The Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom is an online, free-to-use physics website developed primarily for high school physics students and teachers. The website features a variety of sections intended to support both teachers and students in the tasks of learning and teaching physics. This website is created by Tom Henderson, a physics and chemistry teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois since 1989.

The Physics Classroom Tutorial is among the most popular sections of the website. The Tutorial covers basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand language. Each unit is divided into lessons and sub-lessons. A lesson resembles the type and extent of coverage typically given to that topic in class.

The Shockwave Physics Studios consists of a collection of pages which feature interactive Shockwave files that simulate a physical situation. To view animations, you have to install Shockwave Player.

The Minds On Physics Internet Modules (affectionately known as Minds on Physics or MOP) consists of more than 1300 questions, 135 challenging assignments, and 15 modules that are designed to provide students with a learning opportunity, an exercise in thinking, and a chance to reflect and review.

Watch this video to get acquainted with the Minds On Physics Internet Module.

The Physics Classroom website is packed with information, animations, learning modules, and designed to improve student conceptions of common physics topics.