“Inter­ac­tive Physics Sim­u­la­tions [Flash]

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics

At the top of this site’s home­page, vis­i­tors will see a ban­ner that pro­claims “Over 70 mil­lion sim­u­la­tions deliv­ered.” Need­less to say, the Inter­ac­tive Physics Sim­u­la­tions site is quite pop­u­lar, and the offer­ings here can be used in the class­room or by per­sons with a gen­eral curios­ity about sta­tic elec­tric­ity, alpha decay, and other related top­ics. The site is spon­sored by a range of insti­tu­tions, includ­ing the William and Flora Hewlett Foun­da­tion and the National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion. The site includes three dozen dif­fer­ent sim­u­la­tions, many of which are avail­able in over a dozen lan­guages, includ­ing French, Russ­ian, Chi­nese, Ital­ian, and Viet­namese. First-time vis­i­tors might want to start with the “Build an Atom” which affords vis­i­tors the oppor­tu­nity to build an atom out of pro­tons, neu­trons, and elec­trons and then play a fun game after they’re done. Also, users can look at the sim­u­la­tions by top­i­cal head­ings, which include “Sound & Waves”, “Heat & Thermo”, and “Light & Radition”. ”

Source:  Scout Report, Univ. of Wis­con­sin, Apr. 13, 2012