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Physics experiment simulations - A selection of downloadable programs - good for grade 11 and above.
Electromagnetic spectrum - A shockwave program on the spectrum - good for grade 8 and above.
Colour - A good site showing all aspects for colour - good for grade 8 and above.
Colour 2 - Another good site showing colour addition and the use of filters - good for grade 8 and above.
Reflection of a pulse - A java applet - good for grade 11 and above.
Constructive interference - A java applet - good for grade 11 and above.
Destructive interference - A java applet - good for grade 11 and above.
Beat frequency tutorial - A nice tutorial where you can hear beats - good for grade 11 and above.
Beat frequency - A java applet explaining beat frequencies - good for grade 11 and above.
Huygen's principle - A java applet explaining refraction with Huygen's principle - good for grade 11 and above.
Interference - A java applet showing interference of two circular waves - good for grade 11 and above.
Wave interference - A java applet (Phet) showing wave interference - good for grade 11 and above.
Stationary waves - A java applet explaining the formation of standing waves - good for grade 11 and above
Stationary waves - A java applet showing stationary sound waves - good for grade 11 and above.
Stationary waves on a string - An applet where you can change the frequency and see when standing waves are formed- good for grade 11 and above
Standing waves with sound - A shockwave program demostrating standing waves in sound - good for grade 11 and above.
Single slit diffraction - A java applet showing single slit diffraction - good for grade 11 and above.
Single slit diffraction 2 -A java applet showing single slit diffraction - good for grade 11 and above.
Twin slit interference - A java applet demonstating twin slit interference - good for grade 11 and above.
Twin slit interference 2 - Another java applet demonstrating twin slit interference- good for grade 11 and above.
Diffraction grating - A shockwave demonstration of diffraction gratings - good for grade 11 and above.
Resonance - A real player movie clip showing the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse - good for all years.
Resonance forced oscillations - A Walter Fendt applet showing resonance - good for grade 11 and above.
Sonic boom and doppler effect - A shockwave program showing doppler and sonic booms - good for grade 11 and above.
Doppler experiment - an interactive experiment on the doppler effect - good for grade 11 and above.
Doppler experiment(2) - a demostration of doppler that you can listen to - good for grade 11 and above.
Sound - All aspects of sound including interference, one you can listen to - good for grade 8 and above.
Polarisation - A Java applet demonstrating polarisation - good for grade 11 and above.
Polarization2 - A java demonstation using 2 polaroid filters - good for grade 11 and above
Polarization3 - A java applet letting you rotate up to 3 polarizing filters and seeing the transmitted intensity - good for grade 11 and above.
Longitudinal waves - A Flash animation showing how the displacement vs distance graph relates to the actual displacement of the oscillating particles -good for grade 11
Longitudinal waves 2 - A really good animation showing longitudinal waves - good for grade 8 and above
SHM- A java applet showing the link between circular motion and SHM - good for grade 11 and above.
SHM2 - A java applet showng the projections on the x and y axis of a rotating body - good for grade 11 and above
Mass - spring with damping - A java applet showing a spring system with variable damping - good for grade 11 and above.
SHM with damping- A java applet showing overdamping, underdamping and critical damping. - good for grade 11 and above.
Rayleigh criterion - An applet where you can change the wavelength, aperture and distance - good for grade 11 and above.
Rayleigh criterion 2 - An Applet comparing the human eye to an eagle eye to a telescope - good for grade 11 and above.
Thin film intereference - An applet showing the origins of thin film interefence - good for grade 11 and above.
Thin film interference 2 - Another applet showing thin film intereference and blooming - good for grade 11 and above