Introduction
Q.
How it started and what it is?
A. This project was
started as a part of ESC101 course in SEM II of academic year 2004 - 2005.It
is basically meant to be a VIRTUAL TEACHER for teaching introductory physics.Java
Applets have been used for demonstrating useful concepts.Interactive tutorials
and games have been put up to grip the interest of the learner.
Q.
Who designed it?
A. It was designed
by
- Rajat Sethia
- Gopesh Mittal
Our sincere thanks
to Dr. Bhaskar Raman for presenting this opportunity to us.
Q.
What is there in it?
A.
We have tried to look through some of the most exciting areas of Physics namely
- Optics-the study
of light.It includes
- Tutorials,
- Links to other sites,
- Optical Bench to demonstrate the image formation by lenses and mirrors,
- An exciting Game with convex lens,
- Mirror game which highlights image formation by mirror.
- Electromagnetism.It
includes
- Links
- Interactive tutorials with an applet each.
- Projectile Motion
with animation and applet,
- Simple Harmonic Motion,
- Modern Physics with photoelectric effect.
Useful contributions from
- Isha Ghai & Jyoti Kaushal(Mirror Game)
- Nitin Garg & Ramandeep Singh(wrt EM waves and
helical motion)
