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Try the States of Matter Sim


States of Matter

Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in real time. Relate the interaction potential to the forces between molecules.

Friday

Apr 1

2011

New Membrane Channels Sim


Membrane Channels

Insert channels in a membrane and see what happens. See how different types of channels allow particles to move through the membrane.

Wednesday

Mar 16

2011

100 Sims!

Wow! We are so excited to announce that we now have over 100 sims at our website. And, look for more to come.

Wednesday

Mar 2

2011

New Collision Lab Sim


Collision Lab

Learn about collisions by playing air hockey! Set up your own experiments: vary the number of discs, masses and initial conditions. Is momentum conserved? Is kinetic energy conserved? Vary the elasticity and see what happens.

Friday

Feb 25

2011

New Molecules and Light Sim


Molecules and Light

Do you ever wonder how a greenhouse gas affects the climate, or why the ozone layer is important? Use the new Molecules and Light sim to explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere.

Tuesday

Feb 15

2011

New Gravity & Orbits Sim


Gravity and Orbits

Move the sun, earth, moon and space station to see how it affects their gravitational forces and orbital paths. Visualize the sizes and distances between different heavenly bodies, and turn off gravity to see what would happen without it!

Wednesday

Feb 9

2011

New Buoyancy Sim


Buoyancy

When will objects float and when will they sink? Learn how buoyancy works with blocks. Arrows show the applied forces, and you can modify the properties of the blocks and the fluid.

Wednesday

Jan 26

2011

Gene Machine: The Lac Operon Sim


Gene Machine: The Lac Operon

Build a gene network! The lac operon is a set of genes which are responsible for the metabolism of lactose in some bacterial cells. Explore the effects of mutations within the lac operon by adding or removing genes from the DNA.

Wednesday

Jan 12

2011

Updated Greenhouse Effect Sim


Greenhouse Effect

We just published an updated version of the Greenhouse Effect. In this version, we restored cloud reflection and ice reflection features. (Thanks to the user who reported this bug!) You can now see how clouds and ice influence the amount of sunlight reaching the surface. We also fixed a control-panel layout issue occuring in the Japanese translation.

Friday

Jan 7

2011

Improved Acid-Base Sim v1.01


Acid-Base Solutions

We improved our new Acid-Base Solutions sim to provide support for those with colorblindness.

Wednesday

Jan 5

2011