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Here are fun physics games I have found, plus fun links to explore. Top scorers of relevant games can earn bonus points on current HW!
BUT NEVER IN SCHOOL! FOR HOME USE ONLY!
Vectors & 2D motion
http://www.acmewebworks.com/games/escape/default.htm
Escape of the Falcon! Can you fight your way from the Death Star?
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pacman.php
PacMan!
Projectile motion
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bowman.php
Bow man. Great for archery, but a little bloody...
Forces
http://www.crayonphysics.com
Get the ball to the star any way you can draw. Physics at its childish best!
http://www.neopets.com/games/minigolf.phtml
Miniature Golf! Great fun, reminds me of why I don't play golf..
Gravity
https://web.archive.org/web/20090211063214/http://bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/spaced_penguin/default.htm
Spaced Penguins!: Can you navigate the stranded peguinaut back to his ship?
(requires
Adobe Shockwave
)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html
Lunar Lander, slightly updated graphics.
Momentum
http://edgeatterc.com/edge/games/impulse/
Impulse: avoid crashing your particle and avoid getting too impulsive!
http://www.miniclip.com/games/space-escape/en/
Space Escape: watch your momentum as you attempt to escape to space!
Energy
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/games/warpspeed/linac/activity.html
Particle Accelerator: can you reach 140 MeV?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html
Lunar lander game
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/lunar-lander
PhET Lunar lander game, a little more sophisticated.
Optics
http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/summer2010/poikilia_play.php
http://54.235.67.195/demo/QuantumSpectre/LIVE/index.html
http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf
Troika, the Olympian flame color mixing game
Find the color laser combination before the spectres find you
Laser game maze.
Fluids
.
http://www.navystemfortheclassroom.com/
Diving widget, courtesy of the US Navy
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Games/21_matches.htm
Matchstick game! It's impossible to win - or is it?
http://www.onfjeunesse.ca/lamission/home_e.php
Professor XYX's site for games, fun experiments and quizzes! (requires Flash)
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
">
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
The Llama song. Don't ask me, I have no idea...
http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm
You won't believe your eyes! Illusions galore!
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html
Tom Leher's The Elements song and other chemistry & bio links. Watch the Flash animation!
http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/
The Honda ad: a Rube Goldberg device extraordinaire!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml
The making of the Honda ad, which was itself a take-off on a Swedish film.
http://theexplodingwhale.com/
How NOT to remove a dead whale from a beach!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6943201001782160188&pr=goog-sl
For those who want XC with their water bottles...
Special Relativity
http://www.testtubegames.com/velocityraptor.html
Can your raptor be enraptured of relativity?
http://realtimerelativity.org/
A program that simulates travel at speeds very close to the speed of light. In this world, the speed of light is only a few meters per second, allowing you to comprehend what is happening. Very cool.
>Space Penguins!: Can you navigate the stranded peguinaut back to his ship?<br><a href="
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/spaced_penguin/info.htm
">
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/spaced_penguin/info.htm
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Doom Funnel chasers!: to save the Universe, you must stuff the black
holes
with rolls of duct tape!<br><a href="
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/doom_funnel/info.htm
">
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/doom_funnel/info.htm
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Lunar Lander, slightly updated graphics.<br><a href="
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html
">
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Particle Accelerator: can you reach 140 MeV?<br><a href="
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/games/warpspeed/linac/activity.html?name=Your+Name
">
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/games/warpspeed/linac/activity.html?name=Your+Name
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Matchstick game! It's impossible to win - or is it?<br><a href="
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Games/21_matches.htm
">
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Games/21_matches.htm
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Laser game that uses lasers, refractors, mirrors, and splitters to solve
each level. Each new level will be more difficult.<br><a href="
http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf
">
http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Miniature Golf! Great fun, reminds me of why I don't play golf...<br><a href="
http://www.neopets.com/games/minigolf.phtml
">
http://www.neopets.com/games/minigolf.phtml
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p> Escape of the Falcon! Can you, Han Solo, fight your way from the Death
Star?<br><a href="
http://www.acmewebworks.com/games/escape/default.htm
"><img src='
http://www.theforce.net/videogames/apps/falcon/images/splash_screen_falcon_tfni_logo_smaller.jpg
' align='center' border=0 height=50></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>PacMan!<br><a href="
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pacman.php
">
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pacman.php
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Bow man. Great for archery, but a little bloody...<br><a href="
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bowman.php
">
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bowman.php
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Professor XYX's site for games, fun experiments and quizzes! (requires
Flash)<br><a href="
http://www.onfjeunesse.ca/lamission/home_e.php
"><img src='
http://www.onfjeunesse.ca/lamission/images/bi/navig/caps_over.gif
'></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The Llama song. Don't ask me, I have no idea...<br><a href="
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
">
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>You won't believe your eyes! Illusions galore!<br><a href="
http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm
">
http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><P>Tom Leher's The Elements song and other chemistry & bio links. Watch the
Flash animation!<br><a href="
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html
">
http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The making of the Honda ad, which was itself a take-off on a Swedish film.<br><a href="
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml
">
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The Honda ad: a Rube Goldberg device extraordinaire!<br><a href="
http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/
">
http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>How NOT to remove a dead whale from a beach!</p><br><a href="
http://www.perp.com/whale/
">
http://www.perp.com/whale/
</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>For those who want XC with their water bottles...<br><a href="
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6943201001782160188&pr=goog-sl
"><img src='
http://video.google.com/common/logo_video.jpg
' border=0 height=25></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Torqued off with physics? Don't try Cow tipping!<br><a href="
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1858246,00.html
"><img src='
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
' border=0 height=25></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr>
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Here are fun physics games I have found, plus fun links to explore. Top scorers of relevant games can earn bonus points on current HW!
