…can be installed as a desktop app, which can be used to create high-quality simulations that can be deployed on the Internet as applets. It comes with about 40 templates…
…open source programming opens up possibilities. For instance, Jmol is a Java-based 3D viewer for chemical structures that we were able to incorporate into Molecular Workbench to allow people to…
…of materials, and quantum mechanics. In high school, they could deepen their understanding through a semi-quantitative treatment of these concepts. They could, for instance, understand the central role of energy…
…device that can detect changes in the real world and augment the signals with virtual reality. For instance, when a framed tablet approaches a heat source, it will show a…
…best monitor and support diverse student learning using instantaneous electronic feedback about each student’s investigations and thinking. We believe that the classroom can be a community of learning mediated by…
…combine, and compare data from multiple experiments instantly to manipulate and explore patterns and relationships that were once almost entirely out of reach. With tools like this, whole classes can…
…HTML5 version of Molecular Workbench we’re developing under our new grant from Google.org, for instance, and see the atoms speed up as the temperature increases? Or set up an online…
…Instapaper queue right now – it’s a great reminder of how far we’ve come in such a short time, and about how Microsoft continued a strange fumble with their Surface…
…number and size of the planets, or their orbital shapes — will depend on the mass of the star. For instance, a more massive star would mean a bigger disk,…
…cycle by the end of, say, 2500. Compared to the geological timescale, that’s almost instant.” “We run the risk of reproducing that big carbon-discharge event, but faster, by burning fossil…