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Archive for May, 2011

May 2011 Newsletter


Screenshot of the May 2011 PhET newsletter

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Tuesday

May 31

2011

Thank You Idaho Digital Learning

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Thanks Idaho Digital Learning for supporting PhET through a generous donation. If you want to become a sponsor, go to CU Foundation PhET Project Fund. Or, e-mail kathryn.dessau@colorado.edu. Depending upon the level of sponsorship, your logo can appear on our website which has had over 15 million sims downloaded last year!

Tuesday

May 24

2011

New Isotope and Atomic Mass Sim


Isotope and Atomic Mass

Are all atoms of a given element the same? How can you tell one isotope from another? Learn about isotopes, and about how to calculate the average atomic mass of an element.

Wednesday

May 18

2011

New Bending Light Sim


Bending Light

Explore bending of light between two mediums with different indices of refraction. See how changing from air to water to glass changes the bending angle. Play with prisms of different shapes and make rainbows.

Thursday

May 12

2011

PhET Podcast Now on iTunes

Check out our podcast at http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/phet-interactive-simulation/id432333491.
Are there ideas that you’d like to see in podcasts? Let us know.

Saturday

May 7

2011