Here are some Physics applets to play with to prepare for Ideas to Implementation and Quanta to Quarks.
They are presented in chronological order for the course:
IDEAS TO IMPLEMENTATION
1) Revise what an EM wave is here
2) Learn about standing waves - important for Hertz's experiment - here
3) Learn about blackbody radition by clicking the image below:
4) To learn about the photoelectric effect click here and/or on the image below:
5) Learn more about wave interference here and/or by clicking on the image below:
QUANTA TO QUARKS
1) Learn about Rutherfords alpha scatteirng experiment by clicking on the image below:
2) Learn about Bohr's model of hydrogen by clicking here
3) Learn about further models of hydrogen by clicking the image below:
4) Learn about the Davisson-Germer experiment by clicking the image below:
5) Learn about alpha decay by clicking the image below:
6) Learn about beta decay by clicking the image below:
7) Learn about nuclear fission by clicking the image below:
On the topic of physics animations and games - Minecraft is amazingly cool retro-feel game. I wrote it off as garbage on first appearance but about 100 hours later - I can verify that it is fun and addictive.
What a feeling to be tunnelling deep into the Earth, carefully making my way past a lava pool, and finding my first diamond ore. It was right up there with defeating my first Enderman, getting my first Blaze Rod and killing a Ghast with its own fireball...
They are even making Minecraft LEGO!!!
On the topic of awesome games - a new level of Kingdom Rush has JUST been released on iTunes!