Physics is a subject that many students find fascinating yet difficult to learn. Sometimes, all it takes is "just the right presentation" of material and something in the learner's mind clicks, and they're eager and ready to learn additional concepts.
So, it's important that physics learners have access to multiple avenues of learning (class presentation, textbook, demos, laboratory activities, student-student interaction, tutoring, office hours, simulations...). This week, we're going to look at four on-line resources that many physics learners find helpful.
First up is HyperPhysics, a web-based network of physics topics that allows students to explore connections between physics topics, read sample problems, and investigate scenarios with built-in calculators.
HyperPhysics is unique in that it's organized as a concept map, in which ideas are represented by bubbles and the relationships between them are represented by lines connecting the bubbles. You can begin exploring from the top-level bubbles on the home page:
...or by searching for a particular topic (say, collisions) and seeing how it's related to other topics and examples:
HyperPhysics is also available as an iOS app.
So, take a look around! Search for what you're currently learning in your physics class. What new relationships do you see? What new topics had you never heard of before navigating the concept map?
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