• About Me
  • Publications
  • Educational Resources
  • Blog
  • Other Interests

Science Education

  • APS Physics Outreach Guide
  • NASA Education and Public Outreach
  • TED Talks
  • PhET: Interactive science applets
  • Physlets: Interactive physics applets
  • List of Physics Demonstrations
  • Physics Demonstration Videos
  • Physics For Middle School Education
  • Map of Every Space Mission
  • 100,000 Stars: A simulation of the nearest 100,000 starts in the Milky Way

Physics

  • APOD: Astronomy Picture of the Day
  • Hyperphysics: Everything an undergraduate should know
  • ArXiv: Physics preprint server
  • The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System: Journal articles database
  • Xenon Dark Matter Project: Links to many Dark matter review articles
  • A Collection of Astrophysics-based Review Articles
  • A Heroic Collection of Dark Matter Papers
  • More Dark Matter Papers
  • A Collection of  Physics Links
  • Another Collection of Physics Links
  • Physics Database: eBooks and lectures

Mathematics

  • Wolfram Alpha: A "computational knowledge engine"
  • Wolfram Mathworld
  • Math Is Fun
  • Ponder This: Monthly puzzles from IBM
  • Mathematica Tutorial Collection
  • Texify: Convert TeX to math equations
  • archery: Math blog with interesting Mathematica code

Computer Programming 

  • Code Academy: Lessons in JavaScript, Python, HTML, PHP, CSS, Ruby and more
  • JSFIDDLE: Browser-based compiler for testing JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Crunchzilla: JavaScript learning environment for kids and adults
  • cplusplus.com (C++)
  • Scratch: Programming for kids
  • Resources to teach programming to kids
  • OverAPI: Collection of coding cheat sheets
  • Computer Science Circles: Python basics
  • Making Games: Blog about making computer games
  • Bento: "Everything you need to know about web development. Neatly packaged."
  • Programming MF: A vulgar but thorough coding resource 
  • W3 Schools: We development resource
  • Code Avengers: "Learn how to code games, apps, and websites"
  • Stack Overflow: Where all your programming questions are answered
  • Github: Where to go to share and collaborate on code
  • inLook's HTML Reference Page (Thank you Mrs. Lowe's students!)

Data Science/Analytics

  • Kaggle:  Big data competitions for big prizes

Electronics/Arduino/Raspberry Pi

  • Arduino.cc 
  • Arduino Playground: Project ideas
  • Best Arduino Projects of 2012: Make Magazine
  • Make Arduino Projects
  • Adafruit: Parts
  • SparkFun: Parts and tutorials
  • Mouser Electronics: Parts
  • Digi-Key: Parts
  • Arrow: Parts

Online Classes

  • Academic Earth 
  • Khan Academy
  • Coursera
  • edx
  • Yale Open Courses
  • MIT Open Courseware
  • Udacity

Free Books

  • Open Library
  • Project Gutenberg 
  • ManyBooks.Net
  • Planet eBook
  • The Internet Archive: Free books, video, audio, etc.
  • NASA eBooks
  • Munseys

DIY/Maker

  • Make Magazine
  • Make Use Of
  • instructibles.com
  • Guitar Extended: Digital effects and processing DIY 
  • LifeHacker
  • Hack A Day

Miscellaneous

  • HackerThings: A place to buy fun stuff
  • Useful Websites via TED.com
  • Alternative Ways to Tie Your Shoes
  • Futility Closet: "an idler's miscellany of compendious amusement"
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