MERLOT Materials

A collection of simulations and virtual labs focusing on first-year college physics.  PhET provides fun, interactive,... see more

VR Molecules presents dynamically and interactively the vibration and rotation modes for 24 molecules (out of a more... see more

A large list of links to applets and tutorials that discuss the fabrication of semiconductors. Each link is also listed... see more

Tutorials on fundamentals of nuclear and particle physics. Many foreign language versions available.

A table of the elements, with links to information on each element in the table. Links to various tutorials on basic... see more

This is a web version of a public talk I gave about color in astronomy pictures. The nature of light and color is... see more

This series of animations lets you view a "fly-by" and "fly-through" of a house at different percentages of the speed of... see more

Provides pictures and a movie that uses ray tracing to explore the effects of relativity.

That is what we will focus on in ChaosBook. The book is a self-contained graduate textbook on classical and quantum... see more

Current is a function of voltage and resistance. This Formula Solver! Series program shows the step-by-step solution for... see more

A primer on nuclear radiation/radioactive decay. Covers atoms, subatomic particles, isotopes, and radioactive decay... see more

Hyperlinked exploration of nuclear physics, including particles, structure, radiation, and applications.

Can you teach radioactivity using inquiry?  Yes!  To beginning science students? Of course! Topics include general... see more

A basic tutorial on nuclear physics, written for those with little experience in physics.

A Shockwave simulation designed to illustrate the basic principles and operation of a mass spectrometer.

A very large collection of links to nuclear physics and radioactivity web site resources.

A collection of over 140 videos of Physics Demonstrations covering a wide variety of topics, from mechanics to atomic.... see more

Welcome to Physics 2000, an interactive journey through modern physics! This is a place to have fun learning visually and... see more

Experiments in Modern Physics conducted remotely via the Web.

A complete set of simulations for the second semester of a college level physics class.

A large collection of applets, VMRL image galleries, and DOS programs (most of which are listed separately within MERLOT)... see more

Interactive tutorials based on simulations involving all topics in introductory physics.  This is developed to support... see more

An interactive applet, with many of the parameters user-defined.

This multimedia site is divided into five sections: Galileo, Maxwell, Einstein, Time Dilation and E=mc2. Each module is a... see more