PhET Interactive Simulations

Concept of current electricity

Current electricity

Description

Predict how current will change when resistance of the circuit is fixed and voltage is varied.
Predict how current will change when voltage of the circuit is fixed and resistance is varied.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)

Forces and Motion

Subject and Topic

Description

Predict, qualitatively, how an external force will affect the speed and direction of an object's motion.
Explain the effects with the help of a free body diagram.
Use free body diagrams to draw position, velocity, acceleration and force graphs and vice versa.
Explain how the graphs relate to one another.
Given a scenario or a graph, sketch all four graphs.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Noah Podolefsky (Lead)

Forces and Motion: Basics

Subject and Topic

Motion in a straight line

Distance and displacement

Description

Identify when forces are balanced vs unbalanced.
Determine the sum of forces (net force) on an object with more than one force on it.
Predict the motion of an object with zero net force.
Predict the direction of motion given a combination of forces.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Noah Podolefsky (Lead)

Friction

Subject and Topic

Form 1

Introduction to Physics

Concept of Physics

Description

Describe a model for friction a molecular level.
Describe matter in terms of molecular motion. The description should include: diagrams to support the description, how the temperature affects the image, what are the differences and similarities between solid, liquid and gas particle motion; how the size and speed of gas molecules relate to everyday objects.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)

Vector Addition

Subject and Topic

Motion in a straight line

Distance and displacement

Description

Describe a vector in your own words
Explain a method to add vectors
Compare and contrast the component styles
Decompose a vector into components
Describe what happens to a vector when it is multiplied by a scalar
Arrange vectors graphically to represent vector addition or subtraction

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)

States of Matter

Subject and Topic

Form 1

Structure and properties of matter

Structure of matter

Description

Describe a molecular model for solids, liquids, and gases.
Extend this model to phase changes.
Describe how heating or cooling changes the behavior of the molecules.
Describe how changing the volume can affect temperature, pressure, and state.
Relate a pressure-temperature diagram to the behavior of molecules.
Interpret graphs of interatomic potential.
Describe how forces on atoms relate to the interaction potential.
Describe the physical meaning of the parameters in the Lennard-Jones potential, and how this relates to the molecule behavior.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

States of Matter: Basics

Subject and Topic

Form 1

Structure and properties of matter

Structure of matter

Description

Describe characteristics of three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
Predict how varying the temperature or pressure changes the behavior of particles.
Compare particles in the three different phases.
Explain freezing and melting with molecular level detail.
Recognize that different substances have different properties, including melting, freezing and boiling temperatures.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

Projectile Motion

Subject and Topic

Motion in a straight line

Distance and displacement

Description

Determine how each parameter (initial height, initial angle, initial speed, mass, diameter, and altitude) affects the trajectory of an object, with and without air resistance.
Predict how varying the initial conditions will affect a projectile’s path, and provide an explanation for the prediction.
Estimate where an object will land, given its initial conditions.
Determine that the x and y motion of a projectile are independent.
Investigate the variables that affect the drag force.
Describe the the effect that the drag force has on the velocity and acceleration.
Discuss projectile motion using common vocabulary (such as: launch angle, initial speed, initial height, range, time).

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

Electric Field Hockey

Subject and Topic

Concept of static electricity

Static electricity

Description

Determine the variables that affect how charged bodies interact.
Predict how charged bodies will interact.
Describe the strength and direction of the electric field around a charged body.
Use free-body diagrams and vector addition to help explain the interactions.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)

Charges and Fields

Subject and Topic

Description

Determine the variables that affect the strength and direction of the electric field for a static arrangement of charges.
Investigate the variables that affect the strength of the electrostatic potential (voltage).
Explain equipotential lines and compare them to the electric field lines.
For an arrangement of static charges, predict the electric field lines. Verify the prediction using vector addition.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date