The Animated Chalkboard-2011(2004)
THERE
ARE NOW TWO VERSIONS OF THESE ANIMATIONS (SEE DESCRIPTIONS BELOW).
NOTE: IF USING THE MENU DRIVEN VERSION OF THESE PROGRAMS, DO NOT BURY THE FOLDERS TOO DEEP ON YOUR COMPUTER. THE COMMAND THAT CHAINS EACH INDIVIDUAL ANIMATION FROM THE MENU PROGRAM CANNOT DEAL WITH PATH NAMES LONGER THAN 128 CHARACTERS. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS, RUN THE INDIVIDUAL ANIMATIONS FROM THEIR FOLDERS. THESE CAN SUPPORT 256 CHARACTER PATHNAMES.
PHYSICS ANIMATIONS FOR ALL WINDOWS VERISONS & MACS (OS-X needs the Classic Environment or run the Windows versions in emulation mode.)
The Animated Chalkboard series provides a number of short animated sequences to be used BY THE INSTRUCTOR IN CLASS. The aim is to provide a video tool that can help students with some of the more difficult concepts or to simply provide a clear demonstration of a particular phenomenon or principle. The sets include:
1) MOTION: Includes 22 animations on Velocity, Acceleration, Friction, Momentum, Rotational Frames, and the like. Many animations plot motions as they are shown. The instructor has control over the pace of the animations with several pauses built in. Instructor files are included in the regular files and special student text files are automatically displayed in the Student versions.
[NOTE: The graphics shown here are from older versions but are indicative of the graphics used.]
2) ENERGY: These include animations about electrical generation and distribution, nuclear energy--both fission and fusion, photo-voltaics, hydrogen as a fuel, etc.
3) RELATIVITY: This set contains six animation (Time Dilation, Simultaneity, Mass Increase, Barn Paradox, Twins Paradox, and Relativistic effects.)
4) TEST: This is a package designed for the instructor to use, in class, to review the test published in THE PHYSICS TEACHER, VOLUME 30, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1992 (154) AFTER having given the test. There is NO STUDENT VERSION. The animations will help explain the concepts behind each of the questions when displayed IN CLASS.
5) E&M: This set offers electric field, electric potential, and electric equi-potential mapping programs, an electric force program where you can turn charged particles loose in 2 or 3 dimensions and watch their motion, an animation showing magnetic fields and the effects of fields on moving charges, and one that 'attempts' to show something of the creation of E&M waves.
6) THERMO: This set includes: The barometer, how to boil water, convection by radiator, convection in a pond, thermal insulation, and the internal combustion engine.
7) OPTICS: This set contains twelve animations (Reflection/Refraction, Plane Mirror, A Magic Trick (with mirrors), Lenses (converging, diverging, and a general ray tracing routine), Optical Illusions (2 refractive illusions), Optical Instruments (magnifier, telescope, microscope, opera glasses), Total Internal Reflection, The Human Eye, Colors, The Camera, Interference, and E&M Spectra).
REQUIREMENTS: ANY WINDOWS VERSION WIN 95 THROUGH WIN 7. THE 2011 VERSIONS SHOULD BE RUN WITH A REASONABLY GOOD VIDEO CARD. THE 2004 ARCHIVE VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOUR HARDWARE CANNOT RUN THE 2011 VERSIONS AT A REASONABLE SPEED. MAC VERSIONS REQUIRE SYSTEM 9.x (CLASSIC) BUT THE WINDOWS SOFTWARE, ESPECIALLY THE 2004 VERSIONS SHOULD RUN UNDER WINDOWS EMULATION.
2011 VERSIONS:
NEWEST:
THESE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY AT THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION POSSIBLE (800x600
MINIMUM). THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THE (NOW REMOVED) 2006 ANIMATIONS,
BUT TIMINGS ARE SET FOR NEWER MACHINES. OLDER MACHINES MAY RUN THE 2004
VERSIONS BETTER--THEY WERE WRITTEN USING 2004 MACHINES!
2004
VERSIONS
THESE RUN
ONLY IN 800x600 OR 1024x768 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS. THE TIMING FOR THE ANIMATIONS
MAY SUIT OLDER MACHINES BETTER THAN THE 2011 VERSIONS, BUT YOU SHOULD TRY THE
NEWER VERSIONS FIRST.