Physics

[|HippoCampus Physics] (Weblink) Provides animated graphics and videos that explain many physics concepts. Check out the links on the left also for different physics cources.

[|Physics Applets - Interactive Library] (Weblink) Dozens of interactive applets dealing with: fluids; light & optics; electricity; oscillations & waves; molecular, atomic and nuclear; applied physics, quantum mechanics and mechanics.

[|Simulations of Light, Forces, Waves, and Energy, Electricity and Magnetism (Freezeray)] (Weblink) Interact with the simulations demonstrating many areas of physics. A GREAT SITE

[|Waves and Sound (Physclips)] (Weblink) Interactive animations of many types of waves and sound.

[|How is Energy Converted from One Form to Another?] (Weblink) A virtual lab where students distinguish different forms of energy in energy conversion scenarios.

[|Shockwave Physics Studios: The Physics Classroom] (Weblink) Users can manipulate a variable and observe the outcome of the change on the physical situation. Many of the animations are accompanied by an activity sheet which provides directions and procedural information for users.

[|Multimedia Physics Studio: The Physics Classroom] (Weblink) Animated diagrams and scenarios about: dimentional kinematics; Newton's laws; vectors a projectiles; momentum & collisions; work and energy; circuar motion; static electricity; waves, sound, & light; and ray optics

[|(PhET) Motion Simulations] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS - **This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with motion. Just to name a few: Pendulum Masses & Springs, Projectile Motion, Torque, Friction, Forces and Motion. Teaching guides and ideas are included.**

[|Motion Animation] (Weblink) A car with a non-zero initial speed has a constant acceleration whose value can be controlled by the user.

[|Dropping 2 Balls Near the Earth's Surface] (Weblink) Two balls falling near the Earth's surface under the influence of gravity. The initial horizontal speed of one of the balls may be varied.

[|Dropping a Ball from a Moving Sailboat] (Weblink) Illustrating Galilean relativity using his example of dropping a ball from the top of the mast of a sailboat.

[|When the Hunter Fires the Gun, the Monkey Drops the Coconut] (Weblink) An animation of the classic lecture demonstration.

[|Racing Balls] (Weblink) Two balls roll down two different low-friction tracks near the Earth's surface. The user is invited to predict which ball will reach the end of the track first. This problem is difficult for many beginning Physics students. [|Projectile Motion Interactive] (Weblink) A demonstration of projectile motion with a kid and a cannon.

[|Soak A Mole Projectile Game] (Weblink) Students try to soak the mole with a water canon.

[|Bouncing Ball] (Weblink) A resource from Freezray which demonstrates a ball being dropped on three different surfaces. The bounce height can be observed along with how gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of the ball varies with time.

[|How is Momentum Conserved in a Vehicle Collision?] (Weblink) In this virtual lab, you will compare the velocities and momentums of two vehicles before and after a collision.

[|Collisions on an Air Track] (Weblink) Elastic and inelastic collisions on an air track, with different masses for the target cart.

[|What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?] (Weblink) In this virtual lab, you will investigate the relationships between mass, acceleration, and force by experimenting with ffalling objects of various masses under a range of gravitational conditions.

[|Newton's Second Law of Motion] (Weblink) Several animations illustrating Newton's Second Law of Motion.

[|Newton's Third Law] (Weblink) Animation illustrates Newton's Third Law and includes a quiz.

[|Which Newton's Law? Quiz (Physlet Problems)] (Weblink) Watch the animations and decide which Newton's law is used?

[|(PhET) Sound and Waves] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS - This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with sound and waves. Teaching guides and ideas are included.

[|Characteristics of Waves] (Weblink) Students use a plunger to determine frequency and amplitude of a wave. They can list the results in a table and generate a graph.

[|Forces on a Pendulum] (Weblink) The weight, force due to tension, and total force exerted on the bob of a pendulum are shown.

[|Electromagnetic Radiation] (Weblink) This interactive tutorial explores the classical representation of an electromagnetic wave as a sine function, and enables the visitor to vary amplitude and wavelength to demonstrate how this function appears in three dimensions.

[|Work and Energy (Physclips)] (Weblink) Embedded animations that show work and energy.

