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Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps on Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection by Walter Fendt (who also offers many applets on mathematics and astronomy) is large and comprehensive. Everything from classical mechanics to the theory of relativity and nuclear physics is covered. Numerous interactive...
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Walter Fendt: Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of Niels Bohr's (1885 - 1962 CE) Model along with an app that illustrates a hydrogen atom according to the particle or wave model. You can choose a principal quantum number "n." The right part of the graphic represents the...
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Walter Fendt: Uniform Circular Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This app simulates circular movement and demonstrates how the position, speed, acceleration, and the applied force vary depending on the time. You may choose the option "slow animation" to make the movement ten times slower. You can also...
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Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
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Walter Fendt: Inclined Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an interactive app of an inclined plane showing the effect of the angle, the weight of the block, and the friction as a block is pulled up an incline.
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Walter Fendt: Buoyant Force in Liquids

For Students 9th - 10th
An app that demonstrates the Law of Archimedes. This virtual experiment will show students that by changing the shape of the solid, the amount of liquid displaced will change.
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Walter Fendt: Apps on Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apps for Arithmetic, Plane Geometry, and other Geometry concepts are provided.
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Walter Fendt: The Platonic Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to visualize the different platonic solids. You can also change the axis of rotation.
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Walter Fendt: Sistema De Poleas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an interactive applet using the principles of a pulley system. The number of pulleys can be varied as well as the load lifted
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Walter Fendt: Motion With Constant Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
An applet shows a car moving with constant acceleration. You get to start and stop the demo. Three diagrams illustrate the position, velocity, and acceleration/versus time.
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Walter Fendt: Model of a Carousel: Centripetal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features an applet that models the motion of a carousel ride at an amusement park to demonstrate centripetal force. The motion parameters can be modified and seen in the animation.
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Walter Fendt: Reflection and Refraction of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines the refraction of light and provides an applet for investigating it.
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Walter Fendt: Pulley System

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive activity which demonstrates systems of two, four. and six pulleys.
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Walter Fendt: Lever Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity which demonstrates when a lever is in equilibrium.
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Walter Fendt: Newton's Second Law Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to do an experiment using Newton's Second Law of Motion.
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Walter Fendt: Projectile Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to show the movement of a projectile. You can change the values of the initial height, velocity, angle of inclination, the mass and the gravitational acceleration.
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Walter Fendt: Lorentz Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation demonstrates the Lorentz force.
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Walter Fendt: Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation is an example of a generator of current.
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Walter Fendt: Direct Current Electrical Motor

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation is an example of an elementary operation of a DC motor, showing its main parts.
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Walter Fendt: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation demonstrates how Ohm's Law works.
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Walter Fendt: Thales' Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short interactive activity to prove that a triangle inscribed in a semicircle is right-angled.
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Walter Fendt: Components of a Vector

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to help you visualize the components of a vector. You will be able to change the values of x, y, z and the rotation.
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Walter Fendt: Slope of a Secant / Tangent Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity to help you visualize the slope of a secant as it gets closer to the tangent line.
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Walter Fendt: Resultant of Forces (Addition of Vectors)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short interactive activity which allows you to visualize the sum of vectors.