Summer Institute intro by Paul Doherty Welcome to the on-line companion to the Exploratorium Summer Institute for High School Physics teachers. Each Institute consist of a series of hands-on workshops taught at Exploratorium Exhibits and in classrooms using inexpensive versions of Exploratorium exhibits. Year 2004 was thetwenty-first year of Physics Summer Institutes. Each day begins with pastry, fruit and coffee. While we feed our bodies, we feed our minds too. We discuss questions of life, the universe and everything. We look for questions that students ask and for strategies to answer them. After we're fed, we head out to the floor of the Exploratorium to explore scientific phenomena at museum exhibits. Here teachers listen to sounds in The Sound Column After some time exploring exhibits, we return to the classroom to use inexpensive versions of Exploratorium exhibits known as, "Snacks" to explore the phenomena of science. Teachers use Scotch Magic Tape to explore electric charge. This material is in draft form!
Interactive 3D Simulations, Casestudy: Pearson Prentice Hall ForgeFX has been a proud content development partner for Pearson Education for over 10 years. Developing over 100 simulation-based training programs and applications, across a number of different subjects and curricula, ForgeFX helps Pearson Education deliver digital learning products that transform students from passive audience members, to active participants in the learning process. 3D Wave Simulator This real-time 3D wave simulator demonstrates the connection between wind speed and ocean particle motion depth. The application helps students visualize how waves are the forward movement of water, due to the oscillation of water particles by the frictional drag of wind over the surface. Water motion simulator helps students visualize how ocean waves work. Pheromone Communication Simulation This is 3D simulator demonstrates how ants use pheromones to communicate. Interactive 3D Communication Simulation. Interactive Eye Dissection Simulation Seismic Waves Simulator Simulation-Based Learning
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