MERLOT Materials

This simulation illustrates the operation of a cyclotron, showing a charged particle moving through combined magnetic and... see more

This set of tutorial worksheets, based on the OSP Quantum Mechanics Simulations, help students explore the effects of... see more

Princeton University's Plasma Physics Laboratory's Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience Web site has updated... see more

This video displays normal modes in a vibrating system through the motion of air carts connected by springs on an air... see more

Michael Fowler, Commonwealth Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia, offers this prime collection of (some... see more

Physics Central is how the 42,000 physicists of the American Physical Society "communicate the excitement and importance... see more

Maintained by staff members at the Institute of Physics, the Teaching Advanced Physics (TAP) website provides a wealth of... see more

Stephen T. Thornton, a professor in the department of physics at the University of Virginia, has created this website to... see more

This set of tutorial worksheets, based on the OSP Quantum Mechanics Simulations, help students explore the measurement of... see more

Interactive Lecture Demonstration to illustrate that impulses are larger in elastic collisions than in inelastic... see more

Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to illustrate the nature of torques and on the balancing of torques in static... see more

The US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (NSF), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)... see more

This website from eChalk contains optical illusions offering proof that our color perception is strongly influenced by... see more

We develop an Easy Java Simulation (EJS) model for students to experience the physics of idealized one-dimensional... see more

This item is an educator's guide for teaching a unit on the topic of Newton's First and Third Laws. It is intended to... see more

This activity describes the construction and use of a pneumatic cannon and free falling target used to teach the concepts... see more

This video demonstration illustrates the parabolic motion of the center of mass of a moving object. Non-symmetric objects... see more

This video from MIT demonstrates the effect of a Faraday cage in an electric field. A Benjamin Franklin figure is first... see more

The introduction to this intriguing exercise and article begins "If a ball bounces an infinite number of times, it must... see more

This is a set of instructional materials developed at the University of Virginia to support teaching a unit on waves and... see more

This is a set of resource materials for second-semester introductory physics, developed at the University of Virginia.... see more

This inteactive lecture and series of demonstrations develops the concepts and vocabulary of oscillatory motion as it... see more

This high school physics tutorial provides an introduction to standing waves. The site contains a description of such... see more

This activity is an interactive lecture demonstration format which can be used to teach the first lesson of... see more