External Links

• General physics links
• Astronomy links
• Global climate change links
• News and recent discoveries
• Careers
• Scholarships
• Women and Minorities
• Christians in Science
• Virtual Libraries and Directories
• Professional Societies
• Science Education
• Fun stuff

General Physics:

• HyperPhysics is a concise and visual review of all sorts of physics topics and their use in modern technology, from Georgia State University.
• The American Physical Society brings you Physics Central, a site with news, profiles of physicists, essays, and more, aimed at a general audience (i.e. technical terms are always defined).
• Check out PhysLink, with news, reference info, links to grad school rankings, books, software, and more.
• The Institute of Physics brings you PhysicsWorld, a resource for physics news, jobs, and resources.

Cool topics:

• Basic Astronomy links (on the Observatory web page)
• Extended Astronomy links (on the Observatory web page)
• Global climate change links (maintained by Prof. Larry Molnar)
• The Official String Theory Web Site has both conceptual and mathematical explanations of string theory.

News:

• The AIP Physics News Update is a "must-read" each week. You should subscribe to the email version!
• For astronomers, the Sky & Telescope astronomy news is a "must-read". You should subscribe to the email version to get a weekly update on astronomical discoveries and what to look for in the night sky.
• Physical Review Focus provides on-line "selections from Physical Review Letters explained for the physics community at large."

Careers:

• Be sure to see the department web page on summer research opportunities, including links to many opportunities off campus.
• Calvin's Career Development is available to assist students with writing their resumes, searching for opportunities, preparing for interviews and more.
• Careers for Physicists provides profiles of physicists employed in a variety of jobs and other information.
• Jobs for high school physics teachers are listed by the National Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Teachers Agency. Some of these schools will hire physicists who don't have a teaching certificate.
• The American Astronomical Society has written the helpful A New Universe to Explore: Careers in Astronomy. They also provide examples of non-academic careers pursued by astronomers (i.e.careers other than being a professor).
• The National Academy of Sciences offers several resources on careers, including Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond.
• The AIP Statistics office gives Career Guidance for Students, including information on starting salaries and which companies hire physics majors after college.
• The AIP's Career Services "is dedicated to assisting physics educated individuals in their search for jobs", and includes a list of open job opportunities for physicists. The American Astronomical Society also offers a Job Register.
• A list of companies that hire physicists with bachelors degrees, and a list of companies that hire lots of physicists. MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an example of an employer that recruits physicists with bachelor degrees.
• Frequently asked questions about careers in astronomy and astrophysics can be found here, and here.
• GradSchoolShopper.com
• Listings of academic jobs and grad school assistantships from Nature

Scholarships:

Over 90% of Calvin students receive scholarships or financial aid from Calvin (don't let the sticker price fool you - most students pay signficantly less!). Check out information on all scholarships from the Financial Aid office. The following list is scholarships particularly for physicists, from on-campus and off.

• At Calvin: Physics & Astronomy Department and Science Division
• For undergrads: Apker Award for undergrad physics research
• For undergrads: from the Society of Physics Students for leadership and academic excellence
• For undergrads: Homeland Security Undergraduate Scholarship
• For undergrads: APS Scholarship for Minority Physics Majors
• For undergrads: Lorentzen Award in Physics for women physics majors
• For undergrads: Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program full-ride scholarship in exchange for working for the Department of Defense
• For grad school: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Women and Minorities:

• Committee on the Status of Women in Physics
• Committee on the Status of Minorities inPhysics
• Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
• Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy
• Report on dual-career couples in science

Christians in Science:

• The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is a professional organization for Christians in science in the United States.
• Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation, a Canadian organization similar to the ASA.
• Christians in Science, a British organization similar to the ASA.

Virtual Libraries and Directories:

• The NASA Abstract Service allows you to search and download articles from nearly all astronomy and physics journals.
• The Los Alamos National Lab preprint service posts papers before they appear in journals.
• Scientific Information Service from CERN
• Directory of U.S. physics departments, "A collection of direct links to physics, engineering and math departments at practically all U.S. colleges and universities with substantial physics web pages. It is intended to save time for people consulting a significant number of such pages by bypassing the multiple layers of pages that must typically be passed through to reach these departments."

Professional Societies and Institutes:

• Society of Physics Students (SPS)
• The American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• The American Physical Society (APS)
• The American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• The Institute of Physics in the UK
• The National Science Foundation (NSF)
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
• The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

Science Education:

• The American Association of Physics Teachers publishes The Physics Teacher and The American Journal of Physics
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA)
• The North Central Mathematics and Science Consortium's Science Education Web Sites.
• Math and Physics Applets by Paul Falstad
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for K-12 Mathematics and Science Education. Links, activities, and a searchable catalog of curriculum resources.
• The Exploratorium in San Francisco, featuring on-line exhibits, resources for teachers, lots of links, and much more.
• The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, CA
• The Physical Sciences Resource Center provides a very broad spectrum of teacher resources.
• AIMS (Activities integrating Math, Science, & Technology) sponsors the Education Foundation
• TOPS Learning System, an online science curriculum and catalog

Fun Stuff:

• Physics Humor Page
• Physics & Astronomy T-shirts
• Science T-shirts
• Physics Haikus
• Physics Songs
• Cartoon laws of physics