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Interactive Physics 2005

Computer animation brings physics theories to life!

The foundations of science discovery are imagination and "what if" curiosity. Interactive Physics makes your students active learners and empowers them to:

• Explore the physical world through fast paced exciting simulation.

• Visualize the abstract scientific concepts taught in the classroom.

• Test hypothesis and investigate "what if" scenarios.

• Learn school-to-career job skills with real-world motion tools.

"Interactive Physics is exciting...This program definitely sets the standard for modeling physical systems on the computer"

-Paul Hewitt, author of Conceptual Physics

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Create, run, and change experiments not possible or practical in the lab. Perhaps the most widely known educational physics simulator, IP includes a library of over 150 ready-to-run experiments. Create models; add objects like springs, dampers, and ropes; measure attributes of your objects like velocity, acceleration, momentum, and energy. Display these measurements as numbers, graphs, or animated vector displays.

The Workshop Projects acquaint new users with the available tools and get them started with six simple experiments. Users can attach images to the objects they create and add sound effects or sound measurements to their experiments.

Besides building models, Interactive Physics lets you and your students take important measurements while a simulation runs. You can:

• Measure physical quantities such as velocity, acceleration, momentum, angular momentum, kinetic, and friction.

• Display measurements as numbers, graphs, or animated vector displays.

Explore the simulation below on Projectile Motion

Use the buttons and controls to run the simulation and change the parameters of the launch. You'll need to allow Active-X to run on your browser to view the applet.

Please allow the Active-X component to run to view this simulation.

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With more than a million users and in 11 languages, Interactive Physics is breathing life into the world of physics.

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• Model Newtonian mechanics

• Alter friction and elasticity

• Change gravity or even turn it off

• Control almost any physical characteristic of an object

• Create models and simulations limited only by your imagination

Interactive Physics is Easy-to-use!

• No programming required

• Build models by drawing on the computer screen

• Springs, ropes, dampers, slots, joints, pulleys, actuators, meters, buttons, sliders, and mass shapes are all available

• Assign parameters to specify conditions for a simulation

• Click RUN to animate the model under these specific conditions

• Interactive Physics accurately determines how objects should behave while presenting a realistic simulation.

Supports State-of-the-Art Pedagogy

Interactive Physics offers powerful tools for modern learning:

• Simulations that develop inquiry skills and physical knowledge

• Model-building for active, constructive problem solving

• Animation helps students visualize abstract concepts

• Multiple representations that support different learning styles

Interactive Physics is the perfect complement to traditional physics instruction.

• Illustrate concepts and principles in lectures

• Simulate difficult, end-of-chapter problems

• Compare simulation results with symbolically-derived solutions

• Interactive Physics' modeling and simulation capabilities are especially compatible with inquiry learning.

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"In tutoring Middle School students to teaching graduate students at Stanford, I find Interactive Physics is to Physics as a calculator is to math."
-Paul Mitiguy, Prof. of Physics - Stanford University

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• Reduced complexity- modeling tools highlight important relationships and dependencies while filtering out distracting information

• Repeatability- simulation controls provide opportunities for students to repeat investigations over and over and construct an understanding of the effect of incremental changes in variables

• Compressed feedback loops- a model's ability to compress time enables students to observe changes in a simulated phenomenon that would ordinarily require long periods of time

• Increased range of experience- modeling and simulation approaches enable students to experience phenomena that would otherwise be impossible, impractical or dangerous

• Designed interactions- modeling and simulation approaches enable teachers to set up specific cases to focus students' attention

IP upgrades will be accepted with corresponding valid  Windows 5.0 or Mac 3.0 serial number (no upgrades from IP 3.0 or earlier) Please include your serial number in the comments section of the order page.

System requirements: (CD-ROM: Both Windows 95 & Macintosh Systems Versions) Interactive Physics 2005 requires Windows 95 or higher or Windows NT, or Macintosh System 7.1 or greater.

Download a demo of IP-2005

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