In 2002, Nobel Laureate Dr. Carl Wieman founded PhET as a way to help students learn through independent exploration. Funded in part by Dr. Wieman’s Nobel award, a team of scientists and designers ...

LeadDavid Webb (Co-PI)GoalThis project seeks to enable teachers to fully-leverage interactive simulations to advance student engagement and learning of mathematics, moving technology from the margins ...

Michelle L. Meadows, Joanne C. Caniglia, Using PhET Simulations in the Mathematics Classroom, The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 112, No. 5 (March 2019), pp. 386-389 ...

And PhET, a research and development laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is currently expanding the formative-assessment tools built into its 128 digital math and science simulations.

When combined with opportunities for discussion and reflection, simulations are a recommended way to incorporate activities more carefully into the science curriculum (Bybee and Van Scotter 2006-2007) ...