[|(PhET) Work, Energy, and Power] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS - This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with work, energy, and power. Teaching guides and ideas are included.

[|Momentum (Physclips)] (Weblink) Animations that show momentum and collisions.

[|Rotation (Physclips)] (Weblink) Animations that show circular motion.

[|Gravity (Physclips)] (Weblink) Animations that show gravity.

[|(PhET) Heat and Thermo] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS - This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with heat ant thermo. Teaching guides and ideas are included.

[|Insulation Properties of Various Materials] (Weblink) virtual lab where students test different insulators in walls to determine the best insulating material.

[|Waves] (Weblink) This animation shows different types of waves and also provides information on the waves.

[|Doppler Effect for a Moving Source] (Weblink) Shows the sound waves created by a moving source. In this animation, the speed may be changed.

[|Doppler Effect] (Weblink) this series of animations explores the Doppler Effect for sound waves.

[|Doppler Effect Lab] (Weblink) This interactive lab allows you to see the Doppler effect and experiment with aspects that affect the Doppler effect.

[|Simple Harmonic Motion I] (Weblink) Demonstrating that one component of uniform circular motion is simple h harmonic motion.

[|Basics of Musical Pitch] (Weblink) An interactive piano where you can click on the note and see the corresponding pitch and frequency.

[|Simple Harmonic Motion] (Weblink) Includes animations and information on oscillations, displacement, velocity and acceleration, damping, and more.

[|Simple Harmonic Motion II] (Weblink) Illustrating and comparing Simple Harmonic Motion for a spring-mass system and for a oscillating hollow cylinder.

[|Dampened Simple Harmonic Motion] (Weblink) The damping factor may be controlled with a slider. The maximum available damping factor of 100 corresponds to critical damping.

[|Driven Simple harmonic Motion] (Weblink) harmonic oscillator driven by a harmonic force. The frequency and damping factor of the oscillator may be varied.

[|Coupled Harmonic Oscillators] (Weblink) Two simple pendulums connected by a spring. The mass of one of the pendulums may be varied. Within mathematical rounding errors, the resolution on the screen of one pixel, and a frame rate of 12 frames per second the animation is correct, not an approximation.

[|Rotating the Mirror and the Reflected Ray] (Weblink) Illustrating that when a mirror is rotated by an angle, the reflected ray is rotated by twice that angle. You may drag the slider in the animation at left side top, to rotate the mirror.

[|Object - Image Relationships] (Weblink) Ray tracing for a thin lens showing the formation of a real image of an object.

[|(PhET) Light and Radiation] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS - This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with light and radiation. Just to name a few: Microwaves, Photoelectric Effect, Greenhouse Effect, Geometric Opticss. Teaching guides and ideas are included.

[|Newton's Prism Experiment] (Weblink) Move the prism in and out of the light beam.

[|Virtual Prism] (Weblink) Drag the hand to change the wavelength of the light, and see how that affects the angle that the light bends when going in and out of the prism. The tools let you llk at angles with a virtual protractor.

[|Reflection of Light: Mirrors] (Weblink) Diagrams and equations of reflection.

[|Concave Mirrors] (Weblink) Virtual images of a concave mirror - move the object position.

[|Diffraction of Light] (Weblink) This interactive tutorial explores the diffraction of a monochromatic light beam through a slit of variable aperture.

[|Reflection of Light] (Weblink) This tutorial explores the incident and reflected angles of a single light wave impacting on a smooth surface.

[|Wave Reflection, Refracton and Diffraction] (Weblink) Animated lesson on wave reflection, refraction, and diffraction.

[|Reflection and Refreaction of Waves] (Weblink) This applet is a tutorial which explains the reflection and the refraction of waves by the principle of Huygens. Explanations for each of the steps are provided in the text box.

[|Reflection and Refraction: Air and Glass] (Weblink) See different examples of reflection and refraction as you change the angle of incidence.

[|Refraction of Light Simulation] (Weblink) In this simulation it is possible to examine reflection, refraction, and total internal reflection. In this simulation, the ray of light comes in from the upper left side, refracts out the lower right, and reflects out the upper right side. [|Refracton of Light] (Weblink) This interactive tutorial explores how changes to the incident angle and refractive index differential between two dissimilar media affect the refraction angle of light at the interface.

