1. TEACHING SCIENCE WITH SIMULATIONS

2. INTENDED AUDIENCE SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS

3. PURPOSE OF ETPD SESSION  AWARENESS OF SIMULATIONS  HOW TO INTEGRATE INTO CURRICULUM

4. WHAT ARE SIMULATIONS? Computational models of real or hypothesized situations or natural phenomena that allow users to explore the implications of manipulating or modifying parameters within them ( Clark et al., 2009)

5. WHY TEACH WITH SIMULATIONS? ( deeper understanding)  Real-world situations for problem solving  Investigate phenomena inaccessible in the classroom  Differentiate Instruction  Implement ISTE standard-1cISTE

6. HOW TO TEACH WITH SIMULATIONS 1. INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION– prepare lesson plans incorporating curriculum objectives, procedures, and analysis questions 2. ACTIVE STUDENT PARTICIPATION--- engage in problem solving 3. POST-SIMULATION DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS- student reflect on the simulation results

7. Resource - phETphET

8. SUMMARY ENGAGE STUDENTS DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE CONCEPTS phET Simulations

9. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE USE phET in classroom JOIN SHARED COMMUNITY Classroom 2.0 Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/Classroom 2.0 Group Livingston Parish Secondary Science Teachers COLLABORATE Share ideas and discuss the use of simulations in the classroom Provide other website resources for simulations