Resources by Year Level:

First Year

Kitchen Chemistry

Kitchen chemistry experiments

First Year • Laboratory • Chemistry, General Chemistry

Students can perform chemistry experiments safely at home in their kitchens. These experiments support learning of fundamental chemistry concepts.

Physclips

Physclips

First Year • Lecture, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics

A series of film clips, animations and short tutorials in introductory physics. Physclips has volumes on Mechanics, Sound and Waves, and Light.

Scims

Science and Mathematics Simulations (SciMS)

First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Simulation, Tutorial • Applied Mathematics, Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics, Pure Mathematics

SciMS is a set of online interactive simulations written with Geogebra/ Javascript demonstrating a particular mathematical or physical concept.

First Year Mechanics Playlist

First Year Mechanics Playlist

First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Mechanics, Physics

A series of videos on first year mechanics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.

Electromagnetism Playlist

Electromagnetism Video Playlist

First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Physics

A series of videos on first year electromagnetism, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.

Vibrations On Wire

Vibrations on a wire practical

First Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Video / Audio • Optics / Waves, Physics

Videos and worksheet of standing waves on a wire practical activity.

Physical Optics

First Year Optics Playlist

First Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Optics / Waves, Physics

A series of videos on first year physical optics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.

Clips

CLIPS – Communication learning in practice for scientists

First Year, Honours / Postgraduate, Second Year, Third Year • Guided activity, Tutorial • Communication skills including science communication, Cross disciplines

The CLIPS website provides essential information on communication skills that a science student needs during their degree and in the workplace.

Campus Flora

Campus Flora

First Year, Honours / Postgraduate, Second Year, Third Year • Guided activity, Laboratory • Biological Sciences, Life sciences, Medicine & Allied Health Sciences

App for mapping plants on university campus

Web

BioLab Collective – Foundational Laboratory Training

First Year, Honours / Postgraduate, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Open-ended activity • Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Life sciences, Medicine & Allied Health Sciences

Hands-on video demonstration of laboratory skills in molecular biosciences.

Lecture Demos 1

University of Melbourne demonstrations

First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Lecture, Video / Audio • Astronomy / Astrophysics, Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermal Physics and Statistics

A series of pages including videos containing demonstrations for common physics topics.