Learning about the Physical World Virtually: Computer Simulations from the Physics Education Technology Project

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written by Noah D. Finkelstein

This workshop from the 2006 PTEC Conference explores the use of computer simulations to teach physics concepts. The simulations covered are predominantly on introductory level materials, how these tools are designed, research on the use and success of these simulations, and educational applications. The workshop explores the computer simulations and the growing database of classroom applications of these simulations. All of the computer simulations as well as lessons using these simulations are freely available online for download at http://phet.colorado.edu.

2006 PhysTEC Conference
Part of the PhysTEC Annual Conference series
Fayetteville, Arkansas: March 24-25, 2006

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Published: March 25, 2006

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Instructional Material Design = Simulation Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits General Physics - Physics Education Research Oscillations & Waves - Oscillations	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Lecture/Presentation

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Lesson Plan - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended User:: Educator
Format:: application/pdf
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 Noah Finkelstein and the PhET Project
Keywords:: creating simulations, technology in physics teaching, using simulations to teach physics
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 30, 2006 by Bruce Mason
Record Updated:: July 8, 2013 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 25, 2006
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Finkelstein, Noah. "Learning about the Physical World Virtually: Computer Simulations from the Physics Education Technology Project." Paper presented at the 2006 PhysTEC Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 24-25, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4442&DocID=168 (accessed 9 December 2024).

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