Physics

How well do you know your pendulums?

Explore this concept through synchronised circular motion, displacement-time graphs and a spring-mass system.

Have you ever heard of the idea that the flap of a butterfly wing here can cause a tornado elsewhere? Learn more about the chaos theory!

Under what conditions is the sum of energy conserved? Find out here!

How much do you know about displacement, velocity and acceleration?

Learn more about angular displacement, angular velocity and angular momentum!

What’s mass and what’s weight? Find out here!

See how forces and masses affect the motion of two objects!

How can we resolve various forces acting on an object atop an inclined plane?

What are elastic and inelastic collisions? Under which circumstances is momentum conserved?

How do forces and contact areas affect pressures?

Explore how the turning effect of a force is influenced by the weight of an object and its distance from the fulcrum!

How much do you know about work, energy & power?

Discover the key differences between these three heat transfer mechanisms!

How long would it take to heat rods made from various materials?

Learn more about the factors affecting the rates of thermal radiation & absorption!

What’re the key differences between electromotive force & potential difference?

Discover electric field patterns as you add various positive and negative charges!

What are the magnetic fields created by various arrangements of magnets?

How does Snell’s Law look like graphically?

Can a wave behave like a particle?

Learn more about the two types of waves here!

How do waves constructively and destructively interfere? What are standing waves?

Do you know that the reflection of sound is an echo? Find out more in this simulation!

Learn more about refraction and total internal reflection here!

How is a particle’s momentum related to its position? Find out here!

What are the key differences between these three types of radiation and how can you balance nuclear equations?

Learn more about the ionising & penetrating powers of alpha, beta & gamma radiation here!

How fast do radioactive atoms decay?