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Ntnu Virtual Physics Lab: Thick Lens Java Applet
An interactive Java applet which allows the user to investigate the path of light through a lens shape object. The shape of the object, the index of refraction of the material, and the location of the incident rays can be altered.
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Tonya Skinner: The Wide World of Applets
This page give a nice definition of Java applets and two examples of an applet. Download the files and try it yourself!
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Java Applets for Coastal Engineer
If you have a browser that supports Java, you may find this site interesting. A series of Applets allow you to investigate wave generation and behavior.
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Hot Scripts: Java
This resource presents an internet directory of resources for Java programmers.
Rice University
Teach Java 2005
A collection of documents and software resources for the Java program developer.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Quantum Atom
Several pages with an interesting discussion of the visible light spectrum and atomic absorption and emission line spectrum. Features excellent graphics, thorough and understandable discussion, and many interactive Java applets.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Minutes From Me: Add a Java Wordsearch to the Links Web
Word searches are popular with students. This site describes how to create a web page that includes an interactive word search implemented as a Java applet.
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Math, Physics and Engineering Applets
Written by Paul Falstad, these educational Java applets address myriad concepts related to electrostatics, magnetostatics and electrodynamics. You'll find instructions on how to operate each applet, but little explanatory material.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Java Area Applet
Nice site explaining how to find the area under a curve by using a Java applet. The applet computes the area of a figure made of rectangles which approximates the region under the given curve.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Midpoint Between Two Locations
Find the midpoint between any two points using this java applet. The applet allows the user to pick any two points, see the segment and how the midpoint is found algebraically and graphically.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Distance Between Two Locations
This Java applet allows the user to name any two points in a Cartesian system, see the segment on the screen and view how the distance between the two points is found.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Square Root
This interactive Java applet allows students to visualize what a square root is and how to approximate it.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Z Scores Applet
The Applet assists the user in questions which specify a probability and ask for the relevant range of raw scores or z scores. The program will also transform from raw to z scores and back again, if needed.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Normal Probabilities Applet #3
The Applet illustrates how to use the old-fashioned tables of normal probabilities and areas under the normal distribution cureve to arrive at corresponding graphs of the areas. A good resource for the topic.
California Institute of Technology
Magnet Lab: Caltech Physics Applets
Although specifically designed for physics students at Caltech, anyone interested in learning more about electricity, magnetism or various other physical phenomena can benefit by exploring these interactive applets. A circuit tutorial...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000
Learn about physics by having fun with the interactive Java applets at this site.
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Java Sketch Pad
Finally, an interactive Sketchpad for geometry that is free! Students are able to understand various theorems, definitions, and objects through observations and explorations using an interactive applet.
California State University
Cal State San Bernardino: Bivariate Distribution Applet
The applet is a target at which green darts are shot either with a strict correlation to each other or without -- the user defines this. A good example of how bivariate data is truly influenced by two variables, possibly dependent upon...
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Ntnu Virtual Physics Lab: Thick Lens Java Applet
An interactive Java applet which allows the user to investigate the path of light through a lens shape object. The shape of the object, the index of refraction of the material, and the location of the incident rays can be altered.
California Institute of Technology
Caltech Physics: Inductance Applet
An Java applet to test, vary, and determine inductance.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Estimate the Area Under a Curve
You can have a good time with this java applet that lets you place adjustable shapes under a curve and then sums the areas to approximate the area of the curve.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment
This interactive Java applet allows visualization of line segments and their slopes. The slope and how it is found is given for each line drawn by the user.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: The Exponential Function
This interactive Java applet allows students to view numerous exponential functions by manipulating the constants in an exponential function.
Rice University
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics: Sampling Distributions
This Java Applet lets you explore various aspects of sampling distributions.