Great interactive tool for students!
Submitted 4 years ago
Community Review for PhET Interactive Simulations
My Take
My students loved this interactive opportunity, but it definitely has to correspond with your already taught lesson. There is not a lot of instruction on how it works, so I felt that it had to be teacher-led at the beginning.
How I Use It
I used this tool to further students' knowledge of the force of gravity and velocity in relation to the orbit of objects.
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ERICK P.
Bethlehem Early Learning Center
Ridgewood, NJ
May 2, 2022
The product was easy to navigate and was a useful tool for the classroom.
Overall, it was an easy tool to use for my students needs. It was easy to set-up and students had no trouble using it. The lessons were also easy enough but also helped encourage learning that I would use this again in the future.
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PEIQING Z.
May 1, 2022
It is a useful tool to make STEM classroom
I encourage teachers to use it. However, the quality of your course is more important than relying on simulations. Observation and debriefing are key. There's a broad variety of simulations to pick from which make testing different aspects of testing things fun.
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MEGAN A.
May 1, 2022
Fun and easy to use for both teachers and students; a truly valuable online resource
I would like to emphasize the benefits of manipulating materials, for both science and math, with your hands! But, if certain lessons/experiments are too costly, time inefficient, or tend to be prone to error, the virtual options PhET offers are extremely valuable. Using PhET also opens up opportunities for fully virtual learning in the event of emergencies (lockdowns, fully remote learning would be required). Nowadays, resources like PhET are invaluable for helping avoid learning loss in the event of being forced to move to fully remote instruction.
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