1. Relate the physics course concepts to some technology or phenomenon of interest to the students in this class.
2. Learn how to create and publish a website.
3. Work cooperatively with other students to accomplish this task.

• Create a website that explains the physics of some topic of interest to you and your classmates.  The physics concepts should be limited to topics that are covered in Physics 104.  The physics explanations should be as accurate and complete as possible, yet simple enough to be understood by your peers.
• Quality is more important than quantity or complexity of the website, but a general length guideline is one to two pages or screens per group member.
• At least one image (diagram or photo) and several hyperlinks should be included in the website.
• Java Applets, movie clips, sound files, and other fancy web features may be used to enhance your website, but they are not required, and their absence will not affect your grade.
• Web pages must be stored in your university server space.
• Permission must be obtained to copy and publish any material that is not public domain. (Cutting and pasting from other websites without permission from the author is considered plagiarism.)  An acceptable alternative that does not require permission is to simply link to other websites (but you should alert the reader that they are linking to another site and identify the source if it is not obvious).
• Since your website will be visible for the entire world to see, be sure to include the names of your group members, a brief explanation for the existence of your website (a link to this webpage would be appropriate), and possibly an email link to one of the authors for questions or comments about your website.  (One group received a job offer based on their website!)

For each Web Project, three (3) possible topics must be submitted by the group (or individual if working alone), ranked in order of preference.  Your instructor will provide feedback on the appropriateness of each topic, and the group will then decide which topic to research and publish.  Once a topic has been claimed and posted on the Web Project list, no other group can use this same topic.

Web projects will be evaluated by your peers and instructor according to the review guidelines.  

The websites will be primarily assessed by the quality of the physics explanations.  Organization, style, and readability are lesser considerations for grading.

A = complete and accurate physics explanations, good organization, style, and readability
B = mostly complete and accurate explanations, good readability
C = many incorrect or incomplete physics explanations or poor readability
F = no project submitted

To help promote proper group cooperation, each student will evaluate the contribution of each member of their group.  This contribution factor will be multiplied by the final score on the website, so that each student will be rewarded according to the work he or she contributes to the project.  If each member contributes equally, the individual contribution factor should be 1 or 100%, a member who contributes half as much as others should receive a factor of 0.5 or 50%, and a member who does not participate at all gets a zero.

Web Projects from Physics24 students
Creating a web page at UNC-CH
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