Physlet Books and Articles

Books

Physlets: Teaching with Interactive Curricular Material by Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni.  This book can be ordered from on-line booksellers.  It is also available from your Prentice Hall textbook representative.

A Spanish edition of the Physlets book will soon be available.

See also the Physlet-related material is Just-in-Time Teaching by Gregor Novak, Evelyn Patterson, Andy Gavrin and Wolfgang Christian.  This book is available from a Prentice Hall sales representative.  It can also be ordered from various on-line book sellers.

Articles

·    Java Programming and Internet Technologies for Undergraduate Education, W. Christian, Computer Physics Communications, 127 16-22 (2000)

·     Physlets: Delivering Media-Focused Problems Anytime Anywhere, W. Christian, Computer Physics Communications, 121-122 (1-3) pp. 569-572 (1999)

·     Educational Software and the Sisyphus Effect, W. Christian, Computers in Science and Engineering, 3, pp 5-7, (1999)

·       Animated FCI.  Adobe PDF format.

·       CISE Software Awards Article.  Adobe PDF format.

·         Using Physlets to Teach Electrostatics, S. W. Bonham, J. S. Risley, and W. Christian, The Physics Teacher, 37, 276-280 (1999)

·         Developing Web-Based Curricula Using Java Applets, W. Christian and A. Titus, Computers in Physics, Computers in Physics, 11, 436  (1998)

·         Developing a Computer-Rich Curriculum at a Liberal Arts College, W. Christian, Computers in Physics, Computers in Physics, 11, 436  (1997)

·         WebPhysics:  Delivering  Curricular Material using the World Wide Web, Proceedings of the International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education. (Redish and Rigden editors.) p 417-430, (1997). American Institute of Physics Press, Woodbury NY

TextBooks

Physlet Problems are available on the following Prentice Hall Companion Websites.

·         Physics: Principles with Applications by Douglas Giancoli

·        Physics for Scientists and Engineer by Douglas Giancoli.

·       College Physics by Jerry Wilson and Anthony Buffa.

Workshops

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