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Modelling through animation and simulation is where ICT can have enormous impact and teaching benefit. Even with the best available tools and good technique, it is difficult for students to see the desired processes much less understand the concepts and interdependencies. Australian schools should check Scootle or NDRL, for an increasing range of resources including animations and simulations.
- Animations such as Celestia enables children to navigate around the solar system
- The online Blobz Guide To Circuits and the Virtual Circuit are neat electricity simulations
- The Utah Education Network has lots of animations for 3-6 students
- BrainPop presents information on an ever expanding range of topics.
- Edheads allows children to explore simple machines, compound machines and weather amongst other topics
- ReviseWise Science from the BBC has some great animations also
- NeoK12 has loads of videos, activities and games for K12 kids across a range of topics including heaps on science
- abpi has material on the human body for students across the grades
- 12 visualizations that will change the way you scale in your world is also fascinating
- Interactives from Anneburg has Amusement Park Physics amongst lots of other interactives
There are a number of sites where secondary school teachers can find simulations also including:
- the PhET project arguably the most comprehensive set of science simulations on the web
- Physics.org styled as your guide to physics on the web
- Chem EdDL all about chemistry
- Sumanas Animation Gallery animations across a number of science areas
- Physion is free download Physics download software
The advent of the Smartphone and tablet has opened up a whole new world of options.
Gaming is emerging as a potent way to involve students in making decisions based on science. Games for Science is an evolving example of this genre as is Quest Atlantis. The Games in Education Wikispaces is another great place to find out about games.