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The PhET group at the University of Colorado has created a suite of approximately 50 physics simulat...

This simulation allows the user to apply forces in one dimension to a variety of objects and observe...

This is a computer simulation of a common experiment on masses and springs in introductory physics l...

This simulation shows how generic waveforms are represented by Fourier series. The number of harmon...

This applet displays the position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time graphs for an animated...

This applet is a highly realistic simulator for DC circuits. Assembled circuits can contain multipl...

This java application is a collection of five simulations designed to help learners gain a visual an...

This web page consists of two java simulations of one dimensional motion. The first applet shows th...

This Java applet is a simulation of a ball rolling on a surface with kinetic friction. The user can...

This is a computer simulation of a vibrating string with fixed ends. It models the string as...

This simulation shows wavefunctions in a hard walled, circular quantum well in 2D. Linear combinatio...

This applet provides simulations of the quantum mechanical states in a 1D periodic potential. A numb...

A collection of virtual experiments based on a simulation of a driven pendulum. Covers undamped and...

This is a relative motion applet. The applet has a moving river, with a moving boat, and a per...

This is a computer simulation that provides a qualitative visualization of the origins of Char...

This is a simulation designed to show the operation of simple DC circuits. It provides a simple PC...

This is a simulation of a 2-dimensional collision between circular objects of finite radius. The im...

This is a simulation of a classic experiment for measuring moments of inertia. A mass is attached t...

Shockwave simulation allows users to explore collisions between two pucks on a virtual air table. Th...

This is a demonstration of how torques create rotations. Up to four different masses can be placed...

This is a Shockwave applet that simulates a falling object under the influence of gravity, air resis...

This website provides examples from the book Physlet Physics by Christian and Belloni. The ex...

This is a computer simulation of an air track. Two carts are provided; their masses and veloc...

This applet qualitatively demonstrates the non-relativistic Doppler effect due waves emitted f...