Phys 1020: Useful Simulations
These are all available directly from the PhET website: phet.colorado.edu or the Physics 2000 website
Week 13:
Blackbody Spectrum (light from the sun)
Sound and the Doppler Effect (the red shift)
Week 11:
chain reaction - fission: nuclear weapons / energy
Week 9:
Optics (making images with a lens)
Week 7:
Color vision (perception of color & light filtering)
Blackbody Spectrum (light from the sun)
Discharge Lamps (how the lamps in lab work)
Radiowaves and Electric Fields (how to create light (or radio waves) from oscillating electrons)
Week 6:
Color vision (perception of color & light filtering)
Blackbody Spectrum (light from the sun)
How TVs Work: the eye and perception
--- moving electrons with magnetic fields
--- color TVS
Week 5:
Wave on a string (the basics of waves)
Sound waves (use for the homework)
Week 3:
Weeks 1-2:
Current: electron flow vs. signal in a circuit
Battery / Resistance / Heating
Electric Circuits (CCK)
Magnetic fields and Current (Farraday's Law #1)