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December 31, 2013
Meant to excite and inform everyone about physics
This website attempts to peak everyone's interest about physics. The website is divided into 3 main sections: Explore the Science, Ask & Experiment, and Physics Buzz. Moreover, there is a resources for educators section to assist educators with finding resources for their classrooms. The Explore the Science section includes pictures, videos, and podcasts to assist students and teachers in their exploration of physics. The Ask & Experiment section includes experiments to do at home, video contests, an Ask-a-Physicist section, free Spectra kits (4 story based experiments) for 6-9th grade classes, comic books for middle school students about physics, activity coloring books to introduce elementary kids to physics, and an Adopt-a-Physicist forum for high school students. The Physics Buzz section includes blogs about physics. One should note each section has archived items along with the current items. Recently, the American Physical Society online journal became available to high school physics students within the educator resources section. The website works on an iPad along with a computer. Although many physics topics are available for exploration, the teacher or student may or may not find the physics topic they are looking for. The website did not contain any specific tools to assist specific populations such as ELL or low literacy students.
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