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This page is constantly being updated and revised.  If any of the links stop working or you find another great website not listed please contact me.  

Note - the revision links have moved to the FIZIX Revision page!

Year 7
Materials Interactive website on solids, liquids and gases from schoolscience.co.uk and ICI.  
Nine Planets The Nine (or should it be 8) Planets online tour of the Solar System.  
Planet 10 Fly through the Solar System and build your own planet. 
Travel Guide to the Solar System 3D tour and travel information about the Sun, the planets and Moons of the Solar System from the BBC.  
Astronomy applets Interactive astronomy applets from the Canadian Space Agency.  
Electric circuits Electric circuits website from schoolscience.co.uk and British Energy  
Energy Resources Energy Resources - download the worksheet here
   
   
Year 8
Electromagnets Interactive website on electromagnets from schoolscience.co.uk and CDA. 
   
   
Year 9 / P1A GCSE topics
Energy Resources Summary information on non-renewable and alternative energy resources from Andy Darvill's Science Site.  
Electric motors Interactive website on motors from schoolscience.co.uk and CDA. 
Electricity timeline Interactive electricity timeline showing the main events in the development of electricity - from schoolscience.co.uk and British Energy.  
   
   
   
Year 10 / P1B & P2 GCSE topics
Electromagnetic Spectrum EM spectrum information from Andy Darvill's Science Site. 
Voyager record The Voyager record is full of messages from Earth to aliens
Big Bang  The Big Bang time machine!  From schoolscience.co.uk and PPARC.  
Football d-t graphs Distance-time graphs and football - download the worksheet here
Radioactivity Radioactivity information from Andy Darvill's Science Site. 
World of Atoms Interactive website on atoms, radioactivity and the Big Bang, from schoolscience.co.uk and PPARC.  
   
   
Year 11 / P2 & P3 GCSE topics
Inside the atom Interactive website on atoms, radioactivity and fundamental particles - from schoolscience.co.uk and PPARC. 
Aerosols & pressure Interactive website on kinetic theory and gas laws.  
Nuclear power Interactive website on nuclear power and waste from schoolscience.co.uk and NIREX.  
Understanding Nuclear Website on nuclear fission and power stations from schoolscience.co.uk and British Energy.  
Quarkdance! See adorable, cute, quarks shake their bottoms as they bounce around to some fun, mind-numbingly cool music!
Powers of Ten! Confused by powers of ten?  Try this for size (excuse the pun!) 
Keyhole in Particle Physics A quirky (or quarky) introduction to particle physics, accelerators and detectors. 
LHC Game Help a team of particle physicists get their particle accelerator working!  This game is CERN-sational! 
   
AS & A2
MasteringPhysics Private study assignments
Physics.org Apparently the site is "a cybercopia of knowledge...  the best physics resources, all in one place..."  Whatever it is, it has a good search engine for Physics websites!  
Physics Classroom Tutorials, multimedia Physics studio and help - a really good place to start.  
Fendt's Physics applets Java applets.
Falstad's Physics applets Java applets, including the infamous virtual ripple tank.  
Virtual Physics lab applets More Java applets.
Physics flash animations Animations in flash... does what it says on the tin.  
Physics 2000 Even more applets and tutorials.  
School Science See how the science we learn at school relates to our world. 
The Theory of Everything String Theory... the theory of everything!  This site accompanies the TV documentaries with articles, interviews, slide shows and interactive animations.  You can even watch the programmes online.  
S-Cool! AS & A2 Physics revision Revision notes with excellent diagrams from S-Cool.  
Hubble Law Lab A lab to derive a value for the Hubble constant and the age of the Universe 
Bubble Chambers Website with a comprehensive tutorial on bubble chambers

 

© 2010 - M Campbell - Salesian College Physics Department - last updated 8 February 2010