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EJS Simulations by High School Physics Teachers 
  
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This web page features a collection of Easy Java Simulations developed by secondary teachers for use in introductory high school physics courses. Topics include astronomy, momentum…
https://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/NS548_simulations/ITOP_EJS.html
Galileo's Moon Mountain  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Galileo's Moon Mountain Model illustrates the method used by Galileo to measure the height of a mountain on the Moon. Using his improved telescope design, Galileo was able to see…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11196&DocID=2234
Ptolemy/Copernicus/Tycho Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Ptolemy/Copernicus/Tycho EJS Model illustrates the relationships between the systems of planetary astronomy developed by Claudius Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe.…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11200&DocID=2242
Astronomical Parallax 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This Astronomical Parallax 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon of annual stellar parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11202&DocID=2246
Stellar Aberration 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Stellar Aberration 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon known as the aberration of starlight, first reported by James Bradley in 1729. Aberration occurs because light has a finite…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11206&DocID=2249
Slash-Dot System Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Slash-Dot Model simulates a massive line segment and massive point rotating about one another due to gravity in a 2-dimensional plane. The simulation tracks the obits of the line…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11347&DocID=2339
Baton Orbit Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Baton Orbit Model shows the trajectory of a baton-like object orbiting under the influence of a 1/r^2 force. This model was motivated by the tumbling motion of one of Saturn’s moons,…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12073&DocID=2966
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The Simple Artificial Solar Systems package is a zip archive containing a set of thirty different Java programs (created using Easy Java Simulations) that simulate the night sky for…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12569&DocID=3161
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Modeling the History of Astronomy: Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho 
  
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T. Timberlake, Astron. Educ. Rev., 12 (1), 010201 (2013).
This paper , submitted to Astronomy Education Review , describes a series of activities in which students investigate and use the models of planetary motion introduced by the…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12579&DocID=3173
Naked Eye Sidereal and Solar Day JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Naked Eye Sidereal and Solar Day Javascript Model illustrates the difference between the sidereal and solar day. This simulation shows the view from the Earth as one would…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12991&DocID=3565
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