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System tools → preferences → main menu → Select science → Click on NEW ITEM → Name – PhET → Command- firefox /opt/PhET/index.html → OK
System tools → preferences → main menu → Select science → Click on NEW ITEM → Name – PhET → Command- firefox /opt/PhET/index.html → OK
==Overview of Features==
==Overview of Features==
'''Visual Aids and Demos'''
By using sims as an animated illustration, nstructors find that it is easier to communicate effectively with their students. The sims
show dynamic processes and these can be slowed down, sped up, or paused,depending on the concept being shown; the invisible is made visible; and multiple representations are linked.Finally,the sims are easily adjusted by the instructor during the discussion. These features often make sims more effective for learning and more practical to use than static drawings or live demos.
'''Student-driven Discussions'''
PhET is designed to help students develop science inquiry skills by exploring cause - and - effect relationships. Instructors can facilitate whole -class inquiry by creating a scenario in the simulation, and asking students to predict the effect of manipulating variables. In such classrooms, students often spontaneously ask many more, and deeper questions.
It is common for students to ask a series of “what - if” questions and direct the teachers’ use of the sim
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==Other similar applications==
==Other similar applications==