Science simulations

By Peter Banks2017-01-25T08:50:00

Web Watch: A revamped, expanded and unmissable resource

The PhET (physics education technology) simulations have been around for several years and in my opinion the project is one of the best uses of the Nobel prize money. In 2001, Carl Wieman used his winnings to help set-up a set of interactive physics simulations. Based at the University of Colorado Boulder, US, the project has been expanded in recent years to include chemistry related simulations.

Since 2014, the simulations have been getting a bit of modernisation thanks, in part, to the Royal Society of Chemistry. This means that many simulations are now in HTML5 and will therefore now work on pretty much any device.

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