Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Micrometer Model

This site from Open Source Physics offers a file with a simulation of Kepler's theory of planetary motion, tested with the Earth rotating around the sun and another planet of the user's choosing. The download requires Java.

This downloadable java simulation models the 2D energy eigenstates of a particle trapped in a very deep two-dimensional circular well.

Adjust to conditions of a double pendulum model and observe the results in an accompanying graph.

Variation on the standard Atwood's Machine model, where one hanging mass swings like a pendulum and the other remains stationary. Manipulate the conditions and observe the results.

A simulation that permits exploration of a standing wave inside a pipe that can be open or closed at either end. The user can adjust the number of wave nodes.

A bar magnet model built by placing a group of magnetic dipoles along the magnet. This simulation shows the magnetic field of a bar magnet, and has a movable compass which shows the magnetic field values.

A double pendulum model where the angles and angular velocities can be manipulated and the effects observed.

What's wrong with this model? Students expect simulations to show factual science concepts, but these particular simulations are intentionally built incorrectly. The objective is to find where the physics concerning electric fields is...

An extensive collection of simulations, activities, and worksheets for exploring relativity. Topics include Newtonian Physics, special relativity, Schwarzschild metric, Rain metric, Kerr metric, and general relativity orbits.

This simulation offers an illustration of Ptolemy's orbit for an inferior planet.