Physclips provides learning and reference tools for students and resources for teachers. The level is approximately that of introductory university or advanced high school.
The largely completed volumes are Mechanics, Waves and Sound and Special Relativity. Multimedia tutorials, with interactive control, give a brief overview. Hyperlinks lead to web resources with broader and deeper discussions. Downloads are provided for teachers and designers, either individually or in a compressed file. The volumes Motors, generators and circuits and Thermal physics so far are only collections of web resources.
MecMovies is an extensive collection of examples, theory, and games designed to complement a Mechanics of Materials course. The software features graphics and animation to visually communicate course concepts to students. Special emphasis is placed on developing the learner’s understanding and proficiency in basic concepts and skills through interactive exercises and games.
To help students visually comprehend concepts, PhET Interactive Science Simulations animate what is invisible to the eye through the use of graphics and intuitive controls such as click-and-drag manipulation, sliders and radio buttons. In order to further encourage quantitative exploration, the simulations also offer measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers. As the user manipulates these interactive tools, responses are immediately animated thus effectively illustrating cause-and-effect relationships as well as multiple linked representations (motion of the objects, graphs, number readouts, etc.)