Physics 110 Course Links

General

  Physics Classroom
 

Kinematics

projectile motion (java applet requires netscape 4 or explorer 3)
Physics of Racing
 
 

Forces

force diagram tutorial
the incredible Physics of Roller Coasters everything you wanted to know (80 pages!)


Gravity

Microgravity effects on humans how weightlessness affects blood circulation, the respiratory, immune, skeletal, etc. systems

 

Rotational Motion

a tutorial on rotational motion and torque
Science of Cycling wheels, tires, drives and gears, aerodynamics, braking and steering

 

Momentum & Energy

  Science of Hockey how to hit a puck 100 mi/hr? how much energy is generated in a collision?
How to hit a home run

 

Fluids

the aerodynamics of golf balls Chapter 8 from the Physics of Golf
 

Temperature & Thermodynamics

a tutorial on temperature and thermodynamics

Electricity

electrostatics
about lightning from Marshall space flight center or lightning from the SF Exploratorium
 
(the second link has integrated pictures; the first doesn't... the second has links to Ben Franklin, Macbeth, and to the first)
take the Lightning Quiz ... get help here
electricity & magnetism interactive modules (static charge & circuits).... requires Shockwave

batteries
DC circuits tutorial

introduction to High Temperature Superconductivity
high temperature superconductors from Oak Ridge national laboratory

50 Years of the Transistor
Electromagnetic Interactions related to the book by that name by Sherwood and Chabay


how the photocopier works or how does a photocopier work?

Magnetism

electricity & magnetism interactive modules (moving charges & relationship between
                                          magnetism& electricity).... requires Shockwave

the science of magnets from the National High Magnetic Field Lab at Florida St. University
the history of magnetic field lines

two articles on the discovery that earth's core is rotating faster than the surface:

an exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere from NASA Goddard
a tutorial on magnetic recording (tapes, etc.) from the Consumer Electronics home page
everything about loudspeakers woofers, tweeters, subwoofers, etc.


Relativity

  Relativity and FTL Travel: PART I
  C-ship: Relativistic ray traced images

Nuclear Physics

a tutorial on exponential growth and decay
the virtual nuclear tourist everything you wanted to know about nuclear power plants
  The Uranium Institute info about  uranium and nuclear energy
how to make an atomic bomb
fusion everything you wanted to know
the forces of fusion an interactive adventure... requires Shockwave

magnetic resonance imaging multimedia page
MRI Tutor from U of Florida

Particle Physics

The Particle Adventure an interactive tour of fundamental particles and forces

Oscillations and Waves

a tutorial on simple harmonic motion
all about pendulums simple ones and real ones
Tacoma Narrows Bridge includes a short video of the oscillating bridge
Can I damage my hearing by listening to loud music? from Newton's Apple

Doppler Effect with sound effects
 

Optics

physics of rainbows (applet)  or the rainbows
holography
 

Quantum Physics

introduction to quantum physics
quantum physics links from the Visual Quantum Mechanics project