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[ NOTE:  This library now includes almost 15,000 individual files.  It is not hard for me to screw up a given package in the process of updates, binding, zipping, moving, and the like.  SO--PLEASE inform me of any downloads that don't work.  It is usually only a missing or misnamed file and these can be quickly fixed.] 

Problems:   rtarara@saintmarys.edu 

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LABORATORY SIMULATIONS

THESE ANIMATED PROGRAMS USE PHOTO-REALISTIC GRAPHICS (OR CAREFULLY DRAWN FACIMILES) TO REPRESENT COMMONLY USED LAB EQUIPMENT.  THE PROGRAMS ARE STRUCTURED SO THAT STUDENTS CAN COLLECT DATA IN A WAY THAT CLOSELY MIMICS THE ‘LIVE’ EXPERIMENT.

 

 

 

HYPERLINK

 

 

 

SIZE (MB)

 

 

 

LAST UPDATED

 

SIMLAB2001--PHYSICS LAB SIMULATOR

 MODULE 1-AIRTRACKS 

MODULE 2-PASCO PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

  MODULE-3 PASCO DYNAMIC CARTS 

MODULE-4 AIR TABLES

MODULE-5 SPRINGS & SHM  

          MODULE-6 FRICTION

    MODULE-7 WORK/INCLINED PLANE

 

MODULE-8 STANDING WAVES ON A STRING

MODULE-9  THE SIMPLE PENDULUM

MODULE-10  FREE FALL

MODULE-11  NEWTON'S MAZE

MODULE-12  CENTRIPETAL FORCE

MODULE-13  CALORIMETRY (NOT INCLUDED IN SIMLAB-LITE)

SIMLAB-LITE (FIRST 12 MODULES WITHOUT VIDEOS)

-REALPLAYER REQUIRED TO RUN OPTIONAL VIDEOS-

AIRTRACKS

LAUNCHER

CARTS

AIRTABLE

SPRINGS

FRICTION

WORK

WAVES

PENDULUM

FREEFALL

NEWTONS_MAZE

CENTRIPETAL

CALORIMETRY

SIMLAB_LITE

 2.8

2.5

2.5

1.6

5.6

10.5

6.2

1.1

2.8

1.0

1.0

4

34

19.5

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

08/18/04

09/0204

12/14/2004

10/03/07

10/20/08

10/03/07

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD

THESE SHORT ANIMATIONS OF PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES ARE PACKAGED BY TOPIC WITH AN INCLUDED MENU INTERFACE.  THE INDIVIDUAL ANIMATIONS CAN ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER PRESENTATIONS—SUCH AS POWER POINT (INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED).

 

MOTION

ENERGY

ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

SPECIAL RELATIVITY

OPTICS

THERMAL PHYSICS

MOTION-2006

 

ENERGY-2006

 

E&M-2006

 

SR-2006

 

OPTICS-2006

 

THERMO-2006

26

 

18

 

4.2

 

5.6

 

11.4

 

10.7

12/02/08

 

03/29/06

 

08/2506

 

11/13/06

 

08/25/06

 

08/25/06

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SIMULATORS

THESE PROGRAMS OFFER THE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF OUR ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND SYSTEMS AND TO PLAN FOR A FUTURE WITH REDUCED OR ELIMINATED USE OF FOSSIL FUELS.  THE SOFTWARE OFFERS A SERIES OF MODELS OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ENERGY USE.  SEE THE SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION PAGES FOR DETAILS.

NEW********NEW********NEW

BETA VERSION

UNITED STATES GROUP ENERGY SIMULATOR

THIS SIMULATOR EMULATES THE STYLE OF THE OLD DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND MONTANA STATE ‘ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT SIMULATOR’ IN THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO USE UP TO 5 SEPARATE COMPUTERS TO INPUT STUDENT CHOICES TO A CENTRAL (DISPLAY) COMPUTER THAT IS RUNNING THE SIMULATION.  I WANT TO DO MORE WORK ON THIS SOFTWARE, BUT IT SEEMS TO WORK AND I NEED SOME FEEDBACK, SO IT IS OFFERED NOW AS A BETA VERSION.

GROUP_ENERGY

 

8

01/14/10

U. S. ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

A SIMULATION WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL OF DETAIL CONCERNING RENEWABLE RESOURCES BUT MORE CONTROL OF DEMAND

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 2)

A MODEL THAT I USE AS A HOMEWORK PROJECT AS PART OF A FOUR MODEL SEQUENCE

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 3)

THIS MODEL IS BASED ON OUR CLASS PROJECT WITH MORE MONETARY CONCERNS AND MORE DETAILS CONCERNING RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

UNITED STATES ENERGY (MODEL 4)

NEWEST U.S. SOFTWARE COMBINING THE BEST OF MODELS 2 AND 4

ENERGY FOR THE 22ND CENTURY

THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED EXERCISE DESIGNED FOR IN CLASS USE.  SIMULATIONS CAN BE RUN IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROJECT

THIS IS THE CAPSTONE EXERCISE IN OUR SEQUENCE—USED IN LAB AND BASED ON OUR MAJOR CLASS PROJECT.  STUDENTS CAN TRY MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND REGIONS.

