Technology in Physics

Week Two: Light/Waves Applets to Explore and Evaluate

Electricity

Field Sketching
Pith Ball

Circuits

Make a Circuit With Me reference (measurement) link
Ohm's Law Fizzlets
Circuit Fizzlets
Charging a capacitor
RC Circuit
Circuits (The OHM ZONE)

Magnetism

Transformers
Lenz's Law
Particle in an EM field
Induction
TV / Electron Gun

Week Two: Light/Waves Applets to Explore and Evaluate

Waves / SHM

Transverse Wave Maker
Transverse Interference
Simulated 2-source interference in ripple tank
Wave interference of odd shapes
Transmission/Reflection of Waves
Pendulum & Spring
Spring
Pendulum

Sound

Doppler Effect Demo
Standing Waves in a pipe

Light

Interactive Spectrum
Polarized Light
Polarizer Bench
Primary Color Mixing
Primary Pigment Mixing
Double Slit Experiment
Making color prints
Another Double Slit Experiment
YET Another Double-Slit Experiment

Optics

Kaleidoscope
Reflection/Refraction from water to air
Snell's Law Applet
Simple Optics Bench
Interactive Convex Lens   Concave Lens

Week One Mechanics Applets to Explore and Evaluate

Kinematics

Newton's Mountain
Cow graphs
Slope and inst. Speed
Freefall

 

Forces

Adding Vectors
Newton's Second Law Experiment
Interactive Projectile Problems
Atwood Machine
Free body on Incline
Inclined Plane II
Net Force
Carousel

 

Energy & Momentum

Work Applet
Mini-Coaster
Pendulum
Air Track Collisions
Newton's Cradle
Levers
Simple Machines
Balancing Lever Challenge