Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Quantum Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about physics by having fun with the interactive Java applets at this site.
eBook
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook

For Students 9th - 10th
Many people cringe at the idea of studying statistics, but it doesn't have to be impossible! David M. Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology, Statistics, and Management at Rice University, offers a large collection of resources for the...
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Remarkable Three Body Motions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What happens in space when a third celestial body joins two others? Discover both simple and complex situations which occur supporting Newtonian law in space with this collection of applets.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations With Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given verbal and/or algebraic descriptions of situations involving systems of linear equations, the student will solve the system of equations using graphs. Incorporates GeoGebra applets.
Interactive
California Institute of Technology

Caltech Physics: Inductance Applet

For Students 9th - 10th
An Java applet to test, vary, and determine inductance.
Interactive
Other

Utah St. Univ.: Coin Tossing Applet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting Applet that simulates the toss of a coin 100 times. A quick count of the results and an accompanying graph make this site useful for both teacher and student.
Activity
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Newton's Method (Applet)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Minnesota explains the concept of Newton's Method and offers the formula for finding the next approximation of the root from a first guess. The site has an interactive applet showing the second and third...
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Midpoint Between Two Locations

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Graphic
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Distance Between Two Locations

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Square Root

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive Java applet allows students to visualize what a square root is and how to approximate it.
Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: The Exponential Function

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive Java applet allows students to view numerous exponential functions by manipulating the constants in an exponential function.
Activity
Rice University

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics: Sampling Distributions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Java Applet lets you explore various aspects of sampling distributions.
Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Cal State San Bernardino offers an excellent site on linear regression, including formulas and an applet that allows you to mark the locations of ordered pairs and then determines the equation of the regression line and graphs it.
Website
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Minutes From Me: Add a Java Wordsearch to the Links Web

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
Other

University of Arkansas: Kinetic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
A little background and a great Java applet that allows you to see the distribution of particles by their velocity.
Interactive
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Psychic Test

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses an applet to study the psychic ability of a student in the class who is asked repeatedly to guess the outcome of a virtual coin toss. Students will understand the idea of long-run relative frequency converging to true...
Interactive
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Conchoid of De Sluze Applet

For Students 9th - 10th
Zoom in and out, and add evolutes, involutes, etc.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Constructive and Destructive Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics course web page that features a Java applet in which visitors can observe the waveform resulting from the interference of two waves. The amplitude and wavelength of the interfering waves can be altered and the outcome observed.
Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.
Graphic
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A java applet that helps a student to create a scatter plot using the coordinates and axes and given data.
Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Estimate the Area Under a Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
Other

Parametric Curves Applet

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an applet that will plot the parametric curve on a graph after the student inputs the numbers.

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