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Kinematics

This a classic vector addition applet.

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The purpose of this applet is to provide a visual illustration of the concepts of velocity and acceleration for two-dimensional motion.

This applet illustrates the principle of velocity composition using the example of a boat on a river.

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Selected by the SciLinks program, a service of National Science Teachers Association. Copyright 2001.

Optics

This is a fun applet that I designed to help illustrate the principle of accommodation in human (and animal) vision.

This applet shows an interactive ray tracing diagram for the reflection of light in a transparent sphere, as in the formation of a rainbow.

Selected by the SciLinks program, a service of National Science Teachers Association. Copyright 2001.

Create all the color of the rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue, three primary colors.

Create all the color of the rainbow by mixing yellow, cyan, and magenta, three primary colors.

Investigate the physics of nonreflective coatings for optical instruments.

Electricity

This applet illustrates the concept of impedance in RLC AC circuits.

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Waves and oscillations

This applet illustrates the principles of constructive and destructive interference in transversal waves.

This applet generates animations showing various standing wave patterns.

Thermodynamics

This applet simulates four types of transformations in a contained gas, generating P-V and P-T diagrams in real time.

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