Table of Contents                   

Virtual Physics Lab Experiments

Motion in One Dimension
    Skee-Ball©: Experimenting with velocity and acceleration

Motion in Two Dimensions
    Firing a cannon: Calculating projectile motion
    Juggling objects: The physics of juggling

Force and Newton's Laws
    Helicopters in flight: Applying Newton's force laws

Uniform Circular Motion
    Navigating race tracks: Speed, velocity and centripetal acceleration

Gravity and Orbits
   Orbiting satellites: Fundamentals of orbital mechanics
   Mission to Mars: Orbits and energy

Wave Motion
   Birds on a wire: The nature of transverse waves

Sound
    Playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: Wave frequencies and harmonics

Kinetic Theory of Gases
    Pressure, volume and temperature: Investigating the ideal gas law

Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law
    Electric golf: Applying Coulomb's Law

Electric Fields
    Investigating electric fields

Electromagnetic Induction
    Generators and transformers: Experimenting with induction

Alternating Current Circuits
    Building a radio tuner: Analyzing and creating RLC circuits

Refraction
    Helicopters versus submarines: Applying Snell's Law

Special Relativity
    Jump into Einstein's shoes: Motion near the speed of light

 

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