Hyper Physics
This resource can be used for students from ninth grade to college level. It is basically an interactive concept map. It includes all major topics in physics and a couple of related application topics.
(thermodynamics, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, sound and hearing, relativity, nuclear physics, condensed matter, light and vision).
Some of the topics include value calculators where students can put in certain values and check their answer to the hyperphysics calculated answer. This also explicitly shows students what units should be used for each equation. Hyper Physics is really most useful as a reference. If students are working a problem that requires information from a previous topic they can refresh their memory using hyperphysics. The fact that it is laid out as a concept map can also help students organize their knowledge as we move through units.
One of the cons could be since it does include some calculus for certain topics, students could see unfamiliar symbols and quickly feel overwhelmed.
The site is not very commercial. It is maintained by Georgia State University and only has one column of ‘ads’ on the side. (Ad is for a live study group)
This website also has links to example problems (still building, not very big yet), and Physics concepts applied to other sciences: geophysics, biology, and chemistry.
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