http://www.compadre.org/student/ Nucleus's Featured Nucleus Materials en-US Copyright 2013, ComPADRE.org editor@the-nucleus.org (Managing Editor) Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:04 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.compadre.org/student/services/images/LogoSmallStudent.gif http://www.compadre.org/student/ 125 35 A fairly extensive site, with both articles and animations, on rotation, and the effect of being in a rotating reference frame. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=7705 http://www.cleonis.nl/ http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7705 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST A page that discusses auroras has tutorials, and will notify you of times when auroras are likely to appear. There has been recent solar activity leading to predictions of auroral activity. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=97 http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=97 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST These are some good simulations to help understand various aspects of thermodynamics/statistical physics. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=7497 http://homepages.ius.edu/kforinas/physlets/thermo/outline.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=7497 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST An interesting site for student struggling with the idea of matter waves. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=1072 http://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/tutorials/lightwaves/ http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=1072 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST For folks interested in the history of science, this is an excellent resource about a primary player in the science of radioactivity. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4752 http://www.aip.org/history/curie/contents.htm http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4752 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST This site has lots of interesting information on oscillations, waves and acoustics. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=1535 http://www.kettering.edu/physics/drussell/demos.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=1535 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST With the 50th anniversary of the laser approaching, this is a good site to get acquainted with the details of how lasers work. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4964 http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/lasers/laserweb/index.htm http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4964 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST This article is a nice introduction to the physics of granular materials, with references. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=476 http://www.physicscentral.org/explore/action/granular-1.cfm http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=476 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST This is Einstein's original paper on Brownian motion, translated from its original German. A good way to start the academic year! http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=2146 http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2146&DocID=5 http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=2146 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST This page provides a good introduction to capacitors at the freshman-sophomore level. It's also a good refresher if you haven't thought about them for a while. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4974 http://www.splung.com/content/sid/3/page/capacitors http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4974 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST This sight gives a good explanation of non-inertial reference frames, and how seemingly fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis force and centrifugal force, can be observed in them. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=6198 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=6198 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EST In honor of the International Year of Astronomy, we will be focusing on Astronomy in our features. SETI is the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. There was a very interesting talk on SETI at the Sigma Pi Sigma Congress in November. The site describes the projects and institutes associated with this search. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=63 http://www.seti.org/ http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=63 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST This is a fun Java applet that lets the user play around with Fourier components. You can individually adjust up to 11 Fourier coefficients to see the effect they have on the resulting function. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4473 http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4473 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST This is an interesting game that tests the accuracy of your hearing. It plays a pitch and then asks you to reproduce the same pitch. It also has information about sound and hearing. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=456 http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=456 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST This is a good applet of what happens to the eye when it is farsighted. Users can play around with object size and location, as well as the location of the external vision correction lens. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4290 http://vnatsci.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/farsighted.shtml http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4290 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST This site is a good overview of special relativity, starting from postulates and working through the implications of said postulates, including the development of the Lorentz transformations. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=5143 http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/sr.shtml http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5143 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST Check out hilarious examples of bad movie physics! http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=659 http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/ http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=659 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST This site provides an excellent introduction to the topic of lightning. It covers the mechanism for the phenomenon, the different types, and some of the current research on the topic. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4616 http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/index.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4616 Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST This is a lunar lander simulator. Apart from being fun, it allows the user to get a feel for mechanics in low gravity. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4816 http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/lunar-lander http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=4816 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST This site lists different science fiction books with accurate physics in them. A welcome change from the not-so-good physics sometimes found in science fiction. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=640 http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/scifi.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=640 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST This site gives a detailed timeline of the development of thermal physics and statistical mechanics from the ancient Greeks up to the present day. The user will recognize a lot of names that they may not normally associate with thermal physics (e. g. Fourier) http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=307 http://history.hyperjeff.net/statmech http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=307 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST This site is an overview of quantum physics, with an emphasis on some of the controversies associated with quantum theory. The site approaches the subject both from a conceptual/philosophical perspective as well as a mathematical one. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=3487 http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=3487 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST This site provides a good introduction to relativity, both special and general. It starts from historical relativity and continues to current understanding, presented at an introductory level. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=3419 http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/LIGHTCONE/index.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=3419 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST This site gives details of the MIT effort to validate the idea of Archimedes' "death ray". This idea was further explored on an episode of "MythBusters". http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=5344 http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=5344 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST This site gives the results of a collaborative course between engineers and artists. The pictures are pretty cool. http://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=3867 http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/flowvis/index.html http://www.compadre.org/student/bulletinboard/Thread.cfm?ID=3867 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST