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=This wiki is a space to collect information relevant to an online high school general physics course we are developing. It is a place for the course development team to share information and ideas=

We need to find a detailed syllabus of what topics to include in the 2 semester course (send me that list of topics), and then identify which of existing NASA activities is appropriate for the specific topics on the list. Remember we are doing a virtual presentation, and not the calculus version of physics, and actually we are at the low end of general physics – a step above conceptual physics.

**Links to Existing online physics courses, simulations and other material**
[|Light and Matter physics course] This seems to largely be a textbook approach - I didn't notice any visualizations or interactive experiments. It is basically making content available.

[|HippoCampus physics site] Excellent online learning modules with feedback on understanding.

[|ExplorElearning] Sample simulations for physics problems

[|NASA's Math and Science @ Work] Search by Subject and look down the list for the physics activities. The activities take 1-3 periods and may or may not require calculus.

Here is an online physics text. It is what we don't want to do – its essentially a hardcopy text book that you can print out or use online, but there are no interactive activities: http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html

The MIT Open Course site is good for ideas for us putting together our course but it is too high end for students []

[|Open Source Physics] is an NSF funded project to develop Java apps and other curricular activities for college physics. The apps can be used for HS too. The apps are not as sophisticated as the HippoCampus ones above.

Here is a spreadsheet showing the content comparison between the West Virginia Conceptual Physics Standards and the West Virginia Physics Standards.

Here is a spreadsheet showing the table of contents from the approved textbook list which is issued by the West Virginia Department of Education. When school districts are selecting a new textbook it has to be chosen from one of the books on this list. You will see that most of the books cover the same content.

[] Low Cost Physics Activities, this includes virtual activities as well as student worksheets and web links.

[] Although this document is long, the content is quite good. The ordinary level syllabus as well as the high level syllabus show the content, depth of treatment [more detailed than content], activities and a science technology and society component.

Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics lab activities http://www.arborsci.com/Labs/CP_Labs_Selection_2.aspx?utm_source=CP%2Bsuppliment&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=CP%2Bsuppliment These are simple and many could be done as homework assignments.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ Physics Classroom - lots of simple animations - text descriptions