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Newton’s Mountain Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Author:
Timberlake, Todd
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Projectile Motion
Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Curricula
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Night Sky
Astronomy / Historical Astronomy / History of Astronomy
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The EJS Newton’s Mountain model illustrates the motion of a projectile launched from the top of a VERY tall mountain on Earth. The diagram shown in the simulation is taken from…
http://www.physicssource.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9391&DocID=1299
Colliding Galaxies  [ Computer Program ]
  
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100
Authors:
Christian, Wolfgang
Lim, Kyung
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Gravity / Orbits
Astronomy / Galaxies / Galactic Structure
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Center of Mass
Classical Mechanics / Motion in Two Dimensions / Central Forces
General Physics / Computational Physics
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The Colliding Galaxies Model is an implementation of Alar and Juri Toomres’ 1972 super computer model showing the formation of galactic bridges and tails under the assumption that…
http://www.physicssource.org/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8985&DocID=1200
Telescopes and Spectrographs 
  
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Open University
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Optics / Geometrical Optics / Optical Instruments
Astronomy / Instrumentation
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
Oscillations & Waves / Wave Motion / Interference and Diffraction
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An in depth tutorial about the physics behind telescopes and spectrographs. The tutorial includes graphics, and questions with fully worked out solutions. The user can complete the…
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3179
Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery 
  
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Author:
European Space Agency
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
Astronomy / Astronomy Education
Astronomy / Historical Astronomy / History of Astronomy
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This web site is provided in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. The site include a full-length DVD film (that can be downloaded in segments), a CD of…
http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/anniversary/
Galaxy Dynamics 
  
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Author:
Dubinski, John
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Galaxies
Astronomy / Cosmology
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This site provides a repository of movies, images, articles, programming code, for the galaxy dynamics simulations made by the author. The site provides a free bittorrent file of the…
http://www.galaxydynamics.org/
Practical Physics 
  
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Author:
Nuffield Curriculum Centre
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
General Physics / Collections
Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Curricula
General Physics / Curriculum
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This website was deigned for teachers of physics in the UK providing them with resources focusing on practical applications of physics concepts. The website includes a few hundred…
http://www.practicalphysics.org/
University of Oregon Physics Applets 
  
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Author:
Bothun, Gregory
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
General Physics / Collections
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Properties of Light
Other Sciences / Environmental Science
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This site is a collection of interactive JAVA applets for use in Physics, Astronomy, and Environmental Science courses. Some of the major topics covered in this website are:…
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/
Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Ganymede 
  
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100
Author:
Gladding, Gary
Publisher:
University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Classical Mechanics / Rotational Dynamics
Astronomy / Solar System / Jupiter
Education Practices / Active Learning / Problem Solving
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This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating to acceleration of the orbital body "Ganymede", which is the largest moon of Jupiter. Given the…
http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys111/ie.pl?04/IE_ga...
Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Planetary Orbit Simulator 
  
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100
Author:
Lee, Kevin
Publisher:
Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Fundamentals / Kepler's Laws
Astronomy / Solar System
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This simulation illustrates the physics of planetary orbits. The user can control the size and orbital path of the orbit. Each of Kepler's three laws and aspects of Newton's Law are…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/pos/animations/kepler.swf
The Metamorphosis of the Local Group 
  
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Author:
Dubinski, John
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Galaxies
Classical Mechanics / Linear Momentum / Collisions in Two Dimensions
Classical Mechanics / Rotational Dynamics / Conservation of Angular Momentum
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This site give an animation simulation of what will happen in about 3 billion years when our galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy approach each other over the course of 1.5 billion years.
http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~dubinski/merger/bigmerger.html
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