Collected References

These are various references and links I have collected or created over the years for the various classes I have taught.

1. Environmental References.
2. Why we know Global Warming is real.
3. Syllabi for various courses I have taught:
   • P100 Physics in the Modern World.
   • P105 Basic Physics of Sound.
     • Sound: An Interactive eText. Alternate version (no longer up to date): Sound: An Interactive eBook.
   • P120 Energy and Technology.
   • P201 General Physics.
   • P202 General Physics.
   • P221 Physics I, physics with calculus.
   • P222 Physics II, physics with calculus.
   • P301 Modern Physics.
   • P309 Modern Physics lab.
   • P310 Environmental Physics.
   • Natural Science Master of Liberal Studies Seminar "Risk assessment in the Sciences".
   • D503/H307 Master of Liberal Studies Seminar, 'Environmental Issues'.
   • D503/H307 Master of Liberal Studies Seminar, 'Science of Sound'.
   • X303 History and Philosophy of Science; Dr. Forinash and Dr. Rumsey.
   • Courses and workshops on using the Internet to teach physics (en español).
     • Tandil (August-Oct. 2006).
     • Córdoba (April 2007).
     • San Luis (May 2007).
     • Argentina (2010).
4. Brief class notes for introductory physics.
   • Kinematics.
   • Dynamics.
   • Vectors.
   • Circular motion.
   • Energy.
   • Momentum.
   • Simple harmonic motion.
   • Thermodynamics.
   • 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics.
   • Electromagnetic spectrum (web page with links).
   • E&M properties of matter.
   • Faraday's law.
   • Waves.
   • Nuclear.
   • Quantum mechanics.
   • Quantum chemistry.
5. Modern physics notes and links.
6. Pedagogical.
   • Comments on teaching.
   • How to do error analysis.
   • How to solve a physics problem.
   • List of physics textbooks.
   • Collection of Internet resources for teaching physics: in English, in Español.
   • P201: P201 Lab information.
   • P201/P202 lab: 2017 Manual in PDF; Lab Homework (due 2nd lab period).
   • P221/P222 lab: 2017 Manual in PDF.
   • Online Uncertainty Calculator.
   • Official IUS Classroom Policies concerning class attendance, sexual harassment, plagiarism, disabled students and more.
   • Statistics and information about careers in physics: American Physical Society; American Institute of Physics.
7. Miscellaneous.
   • Feynman speaks.
   • Booming sand! , an article about and sound file of sand dunes which make sounds.
   • Drinking bird YouTube video. Giant version.
   • Walking on fire.
   • Perpetual motion: Unworkable devices, Magnetic motors.
   • Want to do some science at home? Look for ideas at the Science Hobbiest page.
   • Brownian Motion. YouTube: Brownian Motion.
   • The IUS International Power Hour Jan 24, 2018 radio show where I was a guest.
8. These are various various simulations I have used in my classes, some of which I created with the help of Open Source Physics tools. NOTE: The Physlet apps take some time to load.
• Physlet Physics created Wolfgang Christian's group at Davidson College (now in JavaScript). Here is an alternate version.
• Quantum Physics, also created by Wolfgang Christian's group.
• Fislets en español (de F. Esquembre). Requires Java.
• Graphing utilities.
• Motion Graph Simulations.
• Thermodynamics Simulations.
• Electrostatic Simulations.
• Magnetic Simulations.
• Wave Simulations.
• Quantum Simulations.
9. JavaScript simulations constructed using the Easy Java (JavaScript) Simulations (will run on tablets and smartphones).
   • Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Dan Schoeder's original version.
   • The Duffing Oscillator Simulation.
   • K. Forinash and W. Christian; Waves: An Interacive Tutorial (on ComPADRE). En español: Ondas: Tutorial Interactivo.
   • K. Forinash and W. Christian; Sound: An Interactive eBook (on ComPADRE). The iPad version: Sound.
10. Other physics simulations can be found at comPADRE.org.

Rant on various topics. Booklist of favorite books.

Contact Dr. K. Forinash, for comments/suggestions/corrections.