The home of the Virtual Physics Laboratory which offers ideal resources for when laboratory time or expertise is limited. All these resources can be used by the teacher or by students with or without supervision. I started researching and creating these resources many years ago. I usually create the experiment in reality before creating a simulated version.
I have taught at Universities, FE/HE colleges, and at secondary schools and have ran Virtual Science for over 30 years.
The home of the Virtual Physics Laboratory which offers ideal resources for when laboratory time or expertise is limited. All these resources can be used by the teacher or by students with or without supervision. I started researching and creating these resources many years ago. I usually create the experiment in reality before creating a simulated version.
I have taught at Universities, FE/HE colleges, and at secondary schools and have ran Virtual Science for over 30 years.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the magnetic field strength of a current carrying coil to be measured. The coil can have different numbers of turns, different amounts of current can be applied, and the field can be measured at the centre and along the radial axis.
The user controls the voltage and maximum current, the number of coils of wire and the position of the magnetometer. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to read and interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains a PowerPoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
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This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
Charles’s Law - Interactive 3D Simulation
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that confirms Charles’s Law that states that at constant pressure the volume of a fixed amount of a gas is proportional to the temperature.
The user controls the flow of water into the beaker that cools the water whilst monitoring the position of the oil drop and the temperature. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains a PowerPoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and link to the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the measurement of Planck’s constant using coloured LEDs.
The user controls the voltage reaching the LED and can choose from a selection of different coloured LEDs. Two multimeters monitor the current and the voltage. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the equivalence of heat and mechanical energy to be determined. We generate the heat by the friction between a cord and a brass cylinder which is rotated under the user’s control.
The user controls the rotation whilst monitoring the temperature of the brass cylinder. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows you to measure the specific heat of brass. The specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat it can hold per unit mass. In this experiment we place a brass weight in boiling water. When the weight is in the boiling water it is gaining heat energy. After about four or five minutes it will be heated evenly to the temperature of the water.
The brass weight can then be moved to the water in the calorimeter. It will then heat the water and the calorimeter.
Knowing the specific heat of the water and calorimeter and the maximum temperature attained by them allows you to calculate the heat gained by them. This amount of heat gained must be the same as the amount of heat lost by the brass. This enables the specific heat of brass to be calculated.
The user can move the weight from the heated water to the calorimter, he/she can control the shaker. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads comprise a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and a zip file containing the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Whilst efforts will be made to maintain third party links to sit
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the muzzle velocity of a shell to be calculated using a ballistic balance. An AK47 fires a shell into a suspended block of wood imparting its kinetic energy into the potential energy of the block and shell combined at its highest position of its swing. Equating these two energies, and taking consideration of the equivalence of the momentums of the shell, and the shell and block together gives the required result.
The user controls the firing of the rifle and measures the extent of the swing of the ballistic balance. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
DDownloads comprise a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and a zip file containing the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that enables the investigation of acceleration due to gravity using an Airtrack. The airtrack is made to slope downwards and a glider is timed as it travels along the track,
The user can control of the slope of the track, the air pump that reduces friction on the track, and the position and type of photo timers used. he user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains full instructions on using the simulation, a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and link to the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a teacher or student controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows you to plot the IV characteristics of a lightbulb. That is, you can plot how the current changes when you change the voltage (The ‘I’ is for current, and the V is for voltage). This depends on the resistance of the bulb which changes depending on the voltage. Effectively the bulb gets hotter and hotter as the voltage increases until it is eventually white hot. As the temperature of the metal filament gets hotter its resistance changes.
The user can control the power supply and the variable resistor. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a teacher or student controlled realistic 3d simulation of a virtual experiment that allows you to plot the IV characteristics of a diode. That is, you can plot how the current changes when you change the voltage (The ‘I’ is for current and the V is for voltage). Diodes have the property that they essentially only let current flow in one direction.
The user can move the control the power supply, alter the connection of the LED, and the change the variable resistor. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a teacher or student controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that measures the speed of waves in water. It uses an electromechanical plunger connected to a signal generator to create waves of a known frequency in the water. A strobe light is then used to effectively make the waves appear stationary where their wavelength can be easily measured.
The user can control the frequency of the signal generator and the frequency of the strobe light. The user can position themself anywhere within the laboratory in order to take readings of the voltage and current.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a teacher or student controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the comparison of the heat radiated from different surfaces using a Leslie cube and a digital thermometer.
