Virtual Labs & Simulations

The following represent helpful resources toward understanding physics concepts more completely. Most of these files require plug-ins for Shockwave or a good Java enabled browser. If you need the plug in for Shockwave, you can find it here.

Shockwave Labs (SW)

Java Labs (J)

Fluids

• Density Experiment (SW)

Kinematics

• Exploring Freefall (SW)

Light & Optics

• Color Addition (SW)
• Color Subtraction (SW)
• Behavior of A Prism (SW) (The Floyd Lab)
• Two-Slit Light Interference (J)
• Thin Lenses (J)

Magnetism

Modern Physics

Force & Newton's Laws

• Forces on an Incline (SW)
• Basic Gravitation (J)

Sound & Waves

• Waveweb - The video ripple tank
• Wave/Doppler Interference (SW)
• Beats (SW)
• The Doppler Effect (SW)
• Pendulum (J)
• Transverse Wave Simulation (J)

Thermodynamics

• Ideal Gas Behavior (J)

Vectors / 2-D Motion

• 2-Vector Addition
• Net Force Calculator
• Range Experiment
• Displacement Calculator