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Physics 2.3 Demonstrate understanding of wave phenomena

Sites for revision

Java applets on physics
A website that provides interactive Java applets on topics of physics – mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, theory of relativity, physics of atoms, and nuclear physics. Suitable for NCEA.
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/index.html

HyperPhysics
This website has information about many topics in the subjects physics, chemistry, geophysics, and biology. You can select the subject area to find a topic or select from an index. Suitable for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

The physics department
This website has information on mechanics, waves, and light – the latter two being most useful for this topic. It has notes, diagrams, and animations suitable for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/physics.html

Waves
This website has basic notes to help in learning for this achievement standard. Although some other sites have better diagrams and animations, this is a useful site for the basic facts of the topic.
http://www.gcsescience.com/pwav.htm

The physics classroom tutorial
This website covers all topics of physics including wave phenomena. It contains good notes with real-life examples. Suitable for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html

The applet collection
This website has many useful animations of physics principles including wave phenomena. Useful for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/applets.htm

Physics education technology
This website has interactive simulations to assist in learning the principles of physics, including wave phenomena. Useful for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/

Doppler effect
This website has a very good animation of the Doppler effect.
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/a311/Sim/doppler/Doppler.html

Light and colour
A website that describes with interactive tutorials the complex phenomenon that is classically explained with a simple model based on waves and particles. The topics includes sources of visible light (electromagnetic radiation), the theory behind light being made up of waves or particles, speed of light, reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference of light, and basic properties of mirrors, prisms, and lasers. Suitable for NCEA level 2.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/index.html

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