http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:31 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:31 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=80654 A collection of simulations and virtual labs focusing on first-year college physics. An interview with the award winning author can be found in About us at Phet VideoPhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free. We believe that our research-based approach- incorporating findings from prior research and our own testing- enables students to make connections between real-life phenomena and the underlying science, deepening their understanding and appreciation of the physical world. To help students visually comprehend concepts, PhET simulations animate what is invisible to the eye through the use of graphics and intuitive controls such as click-and-drag manipulation, sliders and radio buttons. In order to further encourage quantitative exploration, the simulations also offer measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers. As the user manipulates these interactive tools, responses are immediately animated thus effectively illustrating cause-and-effect relationships as well as multiple linked representations (motion of the objects, graphs, number readouts, etc.) PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado, http://phet.colorado.edu http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80362 This site provides a large selection of physics and math simulations. There is also fairly comprehensive explanatory information about the science and computation behind the applets. The applets are fairly small, and load quickly (even on dial-up), but are very broad in their coverage of topics. These applets are useful for illustrating physical systems and behavior that can not, in general, observed by experiments. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=234538 This web page contains a series of animations and simulations related to Faraday's Law. It is part of the MIT TEAL project and includes simulations on topics in E&M, course notes, and a multimedia Guided Tour of the topic.The materials from a full semester course using these simulations is available from the MIT Open Courseware Server (see the Mirror URL).To view a video of the award winning author, go to View Faraday's Law - Physics Award Winner 2007 video http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90610 A large list of links to applets and tutorials that discuss the fabrication of semiconductors. Each link is also listed in MERLOT separately. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91221 The Ohm Zone's Shockwave application that allows you to build your own DC circuits and measure the voltages and resistances simultaneously. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82770 A java application that functions as simple DC circuit simulator. Available components are batteries, bulbs, swithches, and connecting wire. Component values can be varied by the user. Meters to measure voltage and current are available.. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86046 This applet simulates some basic experiments in magnetism and magnetic induction. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78433 These visualizations are part of the Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) Studio project at MIT. It contains a wide range of visualizations, animations, and simulations of topics in E&M and vector fields, along with notes for an introductory E&M course. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87967 Physlet problems that relate to electrostatics. 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.