{"id":139,"date":"2020-03-09T21:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T04:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-03-10T20:37:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T03:37:12","slug":"interactive-math-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/2020\/03\/09\/interactive-math-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Math\/Science Simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulations\/category\/math\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhET<\/a> was created by the University of Colorado Boulder and it consists of a number of educational applications that explore mathematic and scientific concepts.\u00a0 The website is organized so that teachers can search by subject area and grade level.\u00a0 For example, there is an app called &#8220;area builder&#8221; where students can manipulate squares on a grid and observe how the area and perimeter of\u00a0 the remaining shape changes response to their actions.\u00a0 Such an app has value in a classroom where students are in the formative stage of learning concepts because they can experiment with mathematical concepts.\u00a0 Also, using this app is an eco-friendly alternative to pencil and paper worksheets.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there is a section on website where educators can search based on compatibility with devices.\u00a0 The aforementioned subdivision of apps is important to teachers because the types of technologies available to them varies greatly from school to school and district to district.\u00a0 Finally, the apps on this website are a useful resource to support students who have difficulties with fine motor skill.\u00a0 A majority of them can be accessed on touchscreen devices such as an iPad.\u00a0 The latter point of accessibility is worth noting because this website allows students with disabilities to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding when they may have been disadvantaged by having to use a pencil and paper in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">PhET was created by the University of Colorado Boulder and it consists of a number of educational applications that explore&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2233,673],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/techtalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}