run this applet.
Rotation
of a Wheel - Why does it appear to go backwards?
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Spacecraft Speed Records - An interesting site - worth a look.
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8.5
THE COSMIC ENGINE:
Astronomy
122: Birth & Death of Stars - An excellent set of notes on this
topic. Page down for the Table of Contents of lectures when you get to
the site.
Astronomy
161: The Solar System - Excellent notes on a huge variety of topics.
Astronomy
162: Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology - Again, excellent notes on many
aspects of this topic area.
Astrophysics
- Very good explanations covering a huge range of astrophysics topics.
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A
Universe From Nothing - A You Tube video of a very good lecture by
Lawrence Krauss. Note that Krauss is a very good Physicist but an
atheist - he does make some snide remarks regarding Religion and religious
belief during the lecture.
Contemporary
Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy
Copernican
Model: The Sun-Centred Solar System - Excellent explanation
Dark
Galaxy - Radio astronomers may have found the first ever galaxy that
is made almost entirely of dark matter.
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Earth's
Radiation Budget - some simple facts & good diagrams.
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Future of the Universe - A presentation by Professor Brian Schmidt
of the Australian National University. Prof Schmidt & his team won the
2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for showing that the expansion of the universe
is accelerating.
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Globular
Clusters - Good notes.
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Greenhouse
Gases - Article on greenhouse gases and global warming.
Possible solutions are discussed.
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Hertzsprung-Russell
Diagram I - A good example of an H-R diagram.
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Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram II - Further notes on H-R Diagrams.
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History of
Astronomy - from the Ancient Greeks to Isaac Newton
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How
to pick a Telescope - links to lots of useful information
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International
Solar-Terrestrial Physics Website - Excellent source of information
on anything to do with the Sun-Earth system, including the Magnetosphere and
the Sun-Earth environment. When you get there, go to the "What is the
Sun-Earth Connection?" heading and select the link called "Education &
Public Outreach".
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Koolang
Astronomical Observatory
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Life
Cycles of Stars - A brief & easy to follow description of the
life cycles of stars, including useful information on the three possible
stellar endpoints - white/black dwarfs, neutron stars & black holes.
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Martian Rovers - Where are they now?
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Melbourne
Planetarium at Science Works Museum
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Moon
a Chip off the Earth Block - interesting article on the formation of the
moon.
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Moon's Magnetism Mystery Solved - Interesting article
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NASA Education
Site
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NASA Homepage
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Open
Clusters - Good notes.
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Pluto Re-classified - Article announcing the re-classification of
Pluto as a dwarf-planet. How is a planet defined these days?
Read the article and find out.
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Sedna
- The coldest most distant place in our Solar System (discovered on 15th
March 2004).
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Solar
Radiation - Useful information on solar radiation including the
spectral distribution of solar energy at sea level - that is, the relative
amounts of UV, Visible & IR radiation in the solar radiation that makes
it all the way to the ground.
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Solar
Radiation & the Earth's Energy Balance - A very informative
article on the effects of solar radiation on our planet.
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Solar Storms
- Excellent site on space weather.
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Solar
Storms & Their Human Impacts - Information on specific incidents
of solar storms affecting power grids, satellites and communications
networks. Useful for Syllabus point 8.5.4 Column 3 dot point 2.
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Solar System
Simulator - A great simulator that allows you to view one object in
the solar system from the point of view of another object at any time on a
selected day. Great fun!
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Space News from
Earth and Beyond - A good source of up to date news on all sorts of
things to do with space.
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Space
Questions - Answers from experts to commonly asked questions about
space & space travel.
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Space Weather Research Explorer - An excellent site with lots of
information about the sun, including how the sun can damage satellites,
affect navigation & radio communications, damage power grids, endanger the
lives of astronauts and lots more. Have a look at the "Space Weather
and You" section. Useful for Syllabus point 8.5.4 Column 3 dot point
2.
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Star
Clusters - Brief notes on Open & Globular Clusters.
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Star
Clusters II - A more detailed account of clusters including how HR
Diagrams of clusters can be used to test our models of stellar evolution.
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Sun
Facts - Great site with lots of interesting information related to
our sun. Topics cover a wide range from astronomical info to skin
protection to myths and so on.
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Sun
Information - A great site containing a huge amount of information
about the sun. The "Space Weather" section contains some information
relevant to Syllabus point 8.5.4 Column 3 dot point 2.
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Sunspot Cycle
- Information about this important cycle.
