Interactive Animations Websites

The SIH wheel is a Java applet that allows a person to view relationships between color (saturation, intensity, and hue) and luma.

A table to help build or draw a scale model of the solar system. Specify the size of the sun and the sizes of and distances between various objects are calculated.

Statics, dynamics and fluid dynamics.

Two wave sources in a ripple tank. You set the variables and watch it run.

Physics applets plus the source code. Links to other applet sites and authors are here as well.

Several categories from which to choose.

Features two interactive games related to the development of transitors. The object of the Periodic Puzzle is to line up tiles to match a section of the periodic table of the elements. The Wafer Maker is a fast-paced game where the user grows silicon crystals to make transistors.

Several simulation applets which can be used to teach the statistical foundations of thermal physics in introductory college physics courses. Download applets for free.

A set of more than 20 scientifically accurate educational applets which mostly cover the course of Introductory Physics or material close to it. This site is mirrored a number of places on the net.

Intended to give students a "feel" for vectors in two dimensions. Specifically, it covers components, magnitude and direction, and vector addition.

Offers several applets for various areas of physics.

Start 10 million light-years from the Milky Way galaxy and wind up face to face with a proton in Florida.

Educational applets covering irreversibility, chemical kinetics, the second law of thermodynamics, ideal atmosphere, particle in a box (quantum mechanics) and a monte carlo simulation.

Animations sorted by category, and the file size of each animation is included in the listing.

Wave machine with various parameters, with explanatory text.

Allows the simulation of the radioactive decay.

Simulates the motion of planets moving under gravity. It comes with a number of initial "scenarios." Can also add more planets during a simulation.