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1999
This high school physics resource is a simulator for optics, electronics, force, motion, and sound. Students can study oscillations, look at sound waves, and use probes to graph a wide variety of quantities. Over 100 activities are pre-written, and students can easily create their own additional activities using the multimedia editor. (WRM)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Demonstrations (Science)
1999
This high school chemistry resource is an on-screen chemistry lab. In the program, students can experiment with a huge range of chemicals, choosing the form, quantity and concentrations. Dangerous or difficult experiments can be investigated safely and easily. A vast range of equipment can be set up, and complex simulations can be put together and…
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
Chen, David – 1988
This document contains an instructional unit which deals with one major topic in ecology. It focuses on the variables which affect the development of populations and determine their final size within a given period of time. The variables operating in nature which determine the development of populations are numerous, thus complicating the task of…
Descriptors: Animals, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
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O'Reilly, Kevin – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1994
Contends that an important goal in history instruction is helping students understand the complexity of events. Describes the use of "Escalation," a commercially available computer simulation, in a high school U.S. history class. Includes excerpts from student journals kept during the activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction