Pre-College Resources

Table of contents

1. Video Lectures
2. Home Experiments
3. Instruction Materials
4. Becoming a Physicist

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This section lists video lectures and materials for pre-college students who are motivated towards higher studies in physics. The contents are helpful for a better understanding of basic topics in physics. They will also be of interest to a general enthusiastic learner as well.

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Video Lectures

• Fundamentals of Physics (I) - Prof. Ramamurti Shankar (Yale University). Watch on Youtube
  • Topics: Newtonian mechanics, Special Relativity, Gravitation, Thermodynamics, and Waves.
  • Supplementary material: Fundamentals of Physics, Yale Press 2014 (Vol I)
• Fundamentals of Physics (II) - Prof. Ramamurti Shankar (Yale University). Watch on Youtube
  • Topics: Electricity, Magnetism, Optics and Quantum mechanics
  • Supplementary material: Fundamentals of Physics, Yale Press 2016 (Vol II)

• 11 th class physics - lecture series by Prof. V. Balakrishnan (Mechanics, Heat, Oscillations and Waves). Watch on Youtube

• A series of short video presentations on different topics of Physics by Khan Academy. Watch on Youtube

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Home Experiments

• PhyPhox - Physical experiments using your mobile phone sensors as a measurement devices. Requires to download PhyPhox app. Visit website

• Google Science Journal - Physical experiments using your mobile phone sensors as a measurement devices. Requires to download GSJ app. Visit website

• Arvind Gupta Toys - Toys and simple scientific experiments using readily available materials. Visit website

• Physics at Home Archive from APS Physics, Physics to Go online magazine.

Instruction Materials

• ComPADRE Digital Library - Collection of Physics Teaching and Learning Resources by AAPT.

• PhysicsLAB by Catharine H. Colwell.

• Hyperphysics Exploration Environment for concepts in Physics.

• Workshop Tutorials for Physics

• quant.bio - for both basic and advanced lessons on applying mathematics to biology.

• Live Photo Physics Project - Hosted by the Physics Department at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Becoming a Physicist

• How to become a GOOD Theoretical Physicist by Gerard ‘t Hooft

• Terrence Tao’s Blog

• Careers in Physics by APS Physics.

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