{"id":75,"date":"2009-03-17T19:20:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T03:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/?p=75"},"modified":"2009-03-17T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T03:21:23","slug":"resource-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/2009\/03\/17\/resource-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This week I explored virtual chem. Lab programs on the internet, focusing specifically on this website <a href=\"http:\/\/chemlab.byu.edu\/tour\/Chemistry\">http:\/\/chemlab.byu.edu\/tour\/Chemistry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I like how this software combines visualization of lab technique with the creation of data values so that students can combine a scientific technique with the formulas they learn about in class.<span> <\/span>While I am still a strong believer in the benefits of traditional experiments, this is a great alternative for distance education students who are unable to carry out traditional labs, for expensive labs that are no longer feasible in school, and as a pre-lab activity to help familiarize the students with what they will be doing in the lab and for what sort of data points to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In my searching I have not come across any programs that combine virtual labs with simulations allowing students to visualize what is happening at the sub-microscopic level.<span> <\/span>In a titration for example, the virtual lab software allows the student to understand the technique involved (to a degree) and to generate very accurate data about pH or concentration, but it doesn\u2019t allow them to actually see what is happening at the molecular level.<span> <\/span>Programs such as NetLogo do a much better job of helping students visualize this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Unfortunately, as this is not free software, I was not able to generate much discussion about it with my peers.<span> <\/span>In exploring the posting this week I have encountered many new types of simulations for use in the math and science classroom that aid in visualization from the macroscopic to the microscopic level.<span> <\/span>I am amazed and impressed by the amount of free software available for use in classrooms!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I explored virtual chem. Lab programs on the internet, focusing specifically on this website http:\/\/chemlab.byu.edu\/tour\/Chemistry I like how this software combines visualization of lab technique with the creation of data values so that students can combine a scientific technique with the formulas they learn about in class. While I am still a strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1953,2984],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etec533","category-module-c-emerging-genres-of-teaching-learning-and-digital-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/steffaniereid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}