Physics Applet
Resources
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Physics Applets
Physics Applets
Walter Fendt Applets
http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/phe/phe.htm
A useful collection of applets for physics teaching.
Applets by CKNg
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishVersion.htm#10
Useful applets from a Hong Kong physics teacher.
Interactive Java Tutorials
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/
Great resources from the Molecular Expressions Website.
Physics 2000
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/
These are the some of the more popular and fun applets in Physics 2000.
The Interactive Library
http://www.edinformatics.com/il/il_physics.htm
The Interactive Library is about "real interactivity". The database contains hundreds of
activities that make use of sophisticated java and shockwave programs.
Fowler's Physics Applets
http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/home.html
Newton’s Cannon, Rutherford scattering and more great applets from Michael Fowler at
the University of Virginia.
Java Applets
http://plabpc.csustan.edu/java/
Page of links to applets.
General Applets
http://surendranath.tripod.com/Applets.html
Java applets on various topics in physics.
University of Oregon Physics Applets
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/
Applets on astrophysics, mechanics, energy and heat.
Applets Menu
http://users.erols.com/renau/applet_menu.html
Various useful applets.
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Applet Collection
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/applets.htm
These applets enable simple physical systems to be studied in a playful way. They are
idealisations of realistic scenarios, which follow the equations that also govern the real
experimental systems.
Virtual Labs & Simulations
http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html
This page is a collection of links to sites on the web that have computerised simulations
of physics principles. These might be in the form of a Java Applet, a Shockwave
demonstration or an Activity Worksheet. They allow students to see a visual
demonstration of a scientific concept, often in animated form.
Fun @ Learning Physics
http://thorin.adnc.com/~topquark/fun/fun.html
This site contains a colourfully illustrated electronic textbook, Java applets for interactive
simulations of dynamical processes, non-interactive movies illustrating other topics and a
multiple-choice tutorial.
Optics Bench
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/java/Final_Optics/optics.htm
Simulated optics can be carried out here.
CERN LEP Applet
http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/masterclass/Acc_sim2/simulator.html
Realistic simulation of the collision of electrons and positrons in the LEP at CERN.
Powers of Ten Applet
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space
towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude to reach a tall oak tree just outside
the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that
reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic
universe of electrons and protons.
Quark Applet
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/q/q.htm
Put the correct combination of quarks and/or antiquarks together to make the resulting
hadron.
Physlets
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
Physics Applets, are small flexible Java applets designed for science education.
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Electromagnetic Induction and Applied Electricity Applets
Magnetic field lines
Attraction and repulsion by magnet poles
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/magneticlines/index.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/magneticlines2/index.html
Potential divider calculator
Motional emf
http://www.eworld.contactbox.co.uk/calc/calcdiv.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Induction.htm
Electromagnetic induction experiment
Faraday's law
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/faraday/index.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/faraday2/index.html
Lenz's law
DC generator
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/lenzlaw/index.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/generator/dc.html
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AC generator
NPN transistor common-emitter amplifier
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/generator/ac.html
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Amplifier.htm
NOT gate
Resistor colour codes
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/NotGate.htm
http://www.ee.upenn.edu/rca/calcjs.html
General Physics Applets
SHM and Circular Motion
Motion under different forces
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/SpringSHM.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Motion.htm
Moving trolley
Simple electric circuit
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/DropABrick.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Circuit.htm
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RC charging circuit
Transverse standing wave
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/RC_dc.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/TwaveStatA.htm
Longitudinal travelling wave
Interference of water waves
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Lwave.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Interference.htm
Wave on a bounded string
Transverse travelling wave
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/StatWave.htm
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/TwaveA.htm
Refraction through a prism
The Rutherford Experiment
http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/RefractionByPrism.htm
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/rutherford/index.html
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Gravitation Applets
Newton’s Cannon
Satellite projection
http://www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/newt/newtmtn.html
http://surendranath.tripod.com/Kepler/Kepler.html
Kepler’s third law
Inverse square law
http://www.physics.gatech.edu/academics/Classes/summer2002/2211/main/demos/Kepler3/Keplers3Law.html
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/inverse.html
Satellite motion
Orbit
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/projectileOrbit/projectileOrbit.html
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap7/orbiter/orbit.htm
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