Extras

Lots – hundreds at least – of small physics applets, around a wide range of topics, separated out into two semesters of college physics. Motion, thermo, EM, waves, and optics all covered. Created by Andrew Duffy.

Many, many pages explaining the history of microscopes and how they work. Occasionally has some interactive simulations mixed in. Created by Michael W. Davidson.

Explore the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and how stars of various sizes evolve. Built by Jon Yardley, Stuart Lowe, Edward Gomez, Haley Gomez, and Chris North.

Fight off diseases using microbiology. Created by Molecular Jig Games.

List of science games and interactives, pulled together by the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video.

Physical objects simulator that lets you draw and add objects to a scene, with lots of options for creativity. Created by Algoryx Simulation.

Sim city style game about climate change. Currently only available in French, and also quite a bit out of date. But I love it. Created by Cap Sciences.

An absolute classic – guide an electric charge to the goal using only other electric charges. Created by PhET.

Gravity simulation by the National Science & Tech Medals Foundation.

A periodic table where you can drag various elements around, and see which ones interact with which. Created by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

A complicated puzzle game where you’re building large molecules. Created by Zachtronics.

Simulates the path of light around a black hole, and you can drag your view around. Created by Antonell.

Fun toy that shows what it would look like to have massive space objects floating over your town. Created by Daniel Wysocki and HanGyeol Suh.

Simulates the flow of a fluid around a barrier. Created by Dan Schroeder.

A platformer game that includes some relativistic effects. By the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video: https://youtu.be/bHGTDTIE23c

Flash interactive that shows a visualization of the curvature of spacetime. Created by Adam Trepczynski.

Chemistry puzzle game about lining up molecules correctly by placing certain tiles around a factory. Built by NoNotCar.

A gravitational simulator that lets you fling planets and see what happens. Created by MinuteLabs.

Evolving creatures walk better and better. Created by Rafael Matsunaga

Flash simulation of an orbit that lets you control the parameters directly, and gives graphs and data showcasing how Kepler’s Laws relate to your setup. Built by the Nebraska Astronomy Applet Program.

An online quantum game. Created by Rohan.

A long interactive blog post about how a wing works, simulating the movement of air and pressure. The post gets into lots of related physics along the way.

A gravity simulator for the web. Created by apexearth.

Evolving cars on a procedural racetrack. Created by Rafael Matsunaga.

A variation of chess that includes some quantum rules. Created by Selim Akl and Ryan Kartavicius.

Game about quantum logic gates, where you use gates to direct falling balls. Build by rsoiffer.

Particle physics puzzle game, based on the rules of the Standard Model. Version 1 is a bit hard to access now. Created by TestTubeGames.

Various small simulations about chemistry and physics.

Very complex evolution simulator where you can observe and interact with whole 3D ecosystems.

Website that has tons of videos, simulations, and mathematical explanations of how to visualize relativity. Created by Ute Kraus and Corvin Zahn.

Various small astronomy simulations built by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Astronomy Department.

Given a certain layout of positive and negative electrodes, this simulator will calculate and display the resulting electric potentials and fields. Built by Nathaniel Klemm.

A full multimedia quark adventure, with videos, stories, and games. Created by a team led by Alice Bean.

Learn how RNA fits together by playing this game. Created by Nova Labs.

Tic Tac Toe with quantum mechanical rules, for both web and mobile. Created by Evert.

Simulating evolution with little avocado-blobs running to get food. Built by MinuteLabs.

Simple simulation where you can control a wave. Built by Nerd Island Studio.

Fold proteins as best as you can. A classic ‘citizen science’ game where by playing you can help investigate the science of how proteins get their shapes.

A very neat downloadable java game about quantum mechanics. Created by Crispin Cooper.

A game about evolving creatures, all the way to space if I’m not mistaken. Created by Maxis.

Various simple, short simulations of Special Relativity. Created by Alex Reinhart.

An interactive periodic table by PBS media, which includes a little mystery game to match elements to their descriptions.