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Sun's
Regular Mood Swings - A BBC News article providing basic information
on the nature of sunspots, solar flares & mass ejections and describing
their effects on earth's magnetic field, power grids and satellites.
Useful for Syllabus point 8.5.4 Column 3 dot point 2.
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Telescopes
- How they work.
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The Apollo Space
Program Story - Detailed information on the Apollo Program.
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The
Planet Pluto - lots of interesting information about the Pluto-Charon
system
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The Solar
& Heliospheric Observatory - Great images of the Sun,
suggestions for lesson plans, links to other good sites. This site
includes a very good section on sunspots with photos of sunspots currently
present on the surface of the Sun.
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The
Virtual Sun - A very informative & easy to follow tour through
the Sun
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Views
of the Solar System - an excellent source of photographs and
information on the Sun & the Solar System.
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Voyager Mission Surprises - More surprises for the Voyager mission
at the edge of the Solar System.
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9.2
SPACE:
Age -
Check out your age on other planets.
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Apollo
Mission History
- A great collection of facts & photos highlighting the Apollo Moon
program from start to finish.
C-Ship
- Definitely worth a visit - shows the effects of Special Relativity for a
traveller getting ever closer to the speed of light - excellent graphics!
Current
Space Missions - basic details of current missions to various parts
of our Solar System - Voyager, Galileo, Ulysses, Cassini-Huygens and several
others.
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Dark Energy - Why we are stuck with it - interesting article.
Einstein's
Mirror
- A brief introduction to this thought experiment and its significance
provided by NSW HSC Online.
Galileo
- The Motion of Projectiles - Excerpt from Galileo's "Two New
Sciences" in which he gives his classic analysis of projectile motion.
g-forces
I
- effect of g-forces on pilots, along with some other interesting
information on flying.
g-forces
II - another site with a basic explanation of g-forces.
Goddard
and his Rockets - information on the contribution of Robert Goddard
to the development of space exploration
Gravity Assists 1
- An explanation of "gravity assists".
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Gravity
Assists 2 - Another explanation of "gravity assists".
Gravity
- Questions & Answers
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Lectures
on Galileo & Einstein
- An excellent set of lectures from Michael Fowler of the University of
Virginia, on the works of these two brilliant scientists.
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Lessons
From The Beagle - What lessons have been learned from the loss of
the Beagle 2 Mars Lander at the end of 2003? An interesting
article for anyone studying the difficulties of doing Science in space.
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Missions Beyond Our Solar System - interesting mission data on
spacecraft that have gone beyond our Solar System.
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Mysteries
of Deep Space - Classroom Activities
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Newton's
Cannon - an applet demonstrating the idea. This is linked to a
good lecture.
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Newton's
Law of Universal Gravitation - very good notes.
Pioneer
10 - Interesting overview of the mission of this spacecraft, which
is now further from earth than any other spacecraft besides Voyager 1.
Links to other missions.
Projectile
Motion - An applet - fires shots at a target - you adjust
inclination, speed & value of g.
Projectile
Motion II
- Another applet allowing you to experiment with the variables that
determine a projectile's trajectory.
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Rocket
Principles - explanation of Newton's Laws & principles of rocket
propulsion.
Roller
Coaster - An explanation of Roller Coaster physics.
Saturn
V Rocket - details of the rocket used to launch the Apollo
spacecraft.
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Solar
Sailing - Information on solar sail propulsion.
Space
Invaders - The transcript of a presentation on the ABC's Ockham's
Razor in December 2000, discussing the dirty & lucrative sides of space
exploitation.
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Space News from
Earth and Beyond - A good source of up to date news on all sorts of
things to do with space.
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Space
Shuttle
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SEDS - Students
for the Exploration and Development of Space - a wealth of information on
Space, Astronomy & Rocketry. This is an excellent site with links
to other very useful sites.
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The
Space Place - Simple explanation of how best to use earth's orbital
& rotational motion to advantage during launch.
Space-Time
- Brief description of current knowledge of the fabric of space-time.
Time
- Questions & Answers
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Warp Drive - interesting article
Weight -
Determine your weight on other planets.
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9.3
MOTORS & GENERATORS:
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9.4 FROM
IDEAS TO IMPLEMENTATION:
Note:
Several good links to sites on CRT's, oscilloscopes and
television are located on the "From
Ideas to Implementation" page.
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9.7 ASTROPHYSICS:
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Active
Optics - Good basic information.
