Spray paint oscillator
Simple harmonic motion
Hooke's Law: force exerted by a spring
Harmonic oscillation and circular motion
Simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion
Conservation of energy with a spring
Conservation of energy in simple harmonic motion
Vibration of Molecules
Velocity of Pulse Propagated Through a spring
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Vibrations on singing strings
Simulation of a wave on a String
Making standing waves
Demonstration of Standing Waves
Octobasse
Relative speed of sound in solids, liquids, and gases
Animation to visualize particle motion and pressure for longitudinal sound waves
Kundts Tube resonance
Simulation: Sound interference
Simulation: Beats of two waves
Simulation: Sound of beats
Beat Frequency
Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
Sonic Booms from Supersonic Flight
Hertz Experiment on Electromagnetic Waves
How a Crookes radiometer works
Disappearing Coin
Refraction
Total Internal Reflection
Bending the light
Fiber Optic Cables Internal Structure
Optical Fibers
Refraction demonstration of a fountain making a rainbow
Refraction: why glass prisms bend and separate light
Mirrors and Lenses
Simulation: Flat mirror
Simulation: Concave mirror
Simulation: Convex mirror
Simulation: Converging lens
Simulation: Diverging lens
Simulation: Lenses and Mirrors
Convex Mirror
Convex and concave Lenses
How an E-mount Camera Works
Seeing: Eyes and Vision
How the Eye Works
Finding Refractive Power (Diopters)
Giant Magellan Telescope
Interference of Waves
Ripple Tank: Interference of Two Point Sources
Simulation: Ripple tank
Animation: Young's Double Slit Experiment
Young's Double Slit Experiment
Simulation: Young's Double Slit Experiment
Animation of phasor addition
Thin Film Interference
Newton's Rings
Michelson Interferometer
Ripple Tank: Single and Double Slit Diffraction and Interference
Laser Diffraction and Interference
Simulation: Diffraction and Interference in Single and Double Slit
Simulation: Multiple Slit Diffraction
Spectrometer
Simulation: Optical Resolution
How a DVD player works