SEE  www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/ENERGY_PROJECT/ENERGY2100.htm FOR DETAILS ON THE CLASS PROJECT.

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

THIS IS A FAIRLY COMPLEX MODEL FOR WORLD ENERGY DESIGNED FOR MORE SERIOUS RESEARCH, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE RUN IN AN AUTOMATIC MODE SO THAT ONE CAN STUDY THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT INITIAL PARAMETER SETS—POPULATION GROWTH FOR EXAMPLE.

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 2)

THE NEWEST OF THE SIMULATORS, THIS ONE PLAYS MORE LIKE THE U.S. MODEL 4 SOFTWARE.

USENERGY2001

 

 

 

 

USENERGY2004

 

 

 

 

ENERGYPROJECT

 

 

 

USENERGY2005

 

 

 

 

FUTURE_ENERGY

 

 

 

INT_EPROJECT

 

 

 

 

WORLD2004

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD-ENERGY-2006

 

12.1

 

 

 

 

7.4

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

5.5

 

 

 

12.1

 

 

 

 

 

20

08/18/04

 

04/01/08

 

 

04/25/05

 

07/26/05

 

11/30/04

 

 

05/03/06

 

 

03/16/07

 

 

02/27/07

 

OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES

 ANIMATED CHALKBOARD--Newtons Law Test

USING THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS—A VALID BUT SOMEWHAT DISCOURAGED USAGE OF THE TEST.

UPDATED PACKAGE FOR POST-REVIEW OF STANDARDIZED TEST ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PHYSICS TEACHER, VOLUME 30, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1992 (154)

CB2000-TEST

3.4

11/15/02

TWO PARAMETER FITTING AND PLOTTING

WHILE USING EXCEL OR DEDICATED GRAPHING SOFTWARE IS MORE THE NORM TODAY, I WROTE THIS SIMPLIFIED PROGRAM TO GIVE ALL STUDENTS EASY ACCESS.  THERE ARE CERTAIN FEATURES NOT AVAILABLE IN EXCEL.

DATAFIT2002

.6

08/18/04

THE FOLLOWING OLDER VERSIONS OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD ARE AVAILABLE IN CASE YOU ARE USING OLDER (5 YEARS) COMPUTERS.  THESE MAY RUN BETTER ON OLDER SLOWER MACHINES, BUT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU FIRST TRY THE VERSIONS FOUND ABOVE.

ANIMATED CHALKBOARD-2004 VERSIONS

(UPDATED AND REPACKAGED 8/18/04)

SEE NEWER (2006) VERSIONS ABOVE--THESE VERSIONS MIGHT RUN BETTER ON SLOWER MACHINES.

MOTION

ENERGY

OPTICS

RELATIVITY

E&M

THERMO

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD (2004 VERSION)

THIS IS A SPECIAL PACKAGE OF ALL THE ANIMATIONS THAT APPEAR IN THE PACKAGES ABOVE.  EACH ANIMATION RESIDES IN A SEPARATE FOLDER WITH JUST THE NECESSARY TEXT AND GRAPHICS FILES TO RUN THE SINGLE ANIMATION.  IN THIS FORM, THE ANIMATIONS CAN EASILY BE ADDED TO POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS.  A TUTORIAL FOR DOING SO AND A FILE WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ANIMATION ARE INCLUDED.  THIS IS A WINDOWS ONLY PACKAGE AND REQUIRES EITHER 1024x768 OR 800x600 SCREEN RESOLUTIONS.  THESE CAPABILITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2006 VERSIONS FOUND ABOVE

 

ACB2004_MOTION

ACB2004_ENERGY

ACB2004_OPTICS

ACB20004_REL

ACB2004_E&M

ACB2004_THERMO

 

 

ANIMATIONS

4.5

5.3

6.3

1.9

1.6

6.8

 

 

48

08/18/04

 

SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS (WINDOWS ONLY)

HYPERLINK

SIZE (MB)

LAST UPDATED

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROJECT

(SEE DESCRIPTION ABOVE)

INT_ENERGY_ESP

5.3

05/03/06

WORLD ENERGY 2006

(SEE DESCRIPTION ABOVE)

 

WORLD2006_ESP

20

03/05/07

 

 

MACINTOSH {ALL FILES ARE STUFFIT  FORMAT.) 

FREE STUFFIT UTILITY AT: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html

NOTE TO MAC USERS.  SINCE APPLE HAS SEEN FIT TO BREAK OLDER SOFTWARE (ONCE AGAIN), YOU WILL NEED THE CLASSIC ENVIRONMENT (SYSTEM 9.x) SOFTWARE TO RUN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING UNDER OS-X. 

            WITH NEWER MACHINES (INTEL CHIPS) YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN A WINDOWS EMULATOR AND THE WINDOWS VERSIONS OF THE SOFTWARE—WHICH IS ACTUALLY PREFERRED AND THE SOFTWARE MAY RUN BETTER.  I WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATING ANY OF THE NATIVE MAC SOFTWARE.

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

SEE DESCRIPTIONS ABