Some physics resources, particularly explorable explanations.

Contents

• Somewhat Complete Curricula
• Collections of Physics-Based Explorables
• Falsted List
• Physics Lessons from Landgreen
• PhET Physics Simulations
• Test Tube Games

Somewhat Complete Curricula

• How to become a GOOD Theoretical Physicist — Covers, in a logical order, all of these topics: primary mathematics, classical mechanics, optics, statistical mechanics & thermodynamics, electronics, electromagnetism, computational physics, quantum mechanics (non-relativistic), atoms & molecules, solid state physics, nuclear physics, plasma physics, advanced mathematics, special relativity, advanced quantum mechanics, phenomenology, general relativity, cosmology, astro-physics & astronomy, quantum field theory, supersymmetry & supergravity, astro particle physics, super string theory. Wow.

• Susan J Fowler: So You Want To Learn Physics —

  The undergraduate physics curriculum in every undergraduate physics program covers the following subjects (along with some electives in advanced topics), and usually in the following order:

  1. Introductory Mechanics
  2. Electrostatics
  3. Waves and Vibrations
  4. Modern Physics
  5. Classical Mechanics
  6. Electrodynamics
  7. Quantum Mechanics
  8. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  9. Advanced Electives in Physics

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume I to III

  • Volume I TOC
  • Volume II TOC
  • Volume III TOC

Collections of Physics-Based Explorables

There are multiple different lessons/games/explorables at each of these:

• Physics category at Explorable Explanations
• Falstad: Maths Physics Engineering — Applets (now rewritten in javascript) that help visualize various concepts in math, physics, and engineering:
• Landgreen: Physics
• PhET Physics Simulations

Individual Explorables

Any items from the Physics category at Explorable Explanations that aren't from one of the other collections

• Gears — a very, very deep dive into gears
• Many Tiny Things — a playful guide to statistical physics
• What Is A Day? — a simulation-with-narration about what, really, is a day?
• Quantum Computing for the Very Curious — an introduction with embedded Spaced Repetition flash cards
• Complexity Explorables — explorations of complex systems
• Let's Learn About Waveforms — an interactive guide to waves & harmonics
• A Slower Speed of Light — a game that shows what moving near light-speed looks like
• Chaotic Planets — play with the N-body problem
• Inside Einstein's Head — an explorable explanation of relativistic spacetime
• How The Quantum Search Algorithm Works — another explainer with embedded flashcards
• Hysteresis, Explained — a playful guide to “hysteresis”
• Entropy Explained, With Sheep — an interactive guide to what exactly is entropy
• PhET biologychemistryearth — science simulations, founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman
• Ronnie's Casino and the Nature of Reality physics — an interactive exploration of bell's theorem
• Chaotic Pendulum — play with chaos
• Quantum Game — a puzzle game with photons, superposition and quantum measurement

Falsted List

This is the list of demonstrations at Falsted: (Licensing info.)

Oscillation and Waves

• Ripple Tank (2-D Waves)
• 2-D Waves
• 3-D Waves
• Coupled Oscillations
• Dispersion

Acoustics

• Loaded String
• Rectangular Membrane Waves
• Circular Membrane Waves
• Bar Waves
• Vowels
• Box Modes
• Acoustic Interference

Signal Processing

• Fourier Series
• Digital Filters

Electricity and Magnetism: Statics

• 2-D Electrostatics
• 2-D Electrostatic Fields
• 3-D Electrostatic Fields
• 3-D Magnetostatic Fields

Electrodynamics

• 2-D Electrodynamics (TE)
• 2-D Electrodynamics (TM)
• Analog Circuit Simulator
• Analog Filter
• Cavity Modes
• Waveguide Modes
• Antenna
• Fresnel Diffraction

Quantum Mechanics

• Hydrogen Atom
• Molecular Orbitals
• 1-D Quantum Mechanics
• 1-D Quantum Crystal
• 2-D Quantum Crystal
• 1-D Quantum Transitions
• Atomic Dipole Transitions
• 2-D Rectangular Square Well
• 2-D Circular Square Well
• 2-D Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
• Quantum Rigid Rotator
• 3-D Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

