Interactive Physlets

What is a Physlet? It is a Physics applet - an interactive Java program (or application) - which can be used to demonstrate a concept in Physics through animation or interaction.

Physics 1020, 1050:

Lab (or Topic)	Physlet files
Describing Motion	Position vs. Time	Velocity vs. Time		Acceleration vs. Time
Constant Acceleration	Free fall on Mars
Projectile Motion (demo)	Cannon Shot		Battleship
Newton's Laws	Newton's Second Law		The Satellite
Friction	Friction on an Inclined Plane
Conservation of Energy	Bounce!		Frictionless bowl
Momentum, Energy & Collisions	Glider Interactions		Billiard ball Physics

Physics 1021, 1051:

Sound	Tone Generator		Beating Waves
Electric Fields	Unknown Charges	Force Vectors	Electric Potentials
Magnetism	Three Wires	Circular Wire Loop	Solenoid
	Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field (demo)
Simple Harmonic Motion	Energy of SHM
Standing Waves	Travelling Wave		Resonance
Doppler Effect (demo)	Police car siren
Geometrical Optics (demo)	Optics Bench
Interference	Two Source Interference		Effect of Wavelength on Pattern (demo)

These applets are being produced by educators world-wide and are freely distributable. Most of the above problems (except Friction on an Inclined Plane, and Police Siren) are based on Physlets developed by Davidson College.

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Interactive Physlets

Physics 1020, 1050:

Lab (or Topic)

Physlet files

Physics 1021, 1051: