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On Thursday, June 7th from 9-12:30 PM, Trish Loeblein, PhET K-12 Specialist and Evergreen High School physics & chemistry teacher, along with a chemistry post-doc from PhET will be holding a workshop at the Instructional Support Facility (ISF) for the Cherry Creek School District in Centennial, CO on how to incorporate PhET into your high school chemistry class.

Space is limited. Please contact Mary Bartholomew at [email protected] to register for the workshop.

Cost: $10 (pay at door)

Location Details:
Instructional Support Facility (ISF)
Cherry Creek School District
5416 S. Riviera Way
Centennial, CO 80015

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Using PhET Simulations for Science Inquiry: Free, Researched, Web-Based Resources

The PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado provides a free website of research-based simulations designed to support student learning through active engagement, including Energy Skate Park, Salts and Solubility, Gas Properties, Density, Circuit Construction Kit, and Build an Atom. The simulations are free, and can run from the PhET website (http://phet.colorado.edu) or downloaded to a local computer for offline use. This webinar will offer an opportunity to explore some of the PhET sims and collaborate with other webinar participants to investigate productive ways to incorporate these in your curriculum. Also, learn how to access lesson plans that PhET team members and other teachers have used and submitted to the Teaching Ideas database.

See PhET Director, Kathy Perkins, at the AAPT Winter Meeting in Ontario, CA February 4-8. She’ll be giving an invited talk on Monday Feb. 6th at 6:30 PM on “Teaching Physics with PhET Simulations: Engaging Students and Increasing Learning” Session CE02.

Did you miss our webinar on November 15th?

Using PhET Simulations for Science and Mathematics Inquiry
Trish Loeblein, PhET K12 Specialist and Evergreen HS Teacher
Noah Podolefsky, Research Associate

The archived webinar is posted at The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways project website.

In this webinar, we
1. focused on the middle level learner;
2. explored mathematics and science simulations such as Energy Skate Park, Equation Grapher, Estimation, Arithmetic, Density, Circuit Construction Kit, and Build an Atom;
3. investigated productive ways to incorporate PhET sims in your curriculum; and
4. learned about how to access lesson plans that PhET team members and other teachers have used and submitted to our Teaching Ideas database.

Here’s a copy of PhET research associate, Noah Podolefsky’s talk Using PhET Interactive Simulations to Enhance Science Learning.

Using PhET Simulations for Science and Mathematics Inquiry: Free, Researched, Web-Based Resources
Trish Loeblein, PhET K12 Specialist and Evergreen HS Teacher
Noah Podolefsky, Research Associate

Join the room using this URL up to 15 minutes before the webinar starts:
http://bit.ly/PhETWebinar

In this webinar, we will:
1. focus on the middle level learner;
2. explore mathematics and science simulations such as Energy Skate Park, Equation Grapher, Estimation, Arithmetic, Density, Circuit Construction Kit, and Build an Atom;
3. investigate productive ways to incorporate PhET sims in your curriculum; and
4. learn about how to access lesson plans that PhET team members and other teachers have used and submitted to our Teaching Ideas database.

See you at VSS 2011 in Indianapolis, IN November 9-11. Stop by our booth #8.

PhET research associate, Noah Podolefsky, attended the ESUD 2011-VIII Brazilian Congress of Distance Higher Education, Oct. 3-5 and presented, Using PhET Interactive Simulations to Improve Science Learning in Distance Education. Listen to his talk here.

Due to lack of pre-registered attendees, we’re sorry to have to cancel the iNACOL Webinar.

Register now for a an iNACOL Teacher Talk webinar on September 15 at 6 PM ET. Here’s some information on what we’re going to cover:

Using PhET Simulations for Science Inquiry: Free, researched, web-based resources
Trish Loeblein, PhET K12 Specialist and Evergreen HS Teacher
Kathy Perkins, Director, PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado

Engage your students in STEM learning with free simulations. The 102 sims are animated, interactive, game-like environments which engage students in active thinking, encourage experimentation, and help develop visual and conceptual models of physical phenomena. This session will introduce the sims and the research that informs their design and use. Session participants will exchange ideas for using PhET sims with their online learning environment.