PhET

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[|PhET]is a website developed by the University of Colorado research team, which provides free interactive simulations of physical phenomena.

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. These simulations also offer measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers.

Here is a simple PhET simulation of projectile motion.

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PhET has been widely adopted by educators across the world. It has received wide accolades and was also the recipient of [|Tech Award 2011.]the laureate of Tech Award 2011. The best way to use simulations in class is to give a scenario and ask students to write down their predictions.The teacher then asks them on their predictions and show them the simulation.They would then analyze and compare it with their ideas.They can come up with different questions like what would happen if x is changed.This can be easily explained using simulation as we can change the different parameters.