Posted by David Wetzel
The Utah Education Network has provided a links to interactive educational games for science in grades 3 through 12.
These educational games cover all science core subject areas: Physics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, and Geology.
Secondary Science Educational Games
Secondary Science Educational Games
Categories include:
Science Activities such as “Vanishing Sharks” - Students learn why the shark populations are declining.
More Science such as “Black Holes: Gravity’s Relentless Pull” - Students learn about black holes.
Physics such as “Design a Roller Coaster” - Students learn how to design roller coasters.
Genetics such as “Zoo Matchmaker” - Students learn how to save endangered species.
Virtual Labs such as “Cardiology Lab” - Students help a doctor examine and diagnose three different patients who have symptoms of heart disease.
Elementary Science Educational Games
Elementary Science Educational Games
Categories include:
3rd Grade one example is “The Odd Machine” - Students learn how forces and simple machines can work together.
4th Grade one example is “Water Evaporation Activity” -Students study the effect of humidity and temperature on the evaporation rate of water.
5th Grade one example is “Stages of Life” -Students learn about the stages of life for different organisms.
6th Grade one example is “Creepy Critters” -Students learn how to identify the creepy critters that may be living on or in their your body
Required Computer Program Plugins
Java Software
Shockwave
Flash
Posted by David Wetzel
Virtual Chemistry Lab
Here’s your chance to mix chemicals without wearing safety goggles. You won’t spill any acid on the spectrometer in this lab.
Choose solutions from the vast database and mix ‘em together till the cloned cows come home. Marvel as the chemical solutions react in real time.
Sample Simple Virtual Experiment
- Student goes to virtual workshop site (see below), open a new workbench (File>select New Workbench (Cntl-N).
- Then select Tools>Glassware>Beakers>600 ml Beaker.
- After the Beaker appears, using the LEFT mouse button, drag the beaker to the center of the work bench.
- Then RIGHT click and Select “Set as Recipient”.
- Select from the Stockroom Explorer (left hand side of screen) Distilled Water, using the Left Mouse button DRAG the water container onto the Workshop bench.
- Right click on the distilled water container and then select “set as Source”.
- Notice that the water container moves over your beaker.
- At the bottom of the workbench screen, look for the box next to “TRANSFER AMOUNT mL”. Type in 100, and then click the POUR button.
- Observe that 100 mL of water has been added to your beaker.
- Note down the Solution Info on the right hand side of the workbench. The pH is neutral (as demonstrated by equal concentrations of -OH and +H ions).
- Select Tools>Bunsen burner.
- After the Bunsen burner appears, using the LEFT mouse button, drag the Bunsen burner to a location under the beaker.
- Click on the Bunsen burner with the LEFT mouse burner and two arrows, one up and one down, appears on the right side.
- Click on the up arrow using the Left mouse button, this increases the size of the flame under the beaker.
- On the right side above the pH meter, the temperature increases from 25 degrees Celsius to 100 degrees Celsius (specific heat of water)
- Next observe that the pH of the boiling water drops to a pH of 6, down from a pH of 7.
This is a simple experiment to get a feel for how to operate the virtual chemistry lab.
Resource
Virtual Chemistry Lab Workshop
