9. PHET simulations

PhET simulation is an interactive educational tool 

that provides us real-life

experience. It gives children opportunity to explore and learn on their own. It makes learning more enjoyable and engaging, fun, and interactive. Children can learn visually and through their own experience. In the class, we were taught how to use science simulations on constructing one simple circuit. It was my first-time experience to use such an interesting learning technology. If we were taught in this way, we would have much bigger insight on the science subject and learning won’t be much difficult.  We just know how the light glows when we switch on but we have never seen or experienced it. Through the simulations, I have come to know how we can increase the brightness and what happens when we increase the number of batteries. I know the instrument to measure current but I never knew how to connect. But through simulations, I have come to know all this. If we incorporate all this while we move to the field then we can make teaching and learn more effectively. 

My class task

Some of the benefits of using simulations are as followsMake the invisible visible

• Show visual mental models
• Include multiple representations (e.g., object motion, graphs, numbers, etc.)
• Use real-world connections
• Give users implicit guidance (e.g., by limiting controls) in productive exploration
• Create a simulation that can be flexibly used in many educational situations