Year 12 Physics

Practicals
Due in class on a Thursday, one week after being set in class. Due in class does not mean at the end of the day after school, it means at the start of the lesson.

General Physics Websites
Java Demonstrations
More Java Demos

Dr Richard Vawter

Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion Explained
Lots of nice motion movies
Explore Science Golf Range, Shoot the Monkey!, Free Fall Lab
Virginia University Projectile Motion Machine
Very nice motion video
Pirate Ship
Golf Range
Newton's Mountain
Package drop from plane

Here's the links for the sites on our Projectile Motion video shown in class.
Exite Web List
ExploreScience.com
Projectile Motion Applet
Really Good Explanation with Road Runner
Componets of Projectile Motion
A Whole Bunch of Demos from Golf to Pirate Ships

Constant acceleration problems. Beginning of projectile motion.
Describing motion, velocity vectors, adding and changing velocity

Newton's Laws, Force and Mass
The Physics Classroom
Elements of Phyics - Pretty much everything (but some mistakes)
Most famous equation

Light
Go here FIRST!
Quantum Physics
Another quantum physics page
Some applets in quantum physics
Definition of photoelectric effect

Waves
Channel One Physics - Waves
Cool waves machine
The physics classroom - sound and waves
Demos for fast video cards
Probably the same as Physics classroom

Electromagnetic Induction
Electrons and Fields
Solenoid
Faraday's Experiment 1
Faraday's Experiment 2
Lorentz Forces
Lenz's Law
Generator Effect


Applications:

Hard Drives
Transformer
TV


Electronics
Capacitors like water storage tank
How Stuff Works talks about capacitors
Capacitors don't store charge, they store energy
Capacitors and RC circuits - Java demo
Another RC Java Demo
Some less informed but still entertaining info

Atomic and Nuclear
General outline of Rutherford Discovery
Atom - the incredible world

 


Keeping an eye on Mr Flappy

 

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