Electronic Toys

Interactive simulations for use in the classroom or homework.

1) Examples: What can be done?

  1. An Excel Spreadsheet: Feed the Monkey

  2. A "Physlet": Phases of the Moon

  3. Interaction: The Seasons

2) Spreadsheet Tricks (Excel)

  1. Linear regression

  2. Displaying multiple representations:

    1. Motion

    2. Force and Motion

  3. Teaching Vocabulary: Waves (time steps, no scrollbars)

  4. Venturing into somebody else's territory:
       Chemical Equilibrium (scrollbars, no time steps)

    1. Chemical equilibrium version #1

    2. Chemical equilibrium version #2

  5. Student assignment (rotation)

    1. Given this ... (click here)

    2. Create this ... (click here)

    3. Examples of student work

      1. a perfect example

      2. a good start but not perfect

3) Physlet Animations (using Animator4)

  1. Intro with an Example

  2. Intensity of Light

  3. The Seasons