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written by Michael R. Gallis
This large collection of animations, developed by the Penn State-Schuylkill Department of Physics, illustrates basic concepts in physics and astronomy. Topics include astronomy, mechanics, vectors, electricity and magnetism, optics, waves, and modern physics at both introductory and advanced undergraduate levels. Users can browse by topic or search for relevant animations. Animations can be viewed in a number of different formats, either embedded in a web page or through the downloaded media file.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Astronomy Education
General Physics
- Collections
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Collection
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- AP Physics
- New teachers
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Formats:
video/quicktime
video/realvideo
Access Rights:
Free access
License:
This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:
Michael Gallis
Keywords:
Physics Animations, astronomy animations, physics animations, simulations
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created August 11, 2005 by Amin Parnian
Record Updated:
August 16, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
January 8, 2009
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M. Gallis, (2003), WWW Document, (http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/Phys_anim.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
M. Gallis, PSU/SL Animations for Physics and Astronomy Portal (2003), <http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/Phys_anim.htm>.
APA Format
Gallis, M. (2009, January 8). PSU/SL Animations for Physics and Astronomy Portal. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/Phys_anim.htm
Chicago Format
Gallis, Michael. PSU/SL Animations for Physics and Astronomy Portal. January 8, 2009. http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/Phys_anim.htm (accessed 22 January 2025).
MLA Format
Gallis, Michael. PSU/SL Animations for Physics and Astronomy Portal. 2003. 8 Jan. 2009. 22 Jan. 2025 <http://phys23p.sl.psu.edu/phys_anim/Phys_anim.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Michael Gallis", Title = {PSU/SL Animations for Physics and Astronomy Portal}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {22 January 2025}, Month = {January 8, 2009}, Year = {2003} }
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