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Active
Optics Example 1 - Good notes on the New
Technology Telescope which uses active optics.
The
New Technology Telescope, or
NTT is a 3.6m
telescope located at La Silla Observatory, Chile.
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Active
Optics Example 2 - The world's most advanced visible-light
astronomical observatory.
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Adaptive Optics - Good basic information.
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Age
of Clusters - A good site on determining the ages of clusters.
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Astronomy
Activities - A large selection of activities. Worth a
look. Included is an activity on determining the age of an open
cluster.
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Astronomy
122: Birth & Death of Stars - An excellent set of notes on this
topic. Page down for the Table of Contents of lectures when you get to
the site.
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Astronomical
Images - A very comprehensive collection of images from the
Anglo-Australian Observatory.
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Astrophysics
- Very good explanations covering a huge range of astrophysics topics.
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Astrophysics
Links - From Uni of Sydney. I have not checked out all of
these links but some or all may be of use.
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ALMA -
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), is the largest
astronomical project in existence. It came online on 3 October 2011.
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CFHT Homepage
- Lots of details & news from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
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Chromatic
Aberration - Basic notes.
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Clusters
I - Excellent notes on open & globular clusters and the age of
clusters. Good photographs & HR Diagrams.
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Clusters
II - More good notes on open & globular clusters.
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Eclipsing
Binaries - model light curves of eclipsing binaries using computer
simulation. This answers
Syllabus section 9.7.5 Column 3 dot point 1.
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Elements
Heavier than Iron - How are they made? - This link takes you to
the Astrophysics & Cosmology site at Florida State University.
Among other interesting material there is a good section on how stars
produce elements heavier than iron.
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European Southern
Observatory - General Information & links to their telescopes
including the VLT and the VLT Interferometer (VLTI).
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Evolutionary
Tracks - This is a very good page on post main sequence stars.
When you get there page down a little & you will find a very good
diagram showing the evolutionary tracks for stars of 1, 5 and 10 solar
masses as requested by the current Syllabus.
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GAIA -
An ambitious mission to chart a 3-D map of our Galaxy.
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Galileo's
Comments on & Drawings of the Moon - Interesting.
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Galileo's
Drawings of the Moon - good site. The link to the drawings is
at bottom left of page.
Galileo
Project - Excellent source of information on the life & work of
Galileo Galilei.
Gemini
Observatory - Great pictures and information.
HR
Diagram Plotting Exercise I - A good exercise that gets students to
plot an HR Diagram for the nearest & brightest stars. Data is
supplied. You will need a pdf reader such as Adobe Acrobat to access
this file.
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Interferometry - Good basic information.
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Mars Photos
- The latest high resolution photos of Mars taken by the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter. The HiRISE camera on board is the most powerful camera ever to
leave Earth's orbit.
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Milky
Way's Black Hole
- Best proof yet of the black hole that is thought to exist at the centre of
the Milky Way Galaxy.
National Radio Astronomy
Observatory
- General information & links to several NRAO telescopes
including the VLA & the VLBA.
Nebulae
- An excellent description of the different types of nebulae and of
starbirth within dark nebulae.
New
Type of Neutron Star
- Article from Physics Web on the discovery of a new type of neutron star.
Open
Cluster HR Diagram
- Notes & HR Diagram.
Parallel
Universes - An interesting look at this concept by the BBC.
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Phoenix
Mission to Mars
- Read about the discovery of water on Mars.
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Planet
Quest
- Description of NASA's attempts to answer two basic questions - Where do we
come from? Are we alone?
Pulsars
- Listen to some pulsars courtesy of the University of Manchester, Jodrell
Bank Observatory.
Resolution
- A good explanation of this concept. Links to other interesting
aspects of astronomy.
SIRTF
Homepage - Information on the Space Infrared Telescope Facility.
Solar
Neutrino Problem Solved
- Article on this from Physics World Magazine.
Spectra
- Absorption & emission spectra for all the elements. Just click
on the element in the Periodic Table to view its spectra.
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Star
Clusters - Examples of actual open and globular clusters, notes on
HR Diagrams and stellar evolution. Good example HR Diagrams of
clusters of various ages.
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Star
Clusters & Variable Stars - A detailed account of clusters including how HR
Diagrams of clusters can be used to test our models of stellar evolution.
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Stellar
Death - excellent information on stellar evolution.
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Stellar
Evolution
- Useful notes on stellar evolution including an HR Diagram showing the
evolutionary track of a one-solar mass star. Notes are also available
on stars, nebulae & HR Diagrams.
