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SITE REVIEW

September 2007

Physlets (PHYSics appLETS)
More than 100 applets that help teach physics in a lively way.
Grade Level: 9-12


http://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/index.shtml

CONTENT:
This site offers a wealth of “Physlets” that can be used by science teachers to illustrate processes and concepts in physics. Physlets are small Java-based applets developed at Davidson University by Wolfgang Christian and are designed to be used in science education.
SITE DESIGN:
This is a text based site with no frills. Links to all the Physlets are grouped thematically and listed on the main page. The Java Runtime Environment must be loaded on your computer to run the applets and can be downloaded from the site.

 

REVIEW:
Teachers will be delighted with the applets found here to use as demonstrations to accompany their lectures. The neat thing is you don’t have to be a Java expert to use these materials. The site gives students easy access to customized curricular material on such topics as kinematics, force, momentum, torque, gravity, optics, electrostatics, circuits, and much more. Users will want to begin by reading through the introduction on using these phsylets before moving on to explore the more than one hundred that are available. The Physlets are grouped into two major categories, Physics 1 Applets and Physics 2 Applets, with sub-categories for each.

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