Zeeman Effect — Physics Simulation | PIL · CNNI
Interactive simulation of spectral line splitting in a magnetic field.
Physics Interactive Lab is an educational platform for high-school physics. It combines interactive simulations, virtual experiments, reference tools, methodological guidance, and assessment support. Students can explore how changing a physical quantity affects a model, while teachers can place the activity inside a lesson, discussion, investigation, or formative assessment.
This guide explains one part of the platform, its educational purpose, and the practical steps needed to use the available physics resources responsibly and effectively.
The public material is organized around mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, waves, atomic physics, and the mathematical language used across these areas. A simulation is a model rather than a replacement for a real laboratory experiment. Results should therefore be interpreted with attention to the stated assumptions, chosen units, numerical precision, and the limits of the model.
A useful learning sequence begins by identifying the system and the quantities involved. Predict what should happen, change one relevant parameter at a time, observe the response, and compare the result with an equation or a qualitative law. Record units and significant figures, repeat measurements when appropriate, and explain any disagreement instead of treating the displayed number as automatically correct.
Teachers can use the platform for demonstrations, guided inquiry, homework preparation, revision, or discussion of experimental error. Students can use it to test a prediction, visualize an abstract relationship, practise reading graphs, and connect symbolic formulas with observable behavior. AI-assisted features support drafting and feedback, but the teacher remains responsible for the learning objective, scientific accuracy, and final assessment.
The complete interactive experience requires JavaScript because calculations, controls, graphs, three-dimensional scenes, authentication, and saved activities run in the browser. This text-only version preserves the page purpose and essential navigation when scripts are unavailable. Enable JavaScript to operate the current resource, or continue through the public guides and simulation directory below.