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
-----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?