Physics Applets and Online Courses

Compiled by Andrew Yue - University of Texas at Austin
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Top Five Physics Applet Sites

Applet Collection from MSU: http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/applets.htm

*Five Stars for Organization, which makes for easy and quick use in the classroom.
*The content of this site is excellent, too.

Demoz Open Directory Project: http://dmoz.org/Science/Physics/Education/JavaApplets/

*This is a good starting site to begin shopping for physics applet web sites.
*Not well organized, but includes most physics applet web sites.

Merlot Physics: http://physics.merlot.org:9200/Home.po

*This site is huge. A very comprehensive collection of Physics applets.
*The only site with a searchable list by topic and subtopics.

Interactive Physics with Math: http://www.lightlink.com/sergey/java/

*Authors: Sergey Kiselev and Tanya Yanovsky-Kiselev.
*An old site that's worth a look.
Fowler's Physics Applets: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/
* Physlets created for Dr. Michael Fowler's Physics courses at the University of Virginia.

Other Physics Applet Sites

Electrophorus Demonstration: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/estatics/epn.html
* Animated GIF of this Demonstration
* Glenbrook South High School in Illinois.

Learn Physics Using Java: http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishVersion.htm
* Animated Java Applets Index by Subject
* Author of the applets : Chiu-king Ng, a high school physics teacher in Hong Kong, China.

Fu-Kwun Hwang's Physics Applets: http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~teb/java/ntnujava/index.html
* Mirror site at U.H. for Fu-Kwun Hwang's Physics applets.
* As with all applets, downloading them during class is risky business.
* These are useful applets that could be download and saved to disk before class.

Java Applets on Physics: http://pathfinder.esu2.k12.ne.us/java/physics/physengl/physengl.htm
* Java applets by Walter Fendt in Germany.
* I haven't tested the connection to the German server during a weekday.
* Applets are probably the least complicated to show in class amoung this group.

Other Physics' Web Sites

AVI Animations of Time Evolving Physics: http://.physics.uwstout.edu/staff/scott/animate.html
* Many AVI files using simple animations.
* Work of Dr. Alan J Scott

Hyperphysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/hframe.html
* Carl R Nave and Georgia State University present the whole smorgasborg of freshman level physics.
*Quite a volumous assemblage of concepts in physics, with many videos.

Last Updated 02/06 - University of Texas at Austin Physics Dept. - Lecture Demonstration Office