Welcome to the Physlets resource page. Physlets, Physics Applets, are small flexible Java applets designed for science education.  You do not need to become a Java expert in order to use Physlets.  The links on the right contain tutorials, download instructions, and example problems to help you use Physlets in your teaching.

• For a book and CD containing ready-to-run Physlet-based Illustrations, Exercises, and Problems for

     modern physics and quantum mechanics courses
     see the Physlet Quantum Physics book (over 200 exercises)

     introductory physics courses
     see the Physlet Physics book (over 800 exercises)

• For an introduction to scripting see the Physlets book. This book is now available in Spanish!

• For a discussion of how to use Physlets with Just-in-Time Teaching see the JiTT book.

To learn more about Physlets you may want to:

• Attend a Physlet workshop.

• Preview Physlet Quantum Physics, a book of ready-to-run Physlet-based exercises for modern physics and quantum mechanics.

• Preview Physlet Physics, a book of ready-to-run Physlet-based exercises for introductory physics courses.

• Search for Physlets on the NatSim applet database.

Examples from recent Physlet articles are available on the  the  Physlet Resource site.

The applet on the right is a Physlet.  It simulates the relativistic and non-relativistic Doppler effect.

Send questions or comments about this site to
Wolfgang Christian: wochristian@davidson.edu