Introductory Physics Software

Light and Sound - Wins Single User Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-3 $110.00 ADD TO CART Site Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-3SL $210.00 ADD TO CART

This CD ROM provides students with a full understanding of both the theory and uses of Light and Sound.

Coverage includes: rays and shadows, reflection, curved mirrors, refraction, lenses, colour, the electromagnetic spectrum, sound waves, sound spectrum, oscillations and waves. A fully interactive Virtual Laboratory allows students to set up and control their own experiments, enhancing their understanding of the theories, parameters, equations and relationships in the topic.

Forces and Effects - Wins Single User Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-5 $110.00 ADD TO CART Site Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-5SL $210.00 ADD TO CART

This CD ROM gives students both a theoretical and practical understanding of forces and their effects. An extensive set of audio-visual resources demonstrate how forces are defined and measured. Students can explore key topics including Newton's Laws, orbits and projectiles, friction, speed, g, stretching, turning and the principle of momentum.

A fully interactive Virtual Laboratory contains 13 experiments. By defining initial variables, plotting graphs and calculating results the Virtual Laboratory encourages students to gain an intuitive feel for the theories and concepts required for success in this subject.

Complete Physics Pack - Wins Single User Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-6 $290.00 ADD TO CART Site Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# BTL-6SL $480.00 ADD TO CART

The Complete Physics Pack includes the previous 5 programs, Earth and Universe (located in the Astronomy section), Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Sound, Energy Resources (located in the Ecology Section), and Forces and Effects.

Direct Current Circuits - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-31L1 $170.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-31L2 $220.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-31L3 $260.00 ADD TO CART

Direct Current Circuits - is the eight part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Current in everyday life…captivating presentations, simulations and 3D models explain how electricity is created and how it moves and transforms. Pupils' curiosity is satisfied and questions answered by the attractive course content, making this a fascinating and simple to conquer subject.

Contents:

• What is the nature of the flow of current?
• Sources of, and devices receiving, electrical energy
• Cells as fields creating voltage
• Electric Currents
• Ohm's Law
• What the resistance of conductors depends on
• Ways of connecting electrical energy receiving devices
• Transformation of energy in electrical circuits
• The power of current
• Current in liquids and gases

Electrical Fields - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-32L1 $110.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-32L2 $140.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-32L3 $170.00 ADD TO CART

Electrical Fields - is the seventh part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Atoms, electricity and Coulomb's law are the content of this lesson. They are explained through experiments and simulations that show the interactions taking place between bodies.

Contents

• The two types of electrical charge
• Coulomb's Law
• Ways to electrify bodies
• Electrostatic Field
• The electrification of bodies by induction
• The energy of a charge in an electrostatic field. Voltage

Forces and Their Effects - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-33L1 $180.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-33L2 $240.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-33L3 $280.00 ADD TO CART

Forces and Their Effects - is the third part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. A wide variety of forces are around us. This CD ROM describes the differences between them and the effect they have on us and our surroundings.

Content:

• How to describe the motion of a body?
• Uniform rectilinear motion
• Distance and velocity in uniform rectilinear motion
• Velocity as a vector quality. Relativity of velocity
• Changes in velocity
• Interactions between bodies
• Graphic presentation of force
• Adding up forces acting in different directions
• Weight of a body
• Properties of friction

Gravitational Fields - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-34L1 $110.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-34L2 $140.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-34L3 $170.00 ADD TO CART

Gravitational Fields - is the twelfth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Gravity is a part of our life, influencing everything we do and have. Various experiments and video films help pupils understand the principles of the law.

Content:

• Influence of gravitation
• Free fall of bodies
• Horizontal throw
• Transformation of mechanical energy during throws
• Oblique Throw
• Law of gravitation

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Wave Motion - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-35L1 $200.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-35L2 $260.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-35L3 $320.00 ADD TO CART

Wave Motion - is the fourteenth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Mechanical, sound and light waves are explained in a clear and easy to follow manner using interactive 3D model presentations and simulations. Pupils are clearly shown a wide variety of waves and their common manifestations in every day life, transforming this often-abstract subject into an enjoyable and straight forward to relate to topic.

Contents:

• How do mechanical waves propagate?
• Diffraction of mechanical waves
• Interference of mechanical waves
• Reflection and Refraction of mechanical waves
• What is sound?
• Application of ultrasound
• Source and characteristics of sound
• The sound we can hear
• The structure of the human ear
• Diffraction and interference of light
• Light as an electromagnetic wave
• Spectrum of electromagnetic waves
• Measurement of the speed of light
• Development of views on the nature of light

Energy Transformations in Thermal Phenomena - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-13L1 $130.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-13L2 $170.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-13L3 $200.00 ADD TO CART

Energy Transformations in Thermal Phenomena - is the sixth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Internal and external energies are in constant change and their properties and dependencies are explained using many presentations, examples and simulations which are both straight forward to follow and interesting to revisit time and again.

Content:

• Temperature
• Internal energy
• Thermal energy exchange
• Natural energy sources
• and much more....

Light and Optical Projections - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-38L1 $180.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-38L2 $240.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-38L3 $280.00 ADD TO CART

Light and Optical Projections - is the second part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Light has an enormous role to play in our life and its characteristics are represented by easy to follow illustrations, simulations and 3D presentations. You will learn how the complex human eye works.

Contents:

• Sources of light. Propagation of light
• Umbra and Penumbra. Solar and Lunar Eclipses
• Reflection of light, Flat Mirrors and their application
• Image in spherical mirrors
• Refraction of light
• Why does light refract?
• Optical Illusions
• Dispersion of Light

Magnetic Fields - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-39L1 $100.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-39L2 $120.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-39L3 $150.00 ADD TO CART

Magnetic Fields - is the ninth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Magnetic fields exist in many different situations and each substance has its own unique properties that define the strength of its magnetic field. The differences and similarities are explained via the media of interesting presentations and 3D models.

Content:

• The magnetic properties of bodies
• Creating a magnetic field
• How magnetic fields react on current carrying conductors
• The magnetic properties of substances
• The Earth's magnetic field

Motion and Forces - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-41L1 $130.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-41L2 $170.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-41L3 $200.00 ADD TO CART

Motion and Forces - is the eleventh part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. Newton’s laws of motion are the subject of this lesson, with the transfer of knowledge simplified and made appealing by simulations and presentations with exercises to allow pupils to demonstrate their new understanding.

Content:

• Action and Reaction
• Collisions between bodies
• Principles of conservation of momentum
• Movement of a body influenced by a force
• Newton's second law of motion
• Newton's first law of motion
• Circular uniform motion
• Motion induced by forces of elasticity

Elements of Nuclear Physics - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-43L1 $110.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-43L2 $140.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-43L3 $170.00 ADD TO CART

Elements of Nuclear Physics - is the fifteenth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. This CD ROM explains the creation and application of nuclear energy. Pupils are given activities to experiment with and many opportunities to satisfy curiosity on the way to understanding this important and interesting subject.

Content:

• Structure of the atom and the atomic nucleus
• Natural radioactivity
• Application of radioactive elements
• Nuclear energy and mass detection
• Reactions of fission and fusion
• Application of nuclear energy

Production Transmission of Electrical Energy - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-44L1 $110.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-44L2 $130.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-44L3 $160.00 ADD TO CART

Production Transmission of Electrical Energy - is the tenth part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. The reactions and properties of electrical energy are explained using 3D model presentations and simulations. Simple experiments illustrate this phenomenon of physics.

Content:

• The phenomenon of electromagnetic induction
• The principle on which an alternating current generates electricity
• The voltage and intensity of alternating current
• Effective quantities of the voltage and intensity of electricity
• Ways to use the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction

Obtaining Information Physics - Wins 20 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-45L1 $ 60.00 ADD TO CART 30 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-45L2 $ 70.00 ADD TO CART 40 User Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# AVP-45L3 $ 80.00 ADD TO CART

Obtaining Information Physics - is the first part of the fifteen title series covering the material required for students aged 13-16. The fundamentals of physics are explained using simulations, 3D models and presentations with the aim of teaching the pupil the essentials of how to collect and use acquired information.

Content:

• What does physics deal with? Sources of information
• How do we get to know the world?
• How do we collect information?

General Physics - Without Calculus - Wins   Mac Single User Shipped in 7 days Cat.# MCH-4 $150.00 ADD TO CART Site Licence Shipped in 7 days Cat.# MCH-4SL $470.00 ADD TO CART

This interactive tutorial package introduces the basic concepts of Physics covered in introductory college level General Physics courses. The material in this program is geared towards students studying General Physics at the college level and for high school students.

Teachers can use this program as a demonstration and visualization tool in their classroom lectures. Teachers can draw from the various interactive exercises to explain concepts that may be difficult to show using a traditional blackboard or overhead projector. By switching off the audio, teachers can present ideas in class in their own way.

Students can use the program as an exciting learning tool that can supplement in-class lectures and textbook studying. They can use this program as a self-study tool to review topics they are having trouble understanding in order to prepare for lectures and exams.

Table of Contents
General principles, Math review, Vectors, Kinematics, Gravitation, Projectile motion, Thermodynamics, Frames of reference, Waves, Forces, Newton's Laws, Electromagnetic theory, Momentum and collisions, Pre-Quantum experiments, Work and energy, Quantum mechanics, Rotational motion, Special relativity, Nuclear structure.