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Physics Apps, Applet Websites

Physics Apps

There an incredible number of apps that come up when you search for 'Physics, Apps' in iTunes. Some of the useful ones found so far are:

Name Maker Cost $US Description
Simple PhysicsAndrew Garrison$0.99Lets you design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulates your design. The cost of the design is also determined.
Vernier Video PhysicsVernier$2.99Video analysis software
PhysicsWorldInstitute of PhysicsFreeMonthly journal. Source of AIP Newsletter items
MessengerNASAFreeProvides information that Messenger, NASA's Mission to Mercury, sends back every day
ExoplanetAstronomer: Hanno ReinFreeVisual database of recently discovered exoplanets. Updated as discoveries are made. Includes animations.
KeplerNASAFreeKepler telescope detects exoplanets. The app shows how as well as background info. Includes an interactive 3D visualisation of the galaxy.
SparkVuePascoFreeReal time measurement of position, vel and accel'n as well as connection to Pasco sensors.
Star WalkVito Technology$2.99Labels all the stars and constellations and satellites that you point your iPhone at.
Solar WalkVito Technology$2.99Interactive model of the Solar System and the Milky Way
Khan Academy Physics 1, 2, ...Khan AcademyFreeSet of instructional videos
New HorizonsNASAFreeNASA voyage to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Up to date information and images.
Coaster PhysicsZiconic$0.99Design and ride your own roller coaster, gives speed, acceleration and g-forces as you ride along.
Phyzios StudioPhyziosFreeDraw objects of any material and watch them interact according to the laws of physics.
Wind Tunnel LiteAlgorizkFreeWind Tunnel simulator, runs best on iPad, iPhone 3GS and 4 and iPod touch 3rd gen. See also Wind Tunnel Pro.

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Applet Websites

0 University of Oregon Virtual Laboratory

This site features elaborate applets in the areas of astrophysics, mechanics and thermodynamics.

0 Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt's applets are very well designed and useful for senior secondary physics. They cover waves(9), optics (6), electrodynamics (13), thermodynamics (1), mechanics (17), relativity (1), atomic physics (2) and nuclear physics (2).

0 Ohio State University Applets

Prof Durkin's home page at Ohio State Uni has several applets on Sound, Light, Waves and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. Most redirect you to applets on other sites.

0 Semiconductor applets

A website listing a large number of applets to explain semiconductors. Nearly all are beyond secondary, but there are some on pn junction and npn transistors that would interest the enquiring student.

0 Surendrath Applets

Some very useful applets by an Indian physics teacher.

0 The Physics Teacher Index

Applets, Resources, Experiments, Careers, Links, etc.

0 Physics Education technology (PhET)

A link to their resources and programs.

0 NTNU Java applets

This website of applets by Fu-Kwan Hwang from National Taiwan University has been running for many years. It now has contributions from many people across most areas of physics. It is designed along Bulletin Board lines.

0 Virtual Physics Labs

A collection of applets at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Mechanics(16), Electricity, Magnetism & Light (37). Some are traditional and some are links to PhET.

0 The Physics Classroom

This website features i) Tutorials, ii) a Multimedia Studio of animations and applets on the full range of physics content as well as Quicktime movies and iii) Shockwave files. There are also prac and teaching resources for teachers.

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