Flash Animations for Physics: This Web site is the creation of David M Harrison, Department of Physics, University of Toronto. It offers 89 Flash animations as learning aids. The animations have be categorised topic-wise, and some of the topics covered include Chaos, Classical Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Nuclear, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Sound Waves, Vectors, [...]

Flash Animations for Physics: This Web site is the creation of David M Harrison, Department of Physics, University of Toronto. It offers 89 Flash animations as learning aids. The animations have be categorised topic-wise, and some of the topics covered include Chaos, Classical Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Nuclear, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Sound Waves, Vectors, and Waves.

The author has also offered tips on how to create animations in Flash, but this requires additional, paid software.

These animations are devoid of any explanatory notes, implying that they are targeted at other educators to be used as demonstrations in conjunction with relevant reading material. Nevertheless, students looking for additional material to better understand a concept will find the animations useful. Most animations are small in size, ranging from a few KB to a few hundred KB, with only one exceeding I MB in size. A brief description of the animation, its size, and the version of the Flash plug-in required to view the animation accompany each file. Most of the animations allow the user to change values and observe the changes, while a few are just for viewing. In any case, they are better at aiding comprehension than mere static images that exist on Web pages or in textbooks. In conclusion, the lack of detailed explanatory notes takes away some of the value of this otherwise excellent site.

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