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Stellar
Evolution Models - How stellar evolution models are confirmed and
how the age of clusters is determined from the main sequence turn-off
point. Good HR Diagrams.
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Stellar
Evolution Summary - A good little summary of stellar evolution,
including an example evolutionary track for a star of 1 solar mass.
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Telescopes
- Basic notes.
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The Chandra X-Ray
Observatory Centre - A very good site describing this mission &
X-ray astronomy in general. Great pictures.
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The Compton
Gamma Ray Observatory - Brief description of this project.
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The Hopkins
Ultraviolet Telescope Project - Details of this project &
photographs.
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The
Moon - Historical account of lunar observation, including Galileo's
efforts.
White
Holes & Wormholes - A reasonably simple explanation of these two
astrophysical entities. There is also information on and links to
material on relativity & black holes.
Why
Build Big Telescopes? - An excellent paper providing great ideas for
teaching resolution, sensitivity and modern telescope design. Adobe
Acrobat Reader needed.
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9.8
FROM QUANTA TO QUARKS:
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Beta
Energy Spectrum - Some basic information on the energy spectrum of
electrons and positrons emitted during beta-decay. Click on the link
below the graph to "Experimental energy and momentum
distributions" for more detailed information.
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Bohr
Model of Hydrogen Atom - Applet showing energy levels within
hydrogen atom.
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de
Broglie Model of Atom - Good explanation plus a good applet showing the
arrangement of de Broglie waves around a nucleus. Go to site &
page down to find applet.
Fission
- Good information on fission and fission bombs.
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Fusion -
Good information on fusion (NOT fission), fusion reactors & links to
many other topics of interest.
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Heisenberg
- A very good site with lots of information on this great physicist.
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Large
Hadron Collider
- An excellent site describing the nature and purpose of this amazing
particle accelerator. When it comes on line in 2008 it will be the
most powerful accelerator in the world, giving Physicists the means to
further test the Standard Model of Matter.
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Large Hadron Collider Rap (You Tube) - Physicists are weird people.
Good people but weird.
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Loop
Quantum Gravity
- An interesting overview of this theory, which is a major competitor with
String Theory, for the quantum description of the gravitational field.
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Manhattan
Project 1 - Some basic information.
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Manhattan
Project 2 - Detailed information - links to several important
aspects of the project.
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Manhattan
Project 3
- Good information - access to copies of original documents, meeting
summaries, petitions to the President of the USA and so. Very
interesting.
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Nuclear
Power FAQ
- Is nuclear power the answer to our greenhouse gas problems? Some
answers from Australia's top experts.
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Nuclide
Chart
- An excellent table of nuclides. Click on the coloured section of the
miniaturised nuclide chart to go to the required part of the full
table. Once inside, you can move through the actual nuclide chart or
you can enter the nuclide you are looking for in the box at the top left and
then press enter (eg Tc-99, enter). You will then go to the
information on that nuclide. Information provided includes, decay
paths, emitted particle energies, parent nuclei and much more.
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Particle
Physics & Cosmology
- Some key questions posed by the National Academy of Sciences in the
USA. This is a brief statement of the questions.
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Pauli
- A very good site with lots of information on this great physicist.
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Periodic
Table
- An excellent Periodic Table containing huge amounts of data.
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Quantum
Computing
- Some basic information on quantum computing.
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Quantum Computing Update
- A new development brings quantum computing a step closer.
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Quantum Physics
Timeline - An excellent set of notes relevant to
the "From Quanta to Quarks Option".
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Quantum
Telecloning
- Article from Physics Web describing the first demonstration of quantum
telecloning. This is a technique that combines quantum cloning and
teleportation into a single step. It enables quantum information to be
sent to more than one receiver.
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Quantum
Tunnelling
- A brief introduction to quantum mechanics (the wave picture), an
explanation of quantum tunnelling and some interesting links.
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Quarks
& Atomic Structure
- Lots of good information.
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Quark Break-Free
Temperature
- Scientists
have calculated that quarks and gluons can break free from their
confinement inside protons and neutrons at a temperature of around two
trillion degrees Kelvin.
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Radioactive
Material Applications
- Several examples of radioactive materials and their uses. Ignore the
little red crosses in some of the thumbnail boxes. There is material
in most of them.
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Radiation
Technology Applications I - This site deals with medical
applications of radioactivity. Good detail.
