Research Guides: Chemistry and Physics: Tutorials on the Web

Physics

Wolfram|Alpha - Physics
Khan Academy
Watch physics videos or practice (do both!).
Physics To Go
Physics To Go is an online monthly mini-magazine and a collection of more than 950 websites with physics images, activities, and information. Physics To Go is produced by the American Physical Society (APS).
The Physics Classroom
Tutorials, animations, problems, answers and solutions...from ComPADRE
ComPADRE creates, hosts, and maintains collections of educational and community resources focused on the needs of specific audiences in Physics and Astronomy Education.
MIT OpenCourseWare
34 video lectures by MIT Professor Walter Lewin. To see more of his lectures, visit his site.

Chemistry and Physics Videos (and other visual explanations)

Compound Interest
Compound Interest is a site that aims to take a closer look at the chemical compounds we come across on a day-to-day basis, explaining them with easy-to-understand graphics. The site is run single-handedly by Andy Brunning, chemistry educator based in Cambridge, UK.
The Science of Football
Physics videos (NSF, formerly at Science360)
The latest science videos provided by scientists, colleges and universities, science and engineering centers, the National Science Foundation and more.
Science Videos on YouTube Education
Sixty Symbols (Physics and Astronomy)

Sense about Science

Sense About Science works with scientists and members of the public to change public debates and to equip people to make sense of science and evidence.

Lecture? Courses?

Open Yale Courses
Use the drop-down menu at the top of the page
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content.
edX
EdX is a not-for-profit, founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, offering online education.

Green Chemistry Institute

Green Chemistry Institute promotes green chemistry and green engineering principles to students, teachers, researchers and people working in the industry. This is an example of a website we recommend.

Chemistry

Wolfram|Alpha - Chemistry
Need information about chemical compound or solution? Need to balance a chemical equation? Get formulas? Wolfram|Alpha will help you with all. See this guide's "How to balance chemical equation" tab for help with, well, balancing chemical equations (under the "Tutorials on the Web" tab)
Khan Academy
Watch chemistry videos or practice (do both!). See this guide's "How to balance chemical equation" tab for help with, well, balancing chemical equations (under the "Tutorials on the Web" tab)
Visual Elements Periodic Table
A visual interpretation of the table of elements from Royal Chemical Society
Virtual Lab Simulator
Virtual Lab Simulator from the ChemCollective (more about it below)
Periodic Table Live!
Periodic Table Live! allows you to explore a broad range of information about the elements, their reactions, their properties, their structures, and their histories.
Note: Apple QuickTime required.
American Elements
Interactive periodic table - and more!
Molecule of the Month
The links will take you to a page at an educational or commercial website where useful (and hopefully entertaining!), information can be found about a particularly interesting molecule.From the University of Bristol, School of Chemistry.
ChemCollective
The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. It is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers who are interested in using, assessing, and/or creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.
ChemEdDL (Chemical Education Digital Library)
An extensive and well-organized list of links to resources about learning and teaching chemistry. ChemEdDL is a part of National Science Digital Library
Chemistry World Podcasts
Listen to podcasts, by leading scientists (UK), on stories behind compounds and the elements in the periodic table. Transcript for each podcast is available.
Chemistry World is published by The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
Phet Simulation (Chemistry)
From University of Colorado, Boulder. Download or run simulations. For balancing chemical reactions see the page under this guide "Tutorials on the Web" tab

Chemical Reactivity Worksheet

Information + download

The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet (CRW) is a free software program you can use to find out about the chemical reactivity of thousands of common hazardous chemicals.

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