Student Performance Objectives:
Physlets - Physics Applets - are typically interactive Java simulations designed for physics education. You do not need to be a Java expert in order to use physlets; physlets tend to be user friendly. Nonetheless, it often takes a bit of practice to become familiar with and learn the educational uses of a Physlets. The links below generally contain tutorials, instructions, and sample problems to help you use physlets in your teaching. Working in pairs, rough out a worksheet activity for students to use after you have become familiar with a particular simulation. Don't waste time looking through many simulations. Pick one quickly and just "go" with it.
Simulations: (of few of the dozens of sites available)
Animations:
The following resources are really tutorials that have interactive elements; they are great for review and can be used to enrich student understanding:
Note that a search of the internet using Google or similar search engines will reveal many other resources.
Sample Interactive Simulation Worksheet: Virtual Density Laboratory Gizmo (by Rebecca Wenning-Vieyra, Cary-Grove High School) using Density Laboratory Gizmo.
Interactive Physics Simulation Project Guidelines and Rubric
(last updated 8/14/2019, cjw)