Teacher and student Resources
Chaikin, A (1994). A man on the Moon. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
The history of the Apollo space program, the basis for the HBO miniseries "Form the Earth to the Moon
Cole, K.C. (1999). First you build a cloud and other reflection on physics as a way of life. New York, NY: Hardcourt Brace & Company.
Describes how the ideas of science can fold back and give new way of looking at science in the daily world.
Freedman, R, & Kaufmann, W (2005). Universe.New York, NY: W. H. Freeman.
Astronomy text, covers physics of astronomy and cosmology, great pictures.
Folger, T. (2005).Tabletop physics, does the force that keeps us on the home planet work differently at small scales. Discover. Vol.26, No. 10, 56-57.
Discussion on possibilities of other Universes has a nice graphic on the gravitational force on a 150 pound person.
Lemley, B (2005).Shooting the Moon. Discover. Vol.26, No.9, 28-35.
Lord, M.G. (2006).Impossible Journey? It will take more than rocket science to survive a trip to mars. Discover. Vol. 27, No. 6, 38-45.
Why cosmic rays could prevent us from living outside the bounds of the Earth
Milodinow, L. (2005).At the edge of space-time. Discover. Vol.26, No. 10, 64-65.
The article contains a graphic on the next-generation of observatories that will detect many different types of waves and particles.
Rothman, T (1995). Instant physics. New York, NY: Bryon Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.
Overview of physics concept not in text book style, includes material on modern physics.
Thompson, C. (2005).Probes that hop, bounce and roll across mars. Discover. Vol.26, No. 10, 44-45.
Discussion on the future of postshuttle space travel with senior NASA engineer.
Von Baeyer, H (1993). The fermi solution. New York, NY: Random House.
Various essay on modern scientific discoveries and there effect on ordinary people
Hewitt, P. (1993). Conceptual physics. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
Excellent conceptual physics text book
Zitzewitz, P., Elliott, T, & Haase, D. (2005). Physics principles and problems. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
Physics textbook assign to my class
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