MERLOT Materials

Basic tutorial on the fundamentals of the electromagnetic spectrum created by transitions in atoms.

This is a tutorial that consists of the following topics: Lesson 1 - Basic Terminology and Concepts Lesson 2 - Methods of... see more

Applet for demonstrating static friction. Extensive explanatory text included.

Applets demonstrate the motion of the center of mass of two particles moving with respect to each other.

This tutorial contains the following topics: Lesson 1 - Heat and Temperature Lesson 2 Calorimetry

A simple model system is generated to derive explicit expressions for Peltier, Seebeck and Thomson thermoelectric... see more

Tutorial and two applets on basic kinematics in one dimension.

Applet for demonstrating the effects of drag on a vertically accelerating body. Extensive explanatory text included.

Water Screen is a discrepant event, or short experiment, that demonstrates the properties of cohesion and surface... see more

Introduction to a series of pages and applets illustrating basic properties of waves. Includes bibliography.

A tutorial, with applets and animations, on forces and Newton's Second Law. Includes a quiz.