Willie McTiernan and Martin Owen presented on the Racing Academy Software at ICTEDU2013 in LIT Thurles. Racing academy is a game to teach people physics by using a simulated car and drag race. It has options to change your car (You can choose the engine, colour, brakes, tyres and gears). Once you have chosen your car you race it. At the end you can see a graph of your speed and your opponents speed.
Willie and Martin also presented on other resources at ICTEDU 2013:
Open source physics
This shows students different resources for science. It has resources for chemistry , biology and physics. Watch out because it is in Lithuanian but if you use Google chrome you can translate it
Explore learning
This is a resource that show simulations of different things in science. It costs money to get an account but you can get a free 30 day trial
Molecular model for an ideal gas
It shows students that molecules obey Newtons law of motion. Molecules move in all directions in equal probibility. There is no interactions between molecules.The molecules bounced off the walls.
Interactivate rabbits and wolves
This demonstrates how predator/prey interact with each other. It shows the population of wolves, rabbits and grass. As the rabbits eat the grass the grass population drops. As the rabbit population grows the wolves start eating the rabbits. Then the wolf population grows.
It is a great way to show the food chain. You can change the parameters and see how it changes the simulation.
Interactivate multi-function data flyer
This is a free resource for drawing graphs on the Internet. You can enter your data points and it will make a graph.
Youth Media Team
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