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Physics Science Projects: Home

Watch and Listen to Learn

Listen or watch one podcast or video about a physics topic. 

Science Friday

Science Friday is a weekly talk show about newsworthy science with a call-in portion where listeners can present questions to a panel of experts. 

Science Friday Videos

Radio Lab Podcast

Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. Big questions are investigated, tinkered with, and encouraged to grow. Bring your curiosity, and we'll feed it with possibility.

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Scientific American Podcasts

Weekly science podcasts that include 60 seconds of the latest news about science, the mind, and the environment.

TedTalks Video Lectures

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. For Biology specific videos: TEDTalks - Physics

Discover What's Going on in the Field of Biology Today

Explore at least two sites and choose one article of interest to read about a current physical science topic. 

Magazines - current articles

Popular Science - Physics - written for anybody to understand
Popular Science has been a leading source of science and technology news since its inception way back in 1872.

Scientific American - Space & Physics - written for educated people, but not necessarily scientists
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 160 years.

Science Magazine - Physics Search - written for scientists
Founded in 1880 on $10,000 of seed money from the American inventor Thomas Edison, Science has grown to become the world's leading outlet for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research, with the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general-science journal.

 

Newspapers - breaking news

Boston Globe Science Section

New York Times Science Section

Washington Post Health and Science Section

Older Newspapers

  • The New York Times
    Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985).
  • Boston Globe 
    Search the full text of The Boston Globe (starting in 1980).

Databases & Websites

Explore the Topics page and read one overview article about a physics related topic. 

Proquest Computing database – Onlinedatabases – Turība University

 - a non-profit that creates and aggregates high quality curated STEM content (includes lessons, videos, and assessments)

Activities & Experiments

Explore physics experiments on these sites and choose one to use for your project. You can also look at the science experiments in the Gale Science in Context database above.