Physics Playground

6 simulators · Class 5–10 · about 66 minutes

Push a block against friction, aim the perfect throw, send a coaster over a hill, balance a beam with moments, see sound as a wave and follow a compass round a magnet.

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Step 1: Force and Friction: Push, Slide and Stop

I can predict whether a block sticks, speeds up, slides steadily or slows down from the push, its mass and the surface.

Science Class 6–9 12 min ✓ Done
Play Force and Friction: Push, Slide and Stop ▶
Step 2: Projectile Motion: Aim the Perfect Throw

I can predict where a projectile lands from its launch speed and angle.

Science Class 8–10 12 min ✓ Done
Play Projectile Motion: Aim the Perfect Throw ▶
Step 3: Kinetic and Potential Energy: Build a Coaster

I can explain why a cart cannot climb higher than the point it was released from.

Science Class 6–10 12 min ✓ Done
Play Kinetic and Potential Energy: Build a Coaster ▶
Step 4: Levers and Moments: Balance the Beam

I can balance a beam by matching force times distance on both sides of the pivot.

Science Class 5–8 10 min ✓ Done
Play Levers and Moments: Balance the Beam ▶
Step 5: Sound Waves: See Pitch and Loudness

I can explain how frequency sets the pitch and amplitude sets the loudness of a sound.

Science Class 5–9 10 min ✓ Done
Play Sound Waves: See Pitch and Loudness ▶
Step 6: Magnetic Fields: Follow the Compass

I can describe the shape of a magnetic field and predict which way a compass needle points.

Science Class 5–8 10 min ✓ Done
Play Magnetic Fields: Follow the Compass ▶

Step 1: Force and Friction: Push, Slide and Stop

Step 2: Projectile Motion: Aim the Perfect Throw

Step 3: Kinetic and Potential Energy: Build a Coaster

Step 4: Levers and Moments: Balance the Beam

Step 5: Sound Waves: See Pitch and Loudness

Step 6: Magnetic Fields: Follow the Compass