The user can control the surface of the Leslie cube facing the thermometer and the position of the thermometer in relation to the cube. The user can position him/herself anywhere within the laboratory in order to take readings of the temperature.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads comprise a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and a zip file containing the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a teacher or student controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that demonstrates that different mediums bend light by different amounts and allows us to confirm Snell’s law of refraction.
The user can control the type of transparent material used, its position and orientation. The user can also control a protractor in a similar way in order to make measurements of the angle of the mateiral used.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads comprise a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and a zip file containing the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled 3d simulation of an experiment that allows you to verify Hooke’s Law which states that the amount a substance stretches when a force is applied to it is proportional to the force.
When we apply some force an elastic or a steel wire it will stretch and intuitively we are aware that the bigger the force the more it will stretch. We are also aware that some materials stretch more than others. What exactly is the relationship between the force and the amount something stretches for a particular material? That’s the question that we are going to answer with this experiment.
The user can control the weight applying a force to the wire. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads comprise a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and a zip file containing the simulation application.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
This is a teacher or student controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows you to investigate the combined resistance of resistors in series and parallel. Resistors impede the flow of current in a circuit. We use them in electrical and electronic circuits to control the flow of current. The higher the resistance the less current that flows. However, there are two different ways we can connect resistors together, either in series or in parallel. This experiment will allow you to investigate the combined resistance of resistors connected both ways.
The user can control picking any resistor and placing it on any free slot on the breadboard. The user can position themself anywhere within the laboratory in order to take readings of the voltage and current.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains full instructions on using the simulation, a PowerPoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and link to the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that shows that the kinetic energy gained by a glider on an airtrack is equal to the potential energy lost though its descent on the downward slope of the airtrack.
The user controls the raising of one end of the track, the starting position of the glider, the type and postions of the phototimers, and the air pump. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
Try a simulation from our website. Instructions on performing the experiment and controlling the simulation are within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads are: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video , background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
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This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that shows that the structure of an atom is consistent with having a small, postitively charged nucleus.
The user controls the rotation of the particle detector whilst monitoring the number of particles it is detecting. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled, realistic 3d simulation of an experiment that allows the determination of Young’s modulus for a thin wire.
The user can increase the weight stretching the wire and take readings of the resulting stetch of the wire. The user can position themself anywhere within the laboratory in order to take readings.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Downloads include: a PowerPoint giving full instructyons including a video, background on the Physics and the simulation application in a zip file.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website at.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student controlled 3d simulation of an experiment to confirm the inverse square law for radiation. All forms of radiation follow the inverse square law. That is the intensity of radiation declines as to the square of the distance from the source. In this experiment we measure the background radiation and the count rates of gamma particles hitting a detector at a range of distances. Plotting the results will verify the inverse square law.
The user can move a lead block in front of the gamma source to measure the background radiation count, and then move the detector to a range of distances from the detector and take readings of the count for a fixed period of time. The user can position him/herself anywhere within the laboratory in order to take readings from the instrumentation.
Try a simulation from our website. Instructions on performing the experiment and controlling the simulation are within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains full instructions on using the simulation, a PowerPoint giving full instructions including a video, background on the Physics and instructions on running the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom. Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.
This is a student or teacher controlled realistic 3d simulation of an experiment to measure the resistivity of constantan.
Every material that obeys Ohms law (not all materials do) has a characteristic resistivity. The resistivity is a constant for a particular substance that allows you to calculate what the resistance is in Ohms for a wire of a particular length with a particular cross-sectional area.
This experiment allows you to plot the resistance against the length of wire that the current is flowing through. Given that you can find the cross-sectional area by measuring the diameter with a micrometer you can then calculate the resistivity.
The user has control over the position of the crocodile clip on the constantan wire, the voltage from the power supply unit, and the micrometer screw gauge barrel. The user can position him/herself anywhere within the laboratory.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
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Download contains full instructions on using the simulation, a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video , background on the Physics and link to the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
*I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop." *
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
This is a student or teacher controlled realistic 3d simulation for the investigation of Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) of a simple swinging pendulum. We use measurement of the motion to estimate the acceleration due to gravity.
Different lengths for the pendulum can be used. A timer is used to determine the period of the pendulum’s swing
The user has control over the length of the cord, the timer controls including its position, and giving impulse to the pendulum’s bob. The user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.
You can try one of the simulations from our website. Instructions are viewable within the simulation.
The simulation is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:
• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.
• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.
• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.
• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.
• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.
Download contains full instructions on using the simulation, a Powerpoint giving full instructions including a video , background on the Physics and link to the simulation.
The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this simulation is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.
I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“
Andrew McPhee Wellington School
I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."
Physics Scholar Coordinator.
Licence
This product is for a single user and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.