Interactive Animations
BlackBody Spectrum Applet
Shows the relation between wavelength, emitted power, and peak wavelength for a blackbody (Planck's function).
Build a Solar System
A table to help build or draw a scale model of the solar system. Specify the size of the sun and the sizes of and distances between various objects are calculated.
Clifford Sampson's Physics Page
A comprehensive collection of Java applets covering waves, sound, optics, light, and electromagnetism.
Compressing A One-Atom Gas
Shows velocity change of a particle when a piston compresses and expands a narrow cylinder.
Contemporary College Physics Simulation Library
A large collection of java applets demonstrating basic to modern physics topics.
Davidson Physlet Problems
Physics applets plus the source code. Links to other applet sites and authors are here as well.
Fowler's Physics Applets
These supplement physics courses taught by Michael Fowler at U of Virginia. They include Newton's cannon, Brownian motion, Rutherford scattering, and collisions in two dimensions.
Fowler's Physics Applets
Michael Fowler and his graduate students have written the applets, about 10 in all.
How To Teach Statistical Thermal Physics In An Introductory Physics Course
Several simulation applets which can be used to teach the statistical foundations of thermal physics in introductory college physics courses. Download applets for free.
Interactive Color Wheel
The SIH wheel is a Java applet that allows a person to view relationships between color (saturation, intensity, and hue) and luma.
Interactive Physics and Math with Java
A set of more than 20 scientifically accurate educational applets which mostly cover the course of Introductory Physics or material close to it. This site is mirrored a number o…
Java Applet Collection for Learning Physics
Applets for learning university level physics. Also includes link to older DOS software (momentum space visualization).
Java Applets on Physics (Java 1.0)
Covers many introductory and intermediate-level topics. Java 1.1 versions available as well.
Mark's Quantum Mechanics Applets
A collection of sample Java applets which demonstrate various aspects of quantum mechanics, including the Hydrogen atom and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
Nori's Physics Page
Java applets and Quicktime movies of physics simulations such as solar system, ideal gas, wave interference, and the Doppler effect.
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