BUT NEVER IN SCHOOL! FOR HOME USE ONLY!Vectors & 2D motion
Projectile motion
Forces
Gravity
(requires Adobe Shockwave)
Energy
Optics
http://54.235.67.195/demo/QuantumSpectre/LIVE/index.html
http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf
Find the color laser combination before the spectres find you
Laser game maze.
Fluids
holes
with rolls of duct tape!<br><a href="http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/doom_funnel/info.htm">http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/doom_funnel/info.htm</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Lunar Lander, slightly updated graphics.<br><a href="http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html">http://www.kidsastronomy.com/lunarlander/lunarlander.html</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Particle Accelerator: can you reach 140 MeV?<br><a href="http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/games/warpspeed/linac/activity.html?name=Your+Name">http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/labyrinth/games/warpspeed/linac/activity.html?name=Your+Name</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Matchstick game! It's impossible to win - or is it?<br><a href="http://www.sandlotscience.com/Games/21_matches.htm">http://www.sandlotscience.com/Games/21_matches.htm</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Laser game that uses lasers, refractors, mirrors, and splitters to solve
each level. Each new level will be more difficult.<br><a href="http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf">http://www.clue-free.com/laser/laser.swf</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Miniature Golf! Great fun, reminds me of why I don't play golf...<br><a href="http://www.neopets.com/games/minigolf.phtml">http://www.neopets.com/games/minigolf.phtml</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p> Escape of the Falcon! Can you, Han Solo, fight your way from the Death
Star?<br><a href="http://www.acmewebworks.com/games/escape/default.htm"><img src='http://www.theforce.net/videogames/apps/falcon/images/splash_screen_falcon_tfni_logo_smaller.jpg' align='center' border=0 height=50></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>PacMan!<br><a href="http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pacman.php">http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pacman.php</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Bow man. Great for archery, but a little bloody...<br><a href="http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bowman.php">http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bowman.php</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Professor XYX's site for games, fun experiments and quizzes! (requires
Flash)<br><a href="http://www.onfjeunesse.ca/lamission/home_e.php"><img src='http://www.onfjeunesse.ca/lamission/images/bi/navig/caps_over.gif'></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The Llama song. Don't ask me, I have no idea...<br><a href="http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php">http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>You won't believe your eyes! Illusions galore!<br><a href="http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm">http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><P>Tom Leher's The Elements song and other chemistry & bio links. Watch the
Flash animation!<br><a href="http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html">http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The making of the Honda ad, which was itself a take-off on a Swedish film.<br><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>The Honda ad: a Rube Goldberg device extraordinaire!<br><a href="http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/">http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>How NOT to remove a dead whale from a beach!</p><br><a href="http://www.perp.com/whale/">http://www.perp.com/whale/</a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>For those who want XC with their water bottles...<br><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6943201001782160188&pr=goog-sl"><img src='http://video.google.com/common/logo_video.jpg' border=0 height=25></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr><tr><td width="15%"> </td><td width="70%"><pre><p>Torqued off with physics? Don't try Cow tipping!<br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1858246,00.html"><img src='http://www.timesonline.co.uk/' border=0 height=25></a></pre><br></td><td width="15%"> </td></tr>