Physics Courses & Tutorials
with Applets/Calculators
in English
FOR MORE COURSES AND DATABASES WITH
CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE THE
PHYSICS CENTER
3D MODERN PHYSICS 1: ROTATION (JAVA APPLETS) - Xing Min (Sherman) Wang, Enterprise Information
Systems, Lockheed Martin
For more information see
Physics in Action;
Applets or
Xing Min (Sherman) Wang's Home Page
Some examples from over "25" applets include
A CHAOTIC PENDULUM IN PHASE SPACE (JAVA APPLET) - Author: H. Kowallik;
Landau Research Group, Department of Physics, Oregon State University
For more information see
Computational Physics;
Rubin H. Landau's Home Page or the
Department of Physics
ACCELERATION IN ONE DIMENSION - P. Fraundorf, Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Missouri St. Louis
Calculator is located a the bottom of the page.
For more information see
Phil Fraundorf's Home Page or the
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Missouri St. Louis
APPLETS IN PHYSICS - Conceived and Directed by: M.V. Goldman, Physics 2000 Project,
Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Multimeida Interactive Java Tutorials/Calculators (Text & Images).
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Physics
Some examples from over '20' Interactive applets include
BASIC PHYSICS PRINCIPLES (JAVA APPLET) - J.J. Brecht, Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Michigan State University
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
John J. Brecht's Home Page
Some examples from more than "10" Applets include
BASIC PHYSICS AND OPTICS - J. Ord, Ontario, Canada
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Jack Ord's Home Page
Some examples from over "40" Applets include
CONTEMPORARY COLLEGE PHYSICS SIMULATION LIBRARY (JAVA APPLETS) - Department of Physics, Mississippi State University
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
WebPhysics at Mississippi State University
Some examples from more than "40" Applets include
DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION (A FRACTAL GROWTH MODEL) (JAVA APPLET) - Lam Chi-Hang,
Department of Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
"Clusters of Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) can be generated by pressing the
"Grow" button. To see more details about the growth process, press the "Grow slowly"
button. Particles added to the aggregate at different time are shaded using different colors."
For more information see
Lam Chi-Hang's Home Page
E PHYSICS (JAVA APPLETS & SHOCKWAVE) - M.D. Simon,
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"Interactive learning resources for physics and astronomy..."
For more information see
Instructional Resource Lab or the
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Some examples from over "40" Demonstrations include
FUN @ LEARNING.PHYSICS - JAVA APPLETS - M. Sutherland, Theoretical
Particle Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Applets or the
Department of Physics
HYPERPHYSICS - C.R. Nave, Department of Physics & Astronomy,
College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State University
Multimedia Course (Text, Images, Simulations & Calculators).
VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Over "75" Calculators.
For more information see the
HyperPhysics Home Page;
HyperPhysics Courses;
Carl Rod Nave's Home Page;
Department of Physics & Astronomy or
Georgia State University
INTERACTIVE PHYSICS - Department of Physics, Syracuse University
Multimedia Java Applets (Text & Images).
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Interactive Simulations;
Physics Courses or the
Department of Physics
Examples from over "20" Interactive Applets include
MIRROR SITE OF: INTERACTIVE PHYSICS AND MATH WITH JAVA (JAVA APPLETS) - S. Kiselev & T. Yanovsky-Kiselev,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
JAVA applets for Physics Pedagogy;
Physics 272 (General Physics II): T. Browder or the
Department of Physics and Astronomy
IPPEX SCIENCE MODULES - Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, Princeton University
Multimedia Tutorials using Shockwave.
Examples of Tutorials, Shockwave Tutorials & Java Applets include
JAVA APPLETS IN PHYSICS - W. Fendt, Augsburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany)
Available in English, Danish/Dansk, Dutch/Nederland, French/Français, German/Deutsch,
Greek, Icelandic, Italian/Italiano, Korean, Polish, Portuguese/Português,
Slovak/Slovensky, Spanish/Español & Thai.
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Walter Fendt's Home Page
Some examples from more that "45' Applets (English version) include
LEARN PHYSICS THROUGH PLAYING JAVA - C.K.Ng, Hong Kong
VERY EXTENSIVE.
In English & Chinese.
For more information see
C.K.Ng's Home Page
Some examples from over "30" Applets include
MATERIAL SCIENCE - MATTER (APPLETS & SIMULATIONS) - Materials Teaching Educational Resources (MATTER) Project, Material Science & Engineering,
Department of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.
VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Multimedia Interactive Simulation Course (Text, Images, Applets, Simulations & Movies).
For more information see the
Material Science & Engineering
Major Interactive Courses with Applets include
MATERIALS INTERACTIVE JAVA APPLETS - National Physical Laboratory (NPL),
Teddington, Middlesex, U.K.
For more information see
NPL Materials Centre or the
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
MATH, PHYSICS-MATH & CHEMISTRY-MATH JAVA APPLETS - L. Gladney, N. Mihara, K. Milsom, T. Nguyen,
P. Schwartz & J. Sinclair, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"Applets for the Interactive Textbook on Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry..."
For more information see
Interactive Textbook or the
Department of Physics
Some examples from more than "16" Applets include
MILLIKAN'S OILDROP EXPERIMENT - M. Karlsson, Falkenberg Gymnasieskola, Sweden
"The electrical charge carried on an electron is a fundamental constant in
Physics...R.A. Millikan was the first to measure the constant. He did so
in his oil drop experiment..."