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Radiation
Technology Applications II
- This is a very good site with comprehensive notes on applications of
nuclear energy in a wide variety of fields, including medicine, agriculture
and industry. It does not provide much in the way of actual equations
but does give heaps of examples that you could research further. The
site also contains lots of information on other aspects of nuclear energy.
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Scanning
Electron Microscope
- its structure & how it works
Schrodinger's
Cat - This link takes you to the Brainteasers page of this website
and the description of the Schrodinger's Cat paradox that resides
there. After reading the paradox, follow the links to the discussion
of the paradox itself and then to a description of the domain of quantum
mechanics. Use the back arrow of your browser to get back here.
String
Theory - A very good site with both basic & advanced
explanations of this theory, which is a major candidate for a quantum theory
of gravitation.
Testing
the Standard Model - The production of a large quantity of
antimatter may allow some very direct testing of the Standard Model of
Matter.
The
Particle Adventure Roadmap - Excellent site on elementary particles,
Standard Model, Quantum Mechanics & more.
Unified
Physics By 2050? - Very interesting Scientific American article on
the search for a unified theory of all four fundamental forces of nature.
Uranium
and the Community - Applications of radioactive materials in
Medicine, Industry & Agriculture - general information - no nuclear
equations. For more detail go to the suggested link & use the
search facility provided - eg search for "radioactive material
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GENERAL SITES:
AAS Degree
- A website resource to help students find in-depth and unbiased information
about AAS degrees. It applies to courses available in the USA.
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ABC Online - See the
Science section.
Apollo Program - An excellent source of information on the space
program that landed men on the moon.
Australian
Flag - Some interesting historical background to the Southern Cross
and its use on the Australian Flag, including the names of the stars and
their distances from Earth.
Australia
Innovates - A great selection of the most significant innovations
developed by Australians in the 100 years since Federation.
Board
of Studies
Chaos
Hypertextbook - an excellent introduction to Chaos Theory
Einstein
Analogy Competition Winner - interesting analogies to some of
Einstein's most important ideas.
Explore
Maths
Fluid
Lens - Article from Physics Web on the development of a fluid lens.
Flying
Laser - Interesting article by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki on the
possibility of using lasers as defense systems against missiles.
Foucault's
Pendulum - Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains the Foucault Pendulum.
Fuzzy
Systems - A Tutorial - an excellent introduction to Fuzzy Logic Theory
Galileo
Thermometer - How it works.
Geometry
Online - An excellent source of information on the history of
mathematics and on other mathematical aspects. Many links to
useful sites.
History
of Physics
How Stuff Works
- A site full of useful information.
HyperPhysics
- A very good site with explanations & diagrams covering a huge range of
Physics topics.
Klein
Bottle - Explore this fascinating mathematical entity. If only
we had four spatial dimensions. Imagine the fun we could have.
Laboratory
Manual - Uni of Melbourne - good physics experiment suggestions on many
topics - diagrams of apparatus needed - brief operational details.
Nerdling - A
zine of physics, maths & sci-fi.
New Scientist
Magazine
New
Scientist Space - A great Space site run by New Scientist Magazine.
Network
MAD Search - search the Mad Science Network archives for answers to
your questions. Links to other areas of the Mad Science Network Site.
NOVA - Science
in the News
NSW HSC On-Line - a
"must see" for all HSC students
OzSkyWatch
- Good information on upcoming astronomical events of relevance to people in
Australia, links to Australian Astronomical Societies and much more.
Periodic
Table - Excellent link to huge amount of elemental data.
Physics
Links - Some very good links here. Notes on the work of many
famous scientists. Notes on many interesting physics topics.
Physics Web -
Link to other sites
Quantum
Teleportation - An explanation of this mysterious phenomenon.
School
Science Lessons - Contains many science resources, including good
laboratory exercises, for a wide range of school Science classes. Well
worth a look for both teachers & students.
Science Daily - The latest news in Science.
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SCIENCE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION OF NSW
The
Anthropic Landscape of String Theory - A paper written by L Susskind
one of the creators of String Theory. A pdf version can be downloaded from
this page. Very interesting to read.
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The Anthropic Principle: Smolin v's Susskind - A very interesting
set of emails and letters sent between these two top line physicists
discussing and arguing the meaning of and the evidence for the Anthropic
Principle. This principle basically says that the laws of nature
should be consistent with the existence of intelligent life.
The
Photonics.com Site - Worth a look! This could be just the career
for you. There is lots of information at this site on what Photonics
is and where it could take you as a career.
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