Interactive Physics Web

Physics simulation in your browser. Nothing to install.

Features

Everything you need to teach physics with simulation, in the browser, on the devices your school already has.

Build a model, press Run

Draw bodies, springs, ropes, pins and motors on the screen, then press Run and watch the physics happen. Basic mode keeps the tools simple for younger students; Advanced mode adds the model tree and every property.

You are not limited to simulations someone else designed: if you can describe the experiment, you can build it, and so can your students.

Circles, blocks and polygons, with mass, friction and elasticity
Springs, ropes, pins, slots and motors
Gravity, air resistance and collisions

Building a roller coaster model in Advanced mode, with the model tree and a body’s properties.

Measure and graph as it runs

Meters show position, velocity, acceleration, forces and energy as numbers, bars and live graphs. Change a value and run again to see what changes, and why. Export the data as CSV for a spreadsheet or lab report.

Projectile motion – a live model: use the controls and sliders.

A library of ready-made lessons

Start teaching on day one. The library has Featured models, the Interactive Physics Curriculum of ready-made models and lessons, and over 170 Physics Experiments, from Newton’s laws to collisions, oscillations, projectiles and pulleys.

Student view

Student view keeps the screen simple: run, explore and measure. Teachers can lock a model in Student view, and unlock it again; students cannot.

Newton’s cradle – a live model: use the controls and sliders.

Your files, in your own cloud storage

Open and save .ip models on the device, in Google Drive™ (including Drive’s “Open with”) or in Microsoft OneDrive. Models made with desktop Interactive Physics open in the browser, and the other way round. DST never stores your models.

Share models with your class through Google Classroom™.

Details: Privacy Policy.

Opening a model from Google Drive with Open with > Interactive Physics.

And more

8 languages

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish.

Install as an app

Install it from the browser like an app, and keep working offline once it has loaded.

Same physics engine

The same engine as desktop Interactive Physics, so models behave the same way.

Try Interactive Physics Web with your class

Free evaluations are available for teachers and schools.

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