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Interactive Simulations

6/25/2013

 
Have you ever found your self wishing there was a way you could bring your science or math lesson to life?  How do you create a real world application for the concepts you teach?  The University of Colorado Physics Education Technology (CU PhET) has hundreds of simulations that will help you do just that!

MJ Jones, a math teacher at Eastmont Middle School uses her Promethean Board in conjunction with the CU PhET simulations to engage her students and make math concepts more concrete.
When I talked to MJ about how she used the simulations with her class she said "We started with Gas Properties and looked at how pressure, temperature, volume, and even gravity, are related. We looked at Buoyancy – and I should say 'they' because they took over and I just helped them navigate – and also Bending Light. The students were asking questions like, 'I wonder what would happen if we made both mediums water?' and 'Can I have a turn?' and 'Can we try changing the material to wood?' It was so awesome to hear them conversing as they were, exploring and discovering."

These simulations create a great learning experience using the interactive whiteboard that involves the entire class.

Posted by Janae Hunt


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