- Ripple Tank Applet - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Ripple/Ripple_JS.html
Two wave sources in a ripple tank. You set the variables and watch it run.
- Physlet Problems - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
Physics applets plus the source code. Links to other applet sites and authors are here as well.
- Fowler's Physics Applets - http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/home.html
These supplement physics courses taught by Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. They include Newton's cannon, Brownian motion, Rutherford scattering, and collisions in two dimensions.
- Physics at Appleby College - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/6645/index.htm
A comprehensive collection of Java Applets on waves, sound, light and optics. Suitable for high school physics students.
- Interactive Physics - http://www.jracademy.com/~jtucek/physics/physics.html
A website that teaches physics through interactive applets.
- Physics Illuminations - http://www.uno.edu/~rgreene/illum.html
A collection of Java applets packaged with explanatory text for use as conceptual homework or student self-study in introductory physics.
- PBS.org - Transistorized! Web Site Interactives - http://www.pbs.org/transistor/interactives/
Features two interactive games related to the development of transitors. The object of the Periodic Puzzle is to line up tiles to match a section of the periodic table of the elements. The Wafer Maker is a fast-paced game where the user grows silicon crystals to make transistors.
- Nori's Physics Page - http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~norimari/e-sciencenori.html
Java applets and Quicktime movies of physics simulations such as solar system, ideal gas, wave interference, and the Doppler effect.
- Physics 2000 - http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
An interactive journey through modern physics. Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th century science and high-tech devices. Uses java applets.
- Nuclides 2000: The Radionuclide Portal - http://www.nuclides.net/applets/radioactive_decay.htm
Allows the simulation of the radioactive decay of over 2000 radionuclides using standard colour schemes (Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, General Electric). Basic decay data can be viewed by holding the mouse over a nuclide and consists of half-lives, modes of decay, and branching ratios. "Blinking" nuclides indicate strong gamma emitters with energies above a user-definable threshold value.
- JOrrery - http://uk.geocities.com/johndavid_taylor/projects/JOrrery/
Simulates the motion of planets moving under gravity. It comes with a number of initial "scenarios." Can also add more planets during a simulation.
- Java Applet Collection for Learning Physics - http://www.netzmedien.de/software/download/java/index.html
Applets for learning university level physics. Also includes link to older DOS software (momentum space visualization).
- Smart Pendulum - http://odin.prohosting.com/~evgenik1/pend.htm
Java applet explores a pendulum with rope of variable length. The solution implements 4-th order Runge-Kutta method for differential equations.
- Supersonic Wing Simulator - http://odin.prohosting.com/~evgenik1/wing.htm
Explores quasi-two-dimensional calculation of the supersonic flow over a wedge-shaped infinity-span wing.
- Virtual Labs and Simulations - http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html
A collection of links to sites on the web that have computerized simulations of physics principles. Some are Java applets while others require the Flash plugin.
- Java Applets on Physics (Java 1.0) - http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/physengl/physengl.htm
Covers many introductory and intermediate-level topics. Java 1.1 versions available as well.
- Interactive Physics and Math with Java - http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/
A set of more than 20 scientifically accurate educational applets which mostly cover the course of Introductory Physics or material close to it. This site is mirrored a number of places on the net.
- SchrodingerSolver - http://www.nat.vu.nl/~harmen/SchroedingerSolver/indexEn.html
Solves the one dimensional Schrodinger equation in different potentials.
- The Pendulum Lab - http://monet.physik.unibas.ch/%7Eelmer/pendulum/
Examine the dynamics of rigid pendula. Includes explanatory text.
- Build a Solar System - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
A table to help build or draw a scale model of the solar system. Specify the size of the sun and the sizes of and distances between various objects are calculated.
- Vector Calculator - http://comp.uark.edu/~jgeabana/java/VectorTest.html
Intended to give students a "feel" for vectors in two dimensions. Specifically, it covers components, magnitude and direction, and vector addition.
- Moving Point Source Doppler Effect - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/Doppler/Doppler.html
Wave speed, wave length and the speed of the point source can be adjusted.
- Thin Lens (Converging/Diverging Lens/Mirrors) - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/Lens/lens_e.html
Set the size and distance of an object from a thin lens or curved mirror, and ray tracing will reveal the size and distance of the image from the same lens or mirror.
- Reaction Time Measurements - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/Reaction/reactionTime.html
Measure the time between viewing a red light and reacting to that light. Calculates distance traveled in that time.
- Spring and Wave - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/springWave/springWave.html
Experiment with springs and wave by adjusting several properties.
- Frictional Force - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/friction/friction.html
This java applet show the force diagram and the motion of the system when the frictional forces are present.
- Thin Lens Combinations - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/thinLens/thinLens.html
This java applets let you understand the entire range of behavior of a single convex lens or image formed by two lens.
- Billiards and Physics - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/billiards/billiards.html
This java applet show you how to use the law of reflection (for optics) in playing pool.
- Ideal Gas II - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/idealGas/idealGas.html
This java applet shows a microscopic model for an ideal gas. The pressure that a gas exerts on the walls of its container is a consequence of the collisions of the gas molecules with the walls.
- Wave Superposition - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/TaiwanUniv/waveSuperposition/waveSuperposition.html
This java applet shows the "Superposition Principle of wave"
- Interactive Color Wheel - http://r0k.us/graphics/SIHwheel.html
The SIH wheel is a Java applet that allows a person to view relationships between color (saturation, intensity, and hue) and luma.
- The Physics of Pole Vaulting - http://www.aip.org/png/html/polevault.html
Using very simple physics principles, this program estimates how high you could theoretically vault based on how tall you are and how fast you can run, assuming you had the proper training and optimal efficiency.
- Powers of 10 - Interactive Java Tutorial - http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Start 10 million light-years from the Milky Way galaxy and wind up face to face with a proton in Florida.
- Fowler's Physics Applets - http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/
Michael Fowler and his graduate students have written the applets, about 10 in all.
- Physics Flashlets - http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/flashlets/
Michael Fowler and his students created these interactive Flash movies illustrating physics concepts.
- BlackBody Spectrum Applet - http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/blackbody/black.htm
Shows the relation between wavelength, emitted power, and peak wavelength for a blackbody (Planck's function).
- SpectrumTuner - http://oldsite.vislab.usyd.edu.au/photonics/revolution/history/SpectrumTuner/
Allows the user to study the electromagnetic spectrum, converting between units of wavelength, frequency and energy.
- Compressing A One-Atom Gas - http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/gas/gas.html
Shows velocity change of a particle when a piston compresses and expands a narrow cylinder.
- Mark's Quantum Mechanics Applets - http://eve.physics.ox.ac.uk/Personal/artur/Keble/Quanta/Applets/quantum/quantumapplets.html
A collection of sample Java applets which demonstrate various aspects of quantum mechanics, including the Hydrogen atom and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
- Physweb.org - Interactive Experiments - http://physicsweb.org/resources/Education/Interactive_experiments/
A large, annotated list of physics related java applets (also some VRML and Shockwave stuff) available on the net. Also provides a way to join a list devoted to discussions on development and use of java in physics education and research.
- Gravitational Orbits - http://wildcat.phys.northwestern.edu/ugrad/vpl/mechanics/planets.html
Applet demonstrates Kepler's law.
- UCI Chemistry - Applets - http://www.chem.uci.edu/undergrad/applets/
Educational applets covering irreversibility, chemical kinetics, the second law of thermodynamics, ideal atmosphere, particle in a box (quantum mechanics) and a monte carlo simulation.
- Resonata - http://fergusmurray.members.beeb.net/resonata.htm
A 2-dimensional wave machine with various parameters.
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