SCIENCE IN THE SOUTH: Session I 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Low Cost Physics Experiments with a Virtual Touch
Presenter: Michael Dollins mldollins@hotmail.com
"You tell me and I forget. You teach me and I remember. You involve me and I learn."
-Ben Franklin
I. Starting Point and Lab Manual - - - www.physicsuniverse.com
II. Numerous Virtual Labs
1. http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/ (can download all applets in single file)
2. http://www.explorescience.com (need shockwave)
3. http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html
4. http://www.physicsuniverse.com - - - - Virtual Physics Experiment Collection
(most every applet can be obtained through this site)
III. Virtual Websites
1. ELECTRICITY
a. http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm
b. http://www.article19.com/shockwave/ph.htm
2. ELECTROSTATICS
a. http://physics.ius.edu/~kyle/physlets/electrostatics/electrostatics.html (problem solving)
b. http://physics.weber.edu/amiri/director/dcrfiles/electricity/pithBallS.dcr
3. PROJECTILE MOTION
a. http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/projectile/proj.html
4. OPTICS-reflection
a. http://www.physics.brocku.ca/faculty/sternin/120/applets/Mirrors/
b. http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/optics/intro.html
c. http://www.physics.nwu.edu/ugrad/vpl/optics/mirrors.html
5. OPTICS-refraction
a. http://freespace.virgin.net/gareth.james/virtual/Optics/Refraction/refraction.html
b. http://members.aol.com/nicholashl/waves/refract1.html (demo)
c. http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/refraction/LightRefract.html
(best demo for refraction)
6. OPTICS-lenses
a. http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/clens/index.html
b. http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/dlens/index.html
7. NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATION
a. http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html
b. http://www.ae4rv.com/games/nuke.htm
8. RADIOACTIVE DECAY
a. http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/decay/decay.htm
b. http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap30/Nuclear/nuc.htm
c. http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/chain/chain.htm (chain reaction)
9. SOUND
a. http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/explrsci/dswmedia/tonebeat.htm (beats)
b. http://surendranath.tripod.com/Beats/Beats.html (beats)
c. http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=45 (Doppler)
10. WAVES
a. http://surendranath.tripod.com/Twave/Twave02.html
IV. Prewritten Labs----GO TO HANDOUTS
1. http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm
2. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/transformer/
3. http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/physengl/pendulum.htm
4. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/reflection.html
5. http://freespace.virgin.net/gareth.james/virtual/Optics/Refraction/refraction.html (refraction)
6. http://physics.weber.edu/amiri/director/dcrfiles/electricity/pithBallS.dcr (pith balls)
I would highly recommend purchasing the CD from the following website.
http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/cd.htm
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