Linear Algebra

• Dot Product
• Matrix

Vector Calculus

• 2-D Vector Fields
• 3-D Vector Fields

Thermodynamics

• Gas Molecules Simulation
• Thermal Camera Pictures

Miscellaneous

• A Sense of Scale
• Ordinary Differential Equations
• Euler's Equation

Physics Lessons from Landgreen

Explorable Physics

Motion

• Motion
• Kinematics

Force

• Newton's Laws
• Forces
• Friction

Momentum

• Momentum
• Impulse

Energy

• Energy
• Conservation
• Thermodynamics

Gravity

• Gravity
• Orbits

Electromagnetism

• Electric Charge
• Electrostatics
• Electric Potential
• Magnetism

Circuits

• Electricity
• Power
• Kirchhoff’s Laws
• Components

Waves

• Waves
• Interference
• Light
• Quantum

Relativity

• Special Relativity
• General Relativity

Mathematics for Physics

• Units
• Vectors & Scalars

PhET Physics Simulations

• All PhET Physics Simulations
• PhET Source Code

Motion

• Vector Addition
• Gravity Force Lab: Basics
• Masses and Springs: Basics
• Masses and Springs
• Pendulum Lab
• Projectile Motion
• Gravity And Orbits
• Hooke's Law
• Forces and Motion: Basics
• Fluid Pressure and Flow
• Normal Modes
• Energy Skate Park: Basics
• Balancing Act
• Resonance
• The Moving Man
• Ladybug Revolution
• Energy Skate Park
• Collision Lab
• Torque
• My Solar System
• Friction
• Lunar Lander
• Forces in 1 Dimension
• Maze Game
• Ladybug Motion 2D
• Calculus Grapher
• Gravity Force Lab
• Motion in 2D
• The Ramp
• Forces and Motion
• Ramp: Forces and Motion
• Buoyancy

Sound & Waves

• Waves Intro
• Wave Interference
• Normal Modes
• Optical Tweezers and Applications
• Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields
• Fourier: Making Waves
• Sound
• Wave on a String
• Microwaves

Work, Energy & Power

• Gas Properties
• Energy Forms and Changes
• Masses and Springs
• Pendulum Lab
• Hooke's Law
• Energy Skate Park: Basics
• Generator
• Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
• My Solar System
• Energy Skate Park
• Balloons & Buoyancy
• States of Matter
• Nuclear Fission
• The Ramp

Heat & Thermo

• Diffusion
• Gases Intro
• Gas Properties
• Energy Forms and Changes
• Plinko Probability
• States of Matter: Basics
• States of Matter
• Atomic Interactions
• Friction
• Balloons & Buoyancy
• Reactions & Rates
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Microwaves
• Reversible Reactions
• Nuclear Fission

Quantum Phenomena

• Optical Quantum Control
• Blackbody Spectrum
• Rutherford Scattering
• Photoelectric Effect
• Quantum Tunneling and Wave Packets
• Quantum Bound States
• Quantum Wave Interference
• Lasers
• Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
• Fourier: Making Waves
• Simplified MRI
• Models of the Hydrogen Atom
• Stern-Gerlach Experiment
• Conductivity
• Semiconductors
• Davisson-Germer: Electron Diffraction
• Double Wells and Covalent Bonds
• Band Structure
• Beta Decay
• Alpha Decay
• Nuclear Fission

Light & Radiation

• Waves Intro
• Blackbody Spectrum
• Wave Interference
• Bending Light
• Radiating Charge
• Molecules and Light
• Stretching DNA
• Color Vision
• Molecular Motors
• Geometric Optics
• Optical Tweezers and Applications
• Fourier: Making Waves
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Lasers
• Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
• Photoelectric Effect
• Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields
• Microwaves
• Quantum Wave Interference
• Simplified MRI
• Models of the Hydrogen Atom
• Beta Decay
• Nuclear Fission
• Alpha Decay

Electricity, Magnets & Circuits

• Coulomb's Law
• Capacitor Lab: Basics
• Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab
• Circuit Construction Kit: DC
• Charges and Fields
• Balloons and Static Electricity
• Capacitor Lab
• Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)
• Magnet and Compass
• Magnets and Electromagnets
• Generator
• Electric Field Hockey
• Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
• Faraday's Law
• John Travoltage
• Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields
• Ohm's Law
• Battery Voltage
• Battery-Resistor Circuit
• Electric Field of Dreams
• Resistance in a Wire
• Conductivity
• Semiconductors
• Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC), Virtual Lab
• Signal Circuit

Test Tube Games

From Test Tube Games

• The Fittest 2
• Gravity Simulator (Gravity)
• The Fittest (Evolution)
• Why Do Astronauts Float (Gravity)
• Black Hole Launcher (Gravity)(Relativity)
• Swing Paradox (Forces)
• Black Hole Explorer (Gravity)(Relativity)
• The Fittest (1)
• Bond Breaker Classroom Edition (Atoms)(Molecules)
• The Electric Shocktopus (Electromagnetism)
• Velocity Raptor (Relativity)
• Agent Higgs (Particle Physics) (iOS)
• BondBreaker (Atoms)(Molecules)

See also

• Dependency Graph for Knowledge