VI--Equity and Excellence for All Students

TEACHING PHYSICS WITH DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS

Thank you for your interest in our simulators. This is a PC/Windows application. Click on the links below to download the simulators. Once you've downloaded and unzipped* the file, double-click on the icon to begin a brief installation process. Then click on the chosen simulator (Heat Flow Simulator 2, Collision Simulator or Curve Simulator) on the Windows Start menu to launch the application. These are best viewed at an 800 x 600 monitor resolution.

Each of these simulators contains a feedback form in Word format which can be e-mailed to Gary Hirsch with any comments and/or suggestions you might have.


Design an Energy Efficient Building

photo of house

Heat and Cool Your Home and Save Money

Home Heat Flow Simulator Installer

Get Around the Curve Safely!

photo of French Hill, near Williston, VT

A Driving Adventure

Travel Around a Curve

What Happens When You Collide?

photo of road w/oncoming traffic

A Cautionary Tale

Collision


Gary Hirsch
Creator of Learning Environments
Wayland, Massachusetts

Jim Jones
Northfield Middle/High School
Northfield, Vermont


Supported by the Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology (VISMT) [now known as The Vermont Institutes]
Under National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement #ESR-9711997

*Don't have a compression utility program? Click here to download a free evaluation version of WinZip 9.0, which you can use to unzip the file.