For more information see
Fysik (Physics)
MY PHYSICS LAB - (JAVA APPLETS) - E. Neumann
Multimedia Applets.
Some examples from more than "16" Applets include
NTNU JAVA - VIRTUAL PHYSICS LABORATORY (JAVA APPLETS) - Ku-Kwun Hwang,
Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University,
Taipei, Taiwan
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Includes over 50 applets.
For more information see
Department of Physics
PHYSICS: A-LEVEL - (JAVA APPLETS & MOVIES) - Materials Teaching Educational
Resources (MATTER) Project, Material Science & Engineering,
Department of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.
Multimedia Interactive Simulation Course (Text, Images & Movies).
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see the
MATTER Project
Some examples from over "50" Tutorials include
PHYSICS & MATH SIUMLATIONS (JAVA APPLETS) - P. Falstad
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Paul Falstad's Home Page
Some examples from over "35" Applets include
PHYSICS 1 APPLET PAGE - Physics 1, Department of Physics, California Institute of
Technology (CIT)
For more information see
Physics 1
PHYSICS APPLETS - D. Roth, Department of Physics, University of
Kaiserslautern, Germany
For more information see
Daniel Roth's FiPS Site
Some examples from over "10" Applets include
PHYSICS APPLETS - W. Bauer, Department of Physics and Astronomy
and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Wolfgang Bauer's Home Page or the
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Some examples from over "30" Applets include
PHYSICS APPLETS: FOR UNDERGRADUATES - Department of Physics & Astronomy,
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
For more information see
Undergraduate Program or the
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Some examples from over "10" Applets include
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS 4E - Author: Paul A. Tipler;
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Interactive Physics simulations that go with the
Book.
For more information see
Physics Courses
Some examples from over "40" Interactive Physics simulations include
PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (JAVA APPLETS) - W. Kinzel & G. Reents,
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik III, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie,
Universität Würzburg, Germany
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"Programming physical problems using Mathematica and C."
For more information see
Wolfgang Kinzel's Home Page;
Georg Reents Home Page or the
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik III
Some examples from over "15" Applets include
PHYSICS ILLUMINATONS (JAVA APPLETS) - R.L. Green, Department of Physics,
University of New Orleans
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Physics Illuminations Home Page;
Ronald L. Greene's Home Page or the
Department of Physics
Some examples from over "30" Applets include
PHYSLETS (JAVASCRIPT & JAVA APPLETS) - W. Christian & G. Novak, Department of
Physics, Davidson College, North Carolina
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"These platform independent programs are very flexible and
ideally suited for instructional purposes such as problems."
For more information see
WebPhysics or the
Department of Physics
Some examples from over '40' Applets include
PHYSICS EDUCATION (JAVA APPLETS) - B. Surendranath Reddy, Hyderabad, India
VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on "Applet Menu".
For more information see
Surendranath's Home page
PHYSICS EDUCATION - JAVA APPLETS - S. Kamikawa VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Sadahisa Kamikawa's Home Page
Examples from over '14' Physics Applets include
PHYSICS IN ACTION (JAVA APPLETS) - Xing Min (Sherman) Wang, Enterprise Information
Systems, Lockheed Martin
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Applets or
Xing Min (Sherman) Wang's Home Page
PHYSICS WEB TUTORIALS (JAVA APPLETS) - Department of Physcs and Astronomy,
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Undergraduate Program or the
Department of Physcs and Astronomy
Some examples from over "10" applets include
PROJECT LINKS: MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING & SCIENCE - Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Science,
Department of Mathematical Sciences, The School of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"This NSF supported project is a cooperative effort between mathematicians,
engineers and scientists to develop educational materials that link
mathematical topics with applications in engineering and science."
For more information see
Mathematical Sciences or
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Examples of Major Categories which contain over "75" Tutorials/Applets
PENDULUM DYNAMICS APPLETS - Håvard Holm, Norway
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Applets include: "an undamped and undriven pendulum;
a pendulum driven by a sinusoidal force;
a horizontally driven pendulum;
a vertically driven pendulum;
& a pendulum with a rotating suspension point"
For more information see
Marine Sturctures or
Marine Technology
THE PENDULUM LAB (JAVA APPLETS) - Franz-Josef Elmer,
Condensed Matter, Department of Physics, Institut für Physik, Universität Basel
(University of Basel), Switzerland
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"This is a virtual laboratory where you can do hands-on experiments at rigid pendula. Together
with the material presented in the lecture room, you can learn basic issues like
harmonic oscillator and resonance but also advanced topics like parametric resonance,
nonlinear dynamics, and chaos."
For more information see
The Pendulum Home Page;
Home Page of Franz-Josef Elmer or
Condensed Matter Physics
Examples of Java Applets include
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM: CALCULATOR - The Shodor Education
Foundation, Inc.
Multimedia Calculator (Text & Images).
"Use this form to explore the differences between a simple pendulum and a physical
pendulum, and the effects of the "small angle approximation."
For more information see
The Pit and the Pendulum or
The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
THE VIRTUAL PHYSICS LABORATORY (JAVA APPLETS) - G. Anderson,
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"...a developing collection of physics applets
for use in undergraduate physics instruction..."
For more information see
Undergraduate Physics or the
Department of Physics & Astronomy
VIRTUAL LABORATORY (JAVA APPLETS) - S. Russell, G. Bothun & A. Hulse, University of Oregon
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"In the interest of providing students with truely interactive texts, a series of experiments
has been created using Java to demonstrate the application of this method of teaching."
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