PhET

McKenny Goodale
What is PhET

PhET provides fun, free,

Extensively test and evaluate
interactive, research-based
each simulation to ensure
science, and mathematics
educational effectiveness.
simulations.

The simulations are written in

These tests include student
HTML5 and can be run online
interviews and observation of
or downloaded to your
simulation use in classrooms.
computer.

Their goal is to help students

engage in science and
mathematics through inquiry,
PhET simulations are
developed using the
following design principles:
More about PhET
To further explain…

• Encourage scientific inquiry.

• Provide interactivity.
• Make the invisible visible.
• Show visual mental models.
• Include multiple representations (e.g., object motion, graphs, numbers, etc.)
• Use real-world connections.
• Give users implicit guidance (e.g., by limiting controls) in productive exploration.
How to use
PhET for
homework
Features of PhET

• PhET can be used for many different

subjects.
• For example, a math student wanting to
study mean has access to many videos
and tools to aid the learning process.
• The student can adjust the difficulty of
these simulations.
References

• “Phet Interactive Simulations.” PhET, https://phet.colorado.edu/.