School:Physics and Astronomy

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Physics department
The department topics and learning resources are incorporated within several of the departments as core curriculum and are common to all types of physics degrees. A topic page is a starting point for choosing between many different existing learning resources in the Wikiversity on that topic. When only one learning resource, for example, a specific course, lecture or lesson, is available on a topic, that specific resource is listed here. Additional topics, relevant to particular degree types, are specified in individual departments. For more information please review the Bachelor of Science in Physics requirements.

Divisions

 * Applied physics
 * Thermodynamics
 * Statistical mechanics
 * Astrophysics
 * Atmospheric physics
 * Cosmology
 * Mathematical physics
 * General relativity
 * Special relativity
 * Particle physics
 * Plasma physics
 * Classical Mechanics
 * Electrodynamics
 * Fluid Mechanics

Physics Courses

 * Fundamental Physics
 * High School Physics
 * Advanced Physics (AP Physics)
 * University Physics

Radiation astronomy department
This is a relatively new Department at Wikiversity, and its growth depends on the participation of everyone who seeks to learn about astronomy. The basic philosophy of Wikiversity is to learn by doing. This is reflected in the content of lessons and activities. However, "learning by doing" means more than just reading a lesson and following the directions; hopefully you will participate in the process of creating lessons and sharing your experiences.

To get started try the lesson on Stellar evolution or the activity on Observational astronomy.

For a glimpse of some of the topics that we hope to cover in the future see the Radiation astronomy courses.

If you have any questions about astronomy or requests for topics that you would like to learn, post them to the astronomy help desk.

Divisions

 * Amateur astronomy - The study and observation of objects in space by non-professionals.
 * Astrophysics - The study of physics of the universe. Indepth discussion of the concepts and objects in the universe to someone who has a basic background in physics and mathematics.
 * Cosmology - The scientific study of the nature and evolution of the Universe as a whole.
 * Radiation astronomy - nearly all observationally obtained information in astronomy comes from the use of radiation astronomy.

Research projects

 * Learning project: Astronomy Project - students access public astronomy databases and explore outer space.
 * Astrophysics Source Code Library = ASCL
 * Early telescopes - an original research effort to find and evaluate evidence that telescopes in some form have been in use well before 1609 (391 b2k).
 * Learning project: Energy, Society, and the Environmment - project for students in PHYS 2104 at Cape Breton University.

Learning resources
As with all Wikiversity disciplines the courses here are supported by the texts at Wikibooks specifically of interest are the books on the Physics bookshelf. The books below are representative of what is available.


 * Physics and astronomy Wikibooks
 * Educational materials for physics and astronomy, free as in freedom and price.

Style guides

 * Handbook of style for writing physics text

Wikipedia articles

 * Earth's atmosphere
 * Physics
 * Satellite

Wikibooks

 * Physics with Calculus

Improvement drive
These pages are in need of expansion and improvement:


 * Basic astronomy - Basic Description and properties (luminosity, density, temperature, chemical composition) of the universe. Description of astronomical concepts without alot of required background in physics or mathematics.


 * Draft:Astrogeology
 * Draft:Astrognosy
 * Draft:Astrohistory
 * Draft:Callisto
 * Draft:Ceres
 * Draft:Classical mechanics
 * Draft:Comets
 * Draft:Dione
 * Draft:Distances
 * Draft:Early telescopes
 * Draft:Electrochemical capacitors
 * Draft:Electron beam heating
 * Draft:Electrospheres
 * Draft:Electrostatic suspension
 * Draft:Electroweak interaction
 * Draft:Enceladus
 * Draft:Gases
 * Draft:Geophysics
 * Draft:Io
 * Draft:Liquids
 * Draft:Mems capacitors
 * Draft:Moon
 * Draft:Natural electric field of the Earth
 * Draft:Near-surface solar fusion
 * Draft:Neutrinos
 * Draft:Nuclear physics
 * Draft:Petrophysics
 * Draft:Planets
 * Draft:Plasmas
 * Draft:Pluto
 * Radiation
 * Draft:Keynote lectures/Radiation astronomy
 * Draft:Radiation physics
 * Draft:Serpens X-1
 * Draft:Solids
 * Draft:Titan
 * Draft:Vela X-1
 * Draft:Venus
 * Draft:Vesta

People

 * mikeu - interested in astronomy
 * Marshallsumter - the full length semester-style course principles of radiation astronomy is up and running.

Inactive

 * Roadrunner - I am currently trying to create a degree plan Bachelor of Science in Physics that will be an open architecture degree which replicates the Course 8 experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * Alisone
 * Chocoman
 * Ryan
 * Augustus
 * Aquistive bud - Anyone interested in discussing any topic related to physics is warmly invited at my talk page.
 * Jolie - interested in astronomy
 * Enlil Ninlil Any but would like the areas that are off concern to Geology and Palaeontology.
 * David - interested in Quantum Gravity. I have postgraduate degrees in physics, mathematics and astrophysics.
 * User:fibonacci101 - I have a great interest in physics and astronomy.
 * User:Beratatmaca93 - I have been interested in physics, so if you want to share your ideas with me, please send message at my talk page.
 * User:Cdh1001
 * Tarun-Science - I am a 15-year-old teen interested in Physics and Chemistry.
 * User:Quinjica- I have a great interest in Quantum theory of Gravity.