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 Organic dye lets window panes harvest the Sun

Organic dye lets window panes harvest the Sun

Harvesting sunlight before turning it into electricity could become easier thanks to an exotic organic dye developed in the US.

First tidal power turbine plugged in

First tidal power turbine plugged in

An underwater turbine that generates electricity from tidal streams has been plugged into the UK's national grid.

How Special Relativity Works

How Special Relativity Works

 

Description:
A brief description of how Special Relativity works., (if such a thing is possible.) This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Does Special Relativity Work? I feel this site, although basically accurate, sets out to achieve far too much an
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energy, mass, multimedia, relativity, special, universe,

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How Solar Cells Work

How Solar Cells Work

 

Description:
A brief description of how Solar Cells work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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calculator, camp, cell, electric, electron, energy, light, photon, photovoltaic, pv, silicon, solar,

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The Quarks to Quasars Story

The Quarks to Quasars Story

 

Description:
Brief description of how accelerators,quarks and leptons fit together. Mainly a text site with one animation.
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accelerator, energy, fermilab, high, lepton, particle, quark, quasar, tevatron,

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Firewalking Myth vs Physics

Firewalking Myth vs Physics

 

Description:
A quirky example of heat insulation appealing to school pupils. It emphasises the difference between thermal energy and temperature. Includes video clips.
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capacity, conduction, convection, energy, firewalk, heat, insulate, radiation, temperature, thermal, transfer,

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Physics principles with Applications

Physics principles with Applications

 

Description:
Extensive online textbook that includes java animations and tests.
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acceleration, accident, babbage, cassini, centrifuge, collision, displacement, energy, force, friction, gravity, impulse, joule, kinematics, kinetic, leibniz, maxwell, momentum, motion, newton, potential, projectile, rotation, satellite, skid, speed, vectors, velocity, weight, yaw,

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The Atoms Family

The Atoms Family

 

Description:
With the Adam's Family learn about electricity, light, matter, waves,atoms, energy with fun activities and animations.
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atom, atoms, conservation, electric, electricity, energy, family, fruit, fuel, heat, insulation, kinetic, light, matter, molecules, particle, potenial, reflection, spectroscope, static, wave,

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Energy, Forces and Motion

Energy, Forces and Motion

 

Description:
A very good overview of these areas although some parts are still being developed.
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acceleration, energy, force, friction, gravity, hooke, law, motion, newton, pressure, speed, spring, terminal, velocity,

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Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

 

Description:
A general explanation of the mechanical equivalent of heat and the first and second laws of thermodynamics, text only.
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energy, heat, law, temperature, thermodynamics,

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

Electromagnetic Spectrum

 

Description:
Site created by Andy Darvill at Broadmead Community School. Contains a range of resources on the electromagnetic spectrum for teachers and pupils.
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electric, electromagnetic, energy, gamma, infrared, light, microwave, radio, spectrum, ultraviolet, wave, x-ray,

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  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Hands on Activities in the Physical Sciences

Hands on Activities in the Physical Sciences

 

Description:
A set of physics and chemistry demonstrations. These should only be attempted by a teacher or an adult.
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energy, experiment, force, observation, physical, propertie,

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