Physics Virtual Labs

Sara Aburugia

The University of Jordan

Department of Physics

• What is Virtual Lab?

• Importance

• What is Required?

• Motivation

• Examples

• Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

• Conclusion

What is virtual lab?

What is Virtual Lab?

• Software program or website page.

• Simulated experiments.

• Controlling parameters and receiving data.

Importance

Importance

• Once we are interested in the idea not in tools.

• Focus on “What”, “When”, and “Why” of experiment.

• To do the experiment at any time and any condition.

What is Required?

What is Required?

Motivation

Motivation

Motivation

Motivation

Examples

Electronics Lab

Using “circuitlab.com”

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

• Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Electronics Lab

https://www.circuitlab.com

Physics Education Technology (PhET)

Modern Physics Lab

Photoelectric effect

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Modern Physics Lab

Rutherford scattering

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Mechanics

Hook’s law

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Astrophysics

Gravity and Orbit

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Optics

Lenses

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics

https://phet.colorado.edu/

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Black body radiation experiment

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

High voltage

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Radioactive sources

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Toxic component

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Kirchhoff’s laws experiment

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Minimal setup/ clean

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Electromagnetic induction experiment

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Rutherford Scatterings

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

Saving time

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/10-ways-to-make-your-phd-experience-easier-and-more-enjoyable

Technical difficulties with computers and internet connection.

Virtual vs. Traditional Lab

Virtual Traditional

https://www.elsevier.com/connect/10-ways-to-make-your-phd-experience-easier-and-more-enjoyable

Kills manual skills

Conclusion

Conclusion

• Virtual lab helps students understand physics.

• Low-cost technique, Saving time, safety, and

clean.

• Can be used in lectures, laboratory, homework,

etc., as an assistant.

Recommendation

• Virtual lab is a very powerful tool in

experimental physics education.

• Virtual lab will assist but not replace the real

lab.

Acknowledgment

• Physics 112 lab technician

• Advanced physics lab technician

• The group of engineering students from UJ

• The most motivational person

“Dr. Hanan Sa’adeh”

Thank youSara.aburuqia@gmail.com