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"Overview: Simulate the original experiment that proved that electrons can behave as waves. Watch electrons diffract off a crystal of atoms, interfering with themselves to create peaks and troughs of probability. Subject: Physics Level: High School Material T...
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Area Model Multiplication
"Overview: Build rectangles of various sizes and relate multiplication to area. Discover new strategies for multiplying large numbers. Use the game screen to test your problem solving strategies! Subject: Elementary Edu...
Acid-Base Solutions
"Overview: How do strong and weak acids differ? Use lab tools on your computer to find out! Dip the paper or the probe into solution to measure the pH, or put in the electrodes to measure the conductivity. Then see how c...
Charges and Fields
"Overview: Move point charges around on the playing field and then view the electric field, voltages, equipotential lines, and more. It's colorful, it's dynamic, it's free. Subject: Physics Level: High School Material T...
Generator
"Overview: Generate electricity with a bar magnet! Discover the physics behind the phenomena by exploring magnets and how you can use them to make a bulb light. Subject: Physics Level: High School Material Type: Simulat...
pH Scale
"Overview: Test the pH of things like coffee, spit, and soap to determine whether each is acidic, basic, or neutral. Visualize the relative number of hydroxide ions and hydronium ions in solution. Switch between logarith...
Gravity Force Lab (AR)
"Overview: Visualize the gravitational force that two objects exert on each other. Change properties of the objects in order to see how it changes the gravity force. Subject: Physics Level: Upper Primary, Middle School,...
Ratio and Proportion
"Overview: Play with the left and right hands in different ways, and explore ratio and proportion. Start on the Discover screen to find each challenge ratio by moving the hands. Then, on the Create screen, set your own c...
Optical Quantum Control
"Overview: Explore an active area of research in optical physics: producing designer pulse shapes to achieve specific purposes, such as breaking apart a molecule. Carefully create the perfect shaped pulse to break apart...
Forces and Motion: Basics
"Overview: Explore the forces at work in a tug of war or pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects....
Energy Skate Park: Basics
"Overview: Students will: Predict the kinetic and potential energy of objects Design a skate park Examine how kinetic and potential energy interact with each other Subject: Physics Level: High School Material Type: Simu...
Area Model Introduction
"Overview: Build rectangles of various sizes and relate multiplication to area. Partition a rectangle into two areas to discover the distributive property. Subject: Elementary Education, Algebra, Numbers and Operations...
Friction (AR)
"Overview: Learn how friction causes a material to heat up and melt. Rub two objects together and they heat up. When one reaches the melting temperature, particles break free as the material melts away. Arabic Language....
Color Vision
"Overview: Make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. Change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or filter white light. View the light as a solid beam, or see the individual photons. Subject: Physics...
States of Matter (AR)
"Overview: Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in...
Band Structure (AR)
"Overview: Explore the origin of energy bands in crystals of atoms. The structure of these bands determines how materials conduct electricity. Subject: Physics Level: Community College / Lower Division Material Type: Si...
Battery-Resistor Circuit
"Overview: Look inside a resistor to see how it works. Increase the battery voltage to make more electrons flow though the resistor. Increase the resistance to block the flow of electrons. Watch the current and resistor...
Faraday's Law
"Overview: Light a light bulb by waving a magnet. This demonstration of Faraday's Law shows you how to reduce your power bill at the expense of your grocery bill. Subject: Physics Level: High School Material Type: Simul...
Vector Addition (AR)
"Overview: Learn how to add vectors. Drag vectors onto a graph, change their length and angle, and sum them together. The magnitude, angle, and components of each vector can be displayed in several formats. Subject: Mat...
Motion in 2D (AR)
"Overview: Try the new ""Ladybug Motion 2D"" simulation for the latest updated version. Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors. Move the ball with the mouse or let the simulation move the ball in four t...
Projectile Motion
"Overview: Blast a Buick out of a cannon! Learn about projectile motion by firing various objects. Set the angle, initial speed, and mass. Add air resistance. Make a game out of this simulation by trying to hit a target....