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Actively Engage Students in Content and Practices with Interactive Simulations!AMANDA MCGARRY, SUSAN MILLER, AND THE PHET TEAM • ISTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE • JUNE 2016!
Agenda!What is PhET?!
How do simulations help students learn math? !
What does a sim-based lesson look like?!
Where do I find sims and teaching resources? !
What new sims can I look forward to? !
130 free interactive simulations !Physics, Chemistry, Math, Biology, Earth Science!
K-12 and college!
Open source!
Translated into 78 languages!
Can be run offline!
What is PhET?!
Interactive simulations… !Are dynamic!
Are intuitive!
Link representations !
Connect to the real world !
What is PhET?!
Least-Squares Regression!What is PhET?!
Research-based design!How do simulations
help students
learn?!
http://phet.colorado.edu/publications/phet_design_process.pdf !
Fractions Intro !How do simulations
help students
learn?!
Fractions Intro !How do simulations
help students
learn?!
PhET simulations… !
Are thoroughly enjoyable!
Connect to everyday life!
Emphasize conceptual learning !
Links between representations !
Engage students in exploration !
Give students a sense of ownership!
How do simulations
help students
learn?!
PhET sims are not manipulatives!How do simulations
help students
learn?!
Function Builder !(available August 2016) !
How do simulations
help students
learn?!
Teacher facilitation strategies !Start with open play!
Avoid explicit instruction!
Make learning objectives explicit and meaningful!
Monitor and measure student learning !
Reflect and refine facilitation techniques !
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Activity guidelines!Align with learning goals and standards !
Start with open play !
Avoid explicit instruction!
Use open, investigative questions and challenge prompts!
!
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/for-teachers/activity-guide !
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Area Builder!What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Area Builder!
Play with the sim for a few minutes!!
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
http://phet.colorado.edu!
Area Builder!Q1: Build two different shapes with an area of 10.!
Q2: Build two different shapes with an area of 10 and perimeter of 14. !
Q3: Build a shape on the left. Build one on the right that is scaled by a factor of 3. How do area and perimeter change? !
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Graphing Lines !What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Graphing Lines !Slope screen: How does changing the slope affect the graph of the line? The equation of the line?!
Slope-Intercept screen: What happens to the graph of a line when you change the coefficient of x? What happens when you change the constant? !
Point-Slope screen: How are slope-intercept form and point-slope form related? !
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Trig Tour!What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Trig Tour!Q1: Use what you know about 45-45-90 triangles to justify the values of sine and cosine!
Q2: Find three angles where the cosine is equal to ½. What is true about all three angles? !
Q3: Explain how the graphs of cosine, sine, and tangent are related. !
What does a sim-based
lesson look like?!
Information about the sim!Where do I find
teaching resources? !
Support for using the sim!Where do I find
teaching resources? !
Tips for teaching with PhET !Where do I find
teaching resources? !
Proportion Playground !What new sims can I
look forward to? !
Expression Exchange !What new sims can I
look forward to? !
Plinko Probabiliy (now in HTML5) !What new sims can I
look forward to? !
