Re: [Phys-l] Simulation software

[roberto <roberto03@gmail.com>]

Thank you, i'll give a try to some of them and report back to you
privately, or to the entire list if anyone is willing to keep posted
with this thread.


On Monday, June 27, 2011, Richard Tarara <rbtarara@sprynet.com> wrote:
> I have a whole series of lab simulations at the site listed below. [I will
> be posting updated versions later today and through the week.]  Many of
> these use photo-realistic graphics with full animations.  While I developed
> these mostly to use as pre/post lab tools and to provide a way to make-up
> missed labs, for equipment poor programs they CAN substitute for a hands-on
> lab experience (the hands-on is always preferred).  The philosophy of these
> simulations is to give students a 'virtual' means of collecting data, but
> NOT to do the analysis for them.  That is, with these simulations the
> students can collect the same kind of data that they would with the actual
> equipment, but then must do the full analysis to complete the labs.
>
> Full instructions (equivalent to lab handouts) are built into each of the
> simulations.
>
> Check them out (but wait at least a day to get the most recent versions).
>
> [New versions of all my software now include 4 screen resolutions with the
> option of downloading a version that automatically chooses the largest
> available window size, or downloading a version for a particular screen
> resolution--smaller download/less storage space.  Some content improvements
> have been added as well as a new 800x600 available screen resolution for
> some older laptops.  The entire library is undergoing this upgrade and I
> have about 75% of the lab simulations ready to post.]
>
> rwt
>
> Richard W, Tarara
> Professor of Physics
> Saint Mary's College
> Notre Dame, IN 46556
>
> FREE PHYSICS SOFTWARE
> www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/SOFTWARE.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: roberto
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:17 AM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Subject: [Phys-l] Simulation software
>
> Hello, i am a physics teacher and i will start a new physics course on
> Sep, 2011.
> I don't really know if i have a complete lab for experiments so i'd
> like to insert also activites on computers, as simulation software and
> videos from the web.
> Can you please give me some hint about software for learning physics
> at high school level?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> --
> roberto
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roberto