Electricity and Magnetism

Light and Waves

Fluid links

Astronomy links

Energy Websites

General links

 

 

Textbook Link

For solutions to selected text problems and Interactive Learningware
Cutnell-Johnson - Physics - Student Resources

 

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Electricity and Magnetism

 

Electrocope Animation

 

Aurora borealis

 

Interactive electric field experiments

Animation of electric field lines


The Simple Circuit
The Series Circuit
The Parallel Circuit

 

Compare magnetic fields from different configurations of current carrying wires
Magnetic Field Demonstration

 

Graphing the magnetic field around a current carrying wire
Graphing magnetic field

 

How a door bell works

 

How Transformers work and other great animations

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Light and Waves

Ripple tanks

EM wave animation

Speed of Light

Diffraction of Light

Snell’s Law

Waves tutorial

Michelson-Morley

Rainbows

Electromagetic spectrum

Properties of Light

Waves

A plethora of light animations

 

Young’s double slit interference animation  After you kill the pop-up ads it’s worth the trouble!

 

Huygen’s Principal used to explain relection and refraction of waves

 

Interference with two (or more) point sources
Optics Corner

 

Two-Slit interference
Classic Two-Slit Experiment

 

Snell's Law animated
wave propagation reflection/refraction

 

Poisson's Spot
Optics - Poisson's Spot

 

Reflection animation
Multiple Reflection from two plane mirrors

 

Animation of Michelson’s experiment to determine the speed of light

Speed of light

 

Animation of Michelson Morley experiment

Michelson-Morley

 

Thorough description of the Michelson-Morley Experiment

 

Nature of Light:  Particle or wave?

 

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Fluid links

A useful study guide
ChemTeam: KMT & Gas Laws

Animated Cartesian Diver
Applet: Diver

 

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Astronomy links

For late breaking news and a great astronomy search engine
Sky and Telescope Magazine -- Home Page

For a free view of the stars anywhere any time
MyStarsLive - Interactive Star Chart

Link to Astronomy 400 course page
Astronomy 400 links

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General Links

What keeps the Hubble aloft?

Centripetal Force

Zona Land Physics and Math

Animated Engines

Download an oscilloscope

The pressure of ice

Measuring gravity by satellite

Satellite Odyssey in orbit around Mars

New scooter and laws of motion

Star Clinches Case for Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

 

Great projects to do at home
Exploratorium Science Snacks

Physics links galore
Links

 

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Lakeside and Internet Research Links

Web Based Research Starting Points

Piggott Library

MS Library

The Scout Report
Social Science Information Gateway
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UMich Documents Center
Brock University-Earth Sciences Metasites 
AJR NewsLink
Congressional Mega Sites Plus
Univerisity of Virginia Hypertexts

Pigott Library
Online catalog
Virtual Reference Desk UC-Irvine  Encyclopedia Britannica
General newspapers and magazine
Search Engines

Middle School Library
American Library Association Cool sites for kids
Internet Public Library
Encarta

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