George Chin Jr. Wen Gong Ray A. Reaux Madhan Subhas
Project Goals:
The goal of this project was to develop a multimedia tool to teach high school students basic physics principles. It is a part of an on-going development effort for Mark Freeman, a physics teacher at the Blacksburg High School.
The project consists of 4 modules which use graphics, sound, animation, as well as text to present information on:
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Force and Motion - Force, motion, and dynamics
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Wave Theory - Wave theory, interference, superposition of waves
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Sound Waves - Sound waves, speed of sound, intensity, and doppler
efffect
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Electricity - Electrical charges and electrical fields
Tools Used:
The Physics Tutorial System was developed using Macromind Director, SoundEdit, Aldus Photoshop, and graphics tools such as MacPro Draw.
Downloading the Physics Education Laboratory Software:
The Physics Education Laboratory software runs on Macintosh computers and requires Macromind Director 4.0 to execute.
Warning! - The download option does not currently work because we have yet to locate an anonymous ftp site for our software.
Other Physics Education Web Sites:
The following list contains links to other web sites which have information related to physics education:
- Physics Education - Research group in physics education at the University of Nebraska
- University Physics II - Workshop Physics - Student resource for second semester physics from the University of Arkansas
- Wonders of Physics - Travelling show of dramatic physics demonstrations from the University of Wisconsin