3 Day Workshop on PhET Simulations

Introduction

We regret to inform you that we are postponing the 3 day workshop on PhET Simulations workshop scheduled on 22 April to 24 April 2021 to a later date.
New dates for the workshop will be announced soon. Registration fee will be refunded shortly.
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

PhETs are interactive simulations for topics in science and mathematics, suitable for elementary, middle school, high school and university level students.

Simulations are more effective for conceptual understanding and also are a great way to capture the students' attention. The focus of the simulation is on understanding the concept, cause and effect. PhET simulations are open source and hence free for all students and teachers. The simulations can be run online or downloaded to your computer.

The FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project at IIT Bombay (https://fossee.in) has been promoting PhET, and other free and open source software such as Jmol Application, ChemCollective Virtual Lab, Avogadro  and other FLOSS, such as OpenFOAM, Scilab, Python, eSim, Osdag, OpenModelica, R, Drupal and Linux, and open source hardware, such as Arduino and OpenPLC. The FOSSEE Project is funded by NMEICT, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

Methodology of the Workshop

The workshop will be for 3 days, around 6 hrs of lectures/hands on session on each day. The workshop will be conducted using a mix of pre-recorded spoken tutorial videos with side by side learning and live lectures. Practice problems/assignments will also be provided after every topic followed by discussions on them to get a good understanding of each topic.

All participants will get Spoken Tutorials on PhET Simulations, video recording of all lectures and several solved problems. Using these, all those who are interested in conducting  PhET Simulations workshops by themselves can do so.  They will also get  an opportunity to contribute to the collaborative content creation activity of the FOSSEE Project.

Benefits of the Workshop

• Understand how to use a PhET Simulation.
• Design your own learning activity using a PhET simulation.
• Create assignments that aid in student  assessment. 
• e-Certificate for attending the 3 day PhET simulation workshop.

Course content

Following PhET interactive Simulations will be covered during the workshop.

• States of Matter
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Energy Forms and Changes
• Energy Skate Park
• Bending Light
• Color Vision
• Build an Atom
• pH Scale
• Projectile Motion
• Pendulum Lab
• Graphing Lines
• Trig Tour

Various simulations on advanced topics such as Rutherford Scattering, Neuron, Natural selection,  will be demonstrated during the workshop.

Teaching Faculty

• Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, Faculty, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.
• Dr. Snehalatha Kaliappan, Senior Project Research Scientist, Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT  Bombay.

Who Should Attend

This workshop will be useful to the secondary school (TGT science and mathematics teachers) and high school science teachers (PGT science teachers). Anybody with basic knowledge of science is also welcome to join the workshop.

Duration and Venue

3 day workshop on PhET Simulations starting from 22 April to 24 April 2021. Every day there will be an online interactive/ hands-on session for 6 hours.

Criteria for Certification

Participation certificates, in an electronic form, will be provided to all participants after successful completion of the workshop.

Course Fee

How to Apply

The application will be strictly online, and no other mode of application will be entertained.

The link for online registration is:

https://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/workshopContent.html?workshopid=eXWP9nnV7nnWTeyvs8xx6A&category=UubpVTjA3FS-DQx8uW4rlA

The registration form will be available until 20 April 2021, 4:00 pm

Accommodation

Not applicable

Note

• As the workshop is conducted online, it is mandatory to have a desktop/ laptop with an external mouse and a working internet connection with good bandwidth.  The laptop should be capable of running PhET Simulations software.

Technical Requirements:

The simulations can be run online or downloaded to your computer.

The installation sheet is available here.

Link to run online PhET Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/

Link to download  offline PhET Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/offline-access

Link for checking System requirements for using PhET Simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/help-center/running-sims

Please install latest version of web browsers (Google Chrome/Firefox/Safari)  

Contact Us

• Any queries related to Spoken Tutorials on PhET Simulations can be asked through Spoken Tutorial Forums.
• You can also send the queries regarding PhET Simulations to workshops@spoken-tutorial.org
• Any other general queries about the workshop can be sent to eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in

Address For Communication

Mahendra Parmar,
Sr. Project Manager, ESOS Project
Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai - 400 076.
Email: eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in
Website - www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict