Virtual Labs used at Boston University Physics

Projectile motion (lab)

• Projectile motion (PhET)
• Projectile motion - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Projectile motion - simulation lab activity (Word)

Friction (lab)

• Friction on a ramp (PhET,but not HTML5)
• Friction - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Friction - simulation lab activity (Word)

Momentum conservation (lab)

• Momentum simulation
• Momentum - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Momentum - simulation lab activity (Word)

Energy conservation (recitation activity)

• Energy simulation
• Energy discussion activity (PDF)
• Energy discussion activity (Word)
• Energy quiz (PDF)
• Energy quiz (Word)

Rotational dynamics (recitation activity)

• Rotation simulation
• Rotation discussion activity (PDF)
• Rotation discussion activity (Word)
• Rotation quiz (PDF)
• Rotation quiz (Word)

Simple harmonic motion (lab)

• Pendulum simulation
• Pendulum - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Pendulum - simulation lab activity (Word)

Electric field and potential (lab)

• Charges and Fields (PhET)
• Electric field and potential - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Electric field and potential - simulation lab activity (Word)

Capacitors (lab)

• Capacitor lab simulation (PhET, but not HTML5)
• Capacitors - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Capacitors - simulation lab activity (Word)

Electromagnetic induction (lab)

• Faraday's electromagnetic lab simulation (PhET, but not HTML5)
• Electromagnetic induction - simulation lab activity (PDF)
• Electromagnetic induction - simulation lab activity (Word)

Other online resources for labs

• Pivot Interactives (commercial, but awesome)
• PhET simulations (check out "Browse Activties" under the Teaching link for access to many many lab activities based on PhET simulations
• Simulations you can use for labs at Frank McCulley's site, the Physics Aviary

Some of this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1712159.