In the past Vernier used to develop computer simulation software. We currently focus on sensors, software and curriculum to facilitate real-world data collection in the classroom.<\/p>\n
There are many sources available for science simulations and they keep changing. There are also non-simulation options for computer-based activities. Here are just a few options:<\/p>\n
Pivot Interactives<\/strong> Interactive Physics<\/strong> PhET Interactive Simulations<\/strong> Explore Learning<\/strong> ComPADRE<\/strong> NASA Kids’ Club<\/strong> Ology<\/strong> In the past Vernier used to develop computer simulation software. We currently focus on sensors, software and curriculum to facilitate real-world data collection in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[392,1253],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-simulation","tag-software"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Owned by Discovery Education, Pivot Interactives provides videos of real-world and laboratory phenomena for students to measure. Measurement takes a variety of forms. A hallmark of the activities is the multiple videos which allow students to change one variable at a time and perform an inquiry experiment. Student and instructor videos can be uploaded to the platform.
https:\/\/www.pivotinteractives.com\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
This software package includes hundreds of simulations specifically for physics.
http:\/\/www.design-simulation.com\/ip\/index.php<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
This project from the University of Colorado, Boulder produces fun, interactive simulations for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Earth Science, and Biology.
http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/physics\/phet\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
Explore Learning is an education company that sells “gizmos” to simulate different scientific phenomena.
http:\/\/www.explorelearning.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
ComPADRE is a collection of teaching resources hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), and includes some simulations for physics.
https:\/\/www.aapt.org\/ComPADRE\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
NASA offers interactive games (for Grades K-4) on the solar system, rockets, addition, “guess what number I’m thinking of,” and NASA spinoffs (everyday items developed from NASA research). A teachers’ area links to guides for teaching about clouds, precipitation, energy, winds, weather, planetary geology, flight, the Wright brothers, rockets, the electromagnetic spectrum, and careers. http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kidsclub<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
The American Museum of Natural History (part of the Smithsonian Institution) provides this fun site for kids. Find readings, videos, games, and hands-on experiments relating to a variety of topics at this site.
https:\/\/www.amnh.org\/explore\/ology<\/a><\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"