Textbooks come in all shapes, sizes, and media these days. An electronic textbook resource offers Physics materials for an entire course. The text offers an explanation of physics topics as well as examples of calculations and reading...

Take a look at an organized physics course. The 34-section electronic textbook covers material in AP® Physics 1 and 2. Teachers use the text to supplement lectures and have the class work through the labs. Each section contains...

White Fang gets into the mind of a wild wolfdog as people domesticate him. The story tells of trials with violent animals and humans alike. White Fang captures readers' hearts as the pup separates from his family.

In this physics classroom, students learn how and why light of certain frequencies can be selectively absorbed, reflected or transmitted.

In this series of interactive physics tutorials, students will focus on the wavelike nature of light.

Students read a detailed description and explanation of Thomas Young's experiment which played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light.

Students examine the findings of Thomas Young's light experiment, which showed that an interference pattern results when light from two sources meets up while traveling through the same medium.

Students investigate the underlying causes of two-point source interference pattern. They also discover that the spatial separation between the antinodal and nodal lines in the pattern is related to the wavelength of the waves.

After looking at a representative two-point source interference pattern with accompanying order numbers, students investigate the rationale behind the numbering system, and develop some mathematical equations that relate the features of...

Students learn how the eye responds to visible light, and how that function ultimately allows us to see.

Through illustrated practice problems and video clips, students learn about polarization of light.

Students investigate an example of interference that provides further evidence in support of the wavelike behavior of light.

Where can we experience the phenomenon that light taking two paths from two locations to the same point in space can undergo constructive and destructive interference? There are several answers to these questions and they will be...

This illustrated physics tutorial explains the electromagnetic and visible spectra of light using illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.

In this physics tutorial, students learn how materials that have been permeated by specific pigments will selectively absorb specific frequencies of light in order to produce a desired appearance.

In order to understand refraction, students will explore the factors that affect the speed at which a light wave is transported through a medium.

Here is an introduction to the concept of waves and wavelike motion people experience anywhere and everywhere.

In this interactive physics tutorial about refraction, students investigate the topic of the direction of bending of a light wave.

Students will focus on the interaction of sunlight with atmospheric particles to produce blue skies and red sunsets.

Through illustrated example problems, and some interactive practice, students learn about color addition and color perception.

Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses light in relation to particles and waves. The difference between particles and waves is addressed along with...

In this physics tutorial, focus on the refraction of light in great detail. Explore the conceptual and mathematical principles governing the bending of waves as they cross the boundary between two media.

The animation portrays a medium as a series of particles connected by springs. In this type of longitudinal wave the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of energy transport.

Students take an in-depth look at the physics behind image formation.