AAPT/AAAS
Winter Meeting
February 12-16, 2009
Chicago IL
Easy Java Simulations: From Free Fall to Chaos
Workshop Registration
You must sign up for the Workshop when you register for the Winter Meeting.
On-site registration for
this workshop.
Friday, February 13
8:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: See AAPT Winter
Meeting Registration Site
Partial funding for this work was obtained
through NSF grant DUE-0442581.
Organizer
Committee on Educational Technologies
Who Should Attend
This workshop will benefit anyone teaching or planning to teach introductory and advanced level physics. We will discuss the general pedagogical and technical issues in the design of interactive computer-based tutorials and how Ejs models can be adapted to your local situation.
Workshop Description
Easy Java Simulations, Ejs, is a free and open source tool for creating Java simulations. Unlike other software programs designed to make programming easier for programmers, the structure of the Ejs environment allows users to focus on the process of building simulations, and therefore the underlying physics, as opposed to the technical aspects of building simulations. In this workshop participants will learn how to use Ejs to create simple and advanced simulations for mechanics. We will distribute on a CD the Ejs programming environment and several completed curricular units. The workshop will be based on templates that can be easily adapted to simulate other, more advanced, physical phenomena.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops with a CD drive and the latest version of Java installed.
The Open Source Physics Project is generously supported by the National Science Foundation (DUE-0442581).