Saturday, July 9, 2011

Online simulations that I currently use.

I've made good use of a number of online simulations. These are in no particular order and I use all of the regularly.

A former teacher at my school made these simulations in a program called ChemThink. They are mostly tutorials that students work through and then answer questions. I think you'll like it.
http://www.chemthink.com/chemthink.htm

I also use PhET. There are simulations for all disciplines. The gas simulation is very good. I found an excellent activity this year that has students use the sim to generate their own data and use the data to develop the gas laws relationships. It is a word doc and I have idea how to post it in this blog. A colleague of mine found it on the web it need to tweaked a little still.
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry


I also use the dynamic periodic table. I really works well because of the various ways you can display different data.
http://www.ptable.com/

1 comment:

  1. ChemThink is a site I have not come across before. Thanks for sharing!

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