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Kinematics
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| Motion
with Constant Acceleration (Graphs position, velocity and
acceleration ©Walter
Fendt) |
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| Roller-skating
Cow (Graphs position and velocity • UO
Physics) |
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| Free
Fall Ball Drop (Calculate average velocity • UO
Physics) |
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| Graphing
Lab (Plots velocity and displacement curves of
the corresponding kinematic equation ©W.
Bauer) |
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Newton's Laws of Motion
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| Vector
Addition (Graphical look at two vector addition • Explorescience.com) |
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| Net
Force (Three vector addition, displays and calculates resultant
force ©W.
Bauer) |
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| Resultant
of Forces (Qualitative display of multiple vector addition
©Walter Fendt) |
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| Graphing
Vector Calculator (Draw two vectors, gives example calculation
©Paul Flavin) |
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| Newton's
Second Law With Friction (Impulse force applied to mass •
UO Physics) |
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| Newton's
Second Law Experiment (Air track glider, plots displacement
©Walter Fendt) |
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2-Dimensional Motion
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| Inclined
Plane (Choose plot parameters
• Explorescience.com) |
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| Inclined
Plane (Calculates and shows resulting force vectors
©Walter Fendt) |
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| Projectile
Motion (Plots height vs distance
• Fowler's Physics Applets) |
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| Projectile
Motion (Plots
height vs distance ©Walter Fendt) |
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| Projectile
Simulation (Fire Cannon: calculates maximum height and distance
©W. Bauer) |
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| Pendulum
(Set initial position, adjust length, gravity and mass ©Fu-Kwun
Hwang ) |
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| Smart
Pendulum (View the effects of elongation, friction (viscosity)
and gravity © Evgeni Kudriavitski) |
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| Simple
Pendulum (Plots elongation, velocity, acceleration, force
or energy with time ©Walter Fendt) |
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| Mass
on a Spring (Observe effects of amplitude, mass and spring
constant ©W. Bauer) |
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| Spring
Pendulum (Plots elongation, velocity, acceleration, force
or energy during oscillation ©Walter Fendt) |
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| The
Lever Principle (Calculates torque with addition of weights
©Walter Fend) |
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| Roller
Coaster (Design a coaster that doesn't crash or fly off the
tracks ©Funderstanding) |
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Momentum
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| Elastic
and Inelastic Collisions (Calculates initial and final velocity,
momentum or energy ©Walter Fendt) |
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| Two-Dimensional
Collisions (Vary impact parameter and mass ratio
• Fowler's Physics Applets) |
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| Virtual
Air Track (1D Collisions: vary mass, velocity and
extent of elasticity ©W. Bauer) |
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Work and Power
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| Force
and Work (Explore the
relationship between work, force, and displacement by moving a box ©W.
Bauer) |
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| Annual
Energy Bill (Simple calculation based on power rating •
UO Physics) |
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Energy
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| Conservation
of Energy On a Hill (Bar graph of potential, kinetic and
total energy • ©Farhang
Amiri) |
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Waves and Sound
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Light and Optics
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| Refraction
and Reflection (Snell's Law calculation, vary angle of incidence
and refractive index ©W.
Bauer) |
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| Refraction
of Light (Vary incident angle, wavelength and index of refraction
©Phillip
Dukes ) |
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| Lens
Combination (Move lenses on an optical bench and observe
trace of light rays
©W.
Bauer) |
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| Optics
- Mirrors (Shows center, focus and parallel lines - click
& drag left arrow ©G. Anderson) |
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Electrostatics
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| Coulomb
Forces (Motion of charged particles
• Explorescience.com) |
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| Induced
Current (Ammeter reads current induced by changes in coil
shape ©Sergey Kiselev) |
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Electric Currents
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| Refraction
and Reflection (Snell's Law calculation, vary angle of incidence
and refractive index ©W.
Bauer) |
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Electromagnetism
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