Pre-packaged vs. make your own simulations: lessons learned

11/5/2018

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) simulations can encourage creativity and critical thinking in ways that pre-packaged simulations do not. Presented at the OAPT 2018 conference, this session shared some of the lessons learned about how to incorporate a DIY simulation project into your own classroom.

The simulation engines students used primarily, included:

Algodoo (this can be either downloaded onto a desktop computer as a standalone application, or purchased as an App for iPad)
Physion (no longer available, as of January 2018)

A brief summary of these ideas can be found in my article "DIY Simulations" posted in the OAPT newsletter (April 24, 2018).