http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 06:32:04 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 06:32:04 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82187 A collection of Java applets with accompanying text designed to help students understand concepts in introductory mechanics. Topics include Vectors, 1D Kinematics, 2D Kinematics, Dynamics (Forces), and Work and Energy (under construction). The items are interactive, and provide immediate feedback and a running score, making them suitable for student self-study. A means of recording scores for a homework grade is available from the author. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81074 LabWrite guides students through the entire lab experience. The resources are divided into four parts that are structured around the lab process. PreLab: An opportunity to actually understand what the lab is all about before it starts. InLab: How to set up an experiment, take notes on protocol and instrumentation, organize and record data, and how to display data in meaningful tables and graphs. Useful information and resources including graphing aids, examples of lab reports that illustrate how the parts of the report are written and arranged, and a glossary of terms such as control, precision, and accuracy. PostLab: Offers a systematic approach for reflecting, organizing, and communicating the relationship between ideas and the evidence collected. PostLab brings the PreLab and InLab experiences together to help stuidents, step by step, create a complete and effective lab report. LabCheck: Finally, in the LabCheck section, LabWrite gives students an opportunity to review the work. LabCheck can also help students interpret their grade. LabWrite is based on a "backwards" approach to writing a lab report. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90236 Tutorials on fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics. Many foreign language versions available. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80526 This is a hyper-linked exploration of topics in classical mechanics. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90194 This Macromedia ShockWave applet illustrates visually the complex impedance in RLC series circuits. The users may use sliders to change the circuit paramters. The applets displays the corresponding complex impedance phasor diagram and the current, phaseshift, and impedence versus frequency graphs. Also shown are the time-dependent current-voltage graphs. Also included are brief introductions to both the physics of LRC circuits and the applet itself. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90992 This site contains an extensive set of notes on basic topics in physics. There are extensive illustrations and animations along with the text. Also included are self-quizzes, and shockwave quizzes and tutorials. Discusses the use of diagrams and graphs. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80536 A hyperlinked exploration of astronomy and astrophysics, inlcuding the solar system, stellar evolution, compact objects, and cosmology. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80542 A hyperlinked exploration of light, color, optics and vision. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=574129 The Online Optics Tutorial “Staying in Focus” introduces students to some of the basic concepts of geometrical optics in the context of the human eye. It combines interactive animations, videos, slides with graphics, and continuous narration that guides the users along in their studies. Focusing mostly on a conceptual approach to the study of lenses and how they form images, this online learning tool is designed for students to work through on their own. They are explicitly encouraged to play with the interactive animations and to perform virtual experiments, thus becoming active learners rather than passive listeners. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=274755 Some interactive tutorials on light and optics.