[|Light Refracton] (Weblink) Shows different cases of light refraction.

[|Light Refraction] (Weblink) Change different variables such as:incident angle, index of refraction, incident wavelength, etc. and see the effects on light refraction.

[|Thin Lens] (Weblink) Simulation of convergent and divergent lens.

[|Thin Lens and Mirror Demonstration] (Weblink) Simulation of convergent and divergent lens and mirror.

[|Polarization of Light] Several diagrams and information on the polarizat on of light.

[|Infrared Photo Album] (Weblink) See different pictures with infrared light.

[|Colors - Primary and Subtractive] (Weblink) Shows how colors interact with each other to form different colors.

[|Wave Interference] (Weblink) Interactive animation shows the classic two-slit experiment was one of the original proofs that light travels in waves, but newer versions show that light also travels as particles.

[|Interference of Waves] (Weblink) In the animation we show two waves moving throught the same medium. The waves are moving in opposite directions. When they meet,they interfere to produce a different wave.

[|Lasers] (Weblink) Interactive animations about how lasers work.

[|How a Laser Works] (Weblink) An animation showing how a laser works.

[|The Electric Force] (Weblink) Expains an electric force with some interactive electrons.

[|(**PhET) Electricity, Magnets & Circuits**] ** (Weblink) **
 * EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS!!** This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with electricity, magnets, and circuits. Just to name a few: Conductivity, Resistance in a Wire, Ohm's Law, Capacitor Lab. Teaching guides and ideas are included.

[|**Molecular Expression - Electricity and Magnetism**] (Weblink) Over 40 interactive Java tutorials can be found here that will support the study of physics. These include the effect of an electromagnetic field on a compass, cathode rays and Lenz's law.

[|AC Circuits, Alternating Current Electricity] (Weblink) Alternating current (AC) circuits explained using time and phasor animations. Impedance, phase relations, resonance and RMS quantities. A resource page from Physclips: a multi-level, multimedia introduction to physics.

[|AC/DC: What's the Difference?] (Weblink) This animation shows the difference between AC and DC currents.

[|Simulations of Light, Forces, Waves, and Energy, Electricity and Magnetism (Freezeray)] (Weblink) Interact with the simulations demonstrating many areas of physics. A GREAT SITE

[|Ohm's Law Virtual Lab] (Weblink) Use this virtual lab to see how voltae, current and rsistance are related.

[|Transistors] (Weblink) Many animations about transistors.

[|Propogation of Electromagnetic Waves] (Weblink)

This java applet shows the relations between electric field, magnetic field and wave vector when electromagnetic wave propogate through space.

[|Electrostatics] (Flipchart) [|Electrostatics - For Students] (Flipchart) Electrostatics unit for high school physics; includes standards, complete lesson plan, materials (MS Word format) and assessments.

[|The Bohr Model of an Atom] (Weblink) The photon excitation and photon emission of the electron in a Hydrogen atom as described by the Bohr model. You may change the Excitation Photon Energy level in the animation.

[|Nuclear Decays] (Weblink) The decay of 500 atoms of the fictional element Balonium. Uses a proper Monte Carlo engine to simulate real decays.

[|Radioactive Decay] (Weblink) Animation that illustrates radioactive decay.

[|Pair Production and Annihilation] (Weblink) A simple illustration of electron-positron production and annihilation.

[|Interaction of X-Rays with Matter] (Weblink) Illustrating the 3 principle modes by which X-rays interact with matter. Photoelectric effect, Compton Effect, Pair Production. Choose the type of interaction in the animation.

[|Fission] (Weblink) Very quick and simple animation of fission of Uranium.

[|Fusion] (Weblink) Simple animation of fusion of protons through to helium.

[|(PhET) Quantum Phenomena] (Weblink) EXCELLENT INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS -**This site (PhET) has many different simulations dealing with quantum phenomena. Just to name a few: Fission, Beta Decay, Semiconductors, Lasers, Quantum Wave Interference. Teaching guides and ideas are included.