HPC University: PhET - Interactive Simulations

Url	http://phet.colorado.edu/
Creator	None listed
Contributor	None listed
Publisher	University of Colorado at Boulder
Description	PhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free. To help students visually comprehend concepts, PhET simulations animate what is invisible to the eye through the use of graphics and intuitive controls such as click-and-drag manipulation, sliders and radio buttons. In order to further encourage quantitative exploration, the simulations also offer measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers. As the user manipulates these interactive tools, responses are immediately animated thus effectively illustrating cause-and-effect relationships as well as multiple linked representations (motion of the objects, graphs, number readouts, etc.)
Format	HTML, Java, Flash
Language	English, German, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Russian
Subject	Physics, Computational Science, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences
Keyword	None listed
Audience	Educator, Learner/Student
Education Level	Higher Education, Middle School, Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, High School, Grade 12, Grade 11, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 5, Grade 4, Upper Elementary, Elementary School, Grade 3, Undergraduate (Lower Division)
HPCU Subject	Domain Applications
HPCU Subject 2	Physics, Computational Science, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Acoustics, Software, Tools, Computer Systems Organization, Software Categories, Applications, Modeling Software, Subject Areas, Life Sciences and Bioinformatics, Physical Science and Engineering, Earth Sciences or Geosciences, Modern Physics
Type	Search Engine/Collection, Tool, Instructional Material, Simulation