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VCE Physics Resources @ PEGS

Your Teachers Fascinating Physics Satellites and Astronomy
Mr Chapman
Mrs Valos
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
CSIRO homepage
New Scientist homepage
Ask the Experts
Einstein's Manuscripts
Physics Jokes
Earth Viewer
Keplerian Elements

Satellite Visibility
Internet Astronomy Course
NASA Multimedia Gallery
NASA Space Hotlist
MelbUni Astronomy Central
Locating satellites in the night sky
Hubble Space Telescope
A Guided tour of Hubble Deep Field
Hubble Deep Field
SETI: the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence
Solar System Live
Planet Quest
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Homepage
Landsat Images
NOAA Satellites
European Space Agency
Mr Chapman
Mrs Valos

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Radioactivity
Rutherford's Experiment (interactive)
Radioisotopes (interactive)
Radioactivity and Half-life (interactive)
Mega-table of Radioisotopes
Periodic Table of Isotopes
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein

Electromagnetic Spectrum (interactive)

Nuclear Energy
Chain Reactions (interactive)
Fission Movie
Jet Fusion Reactor
Nuclear fission power plants
Hyperphysics - Nuclear Physics
Radioactive Waste Management
Introduction to Nuclear Physics (animated)
Nuclear Fission (interactive)

Nuclear Fusion
Race for the Superbomb
The Manhattan Project
Enrico Fermi

Electricity
Electricity Online (animated tutorial)
Hyperphysics - DC Electricity
Lightning!
Resistor Colour Codes (interactive)
Resistors in Series and Parallel (interactive)
Why Light Globes Glow (interactive)

Movement
Feather and hammer on Moon
Galileo

Hyperphysics - Motion

Isaac Newton
Motion Graphs (interactive)
Measure your reaction time
Virtual air track
Kung Fu Physics
Perpetual Motion Machines
DIY rollercoasters

Flight
Jet fly past (movie)
How helicopters fly
Jet blast!! (movie)
Principles of aeronautics
Simulated wind tunnel
Rocket Modeller (interactive)
Atmosphere Simulator
Types of Jet Engine


Waves and Light
Tsunami simulation (movie)
Transverse Waves (interactive)
Longitudinal Waves (interactive)
Polarisation (interactive)
Electromagnetic Spectrum (interactive)
Polarization
2-D Interference (interactive)

Colour Blindness tests (interactive)
Total internal reflection (interactive)
Refraction of Light (interactive)

Hyperphysics - Light and Vision
Plane Mirrors and Images (interactive)
Mixing Colours (interactive)
Refraction - a fish-eye view! (interactive)
How Colour TV Works

Dispersion (interactive)
How the Eye Works

Motion and Gravity
Hyperphysics - Motion
Galileo
Golf range (interactive)
Newton's Cradle (interactive)
Target practice (interactive)
Newton and Satellites (interactive)
Traffic simulation (interactive)
Motion clips from UNSW
Physics of Projectiles
Solar System simulator
Satellite Visibility

Electronics and Photonics
How to use a CRO

Structures and Materials
Hooke's Law (interactive)
Forces in a Beam (interactive)
Suspension Bridges
What is Torque?
Building Big (interactive)

Electric Power
Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field
DC motors (interactive)

Faraday's Electromagnetic Induction I (interactive)
Faraday's Electromagnetic Induction II (interactive)
Generators (interactive)
Hyperphysics - Electric Power
Lenz's Law
Transformers (interactive)

Lightning on demand!
Tesla coil sparks
How real electric motors work
Electricity Pylons
Real Time Power Consumption

Sound
Breaking the sound barrier (movie)
F14 sonic boom! (movie)

Hyperphysics - Sound and Hearing
Resonance (Shattering a Glass)
Resonance (Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse)
Longitudinal Waves (interactive)
How speakers work
Doppler Effect

Ideas about Light and Matter
Hyperphysics - Light and Vision
Photoelectric Effect (interactive)
Introduction to Photoelectric Effect (interactive)
Electromagnetic Spectrum (interactive)

Interference of light and matter
Spectral lines – absorption and emission
2-D Interference (interactive)
Spectroscopy (periodic table)

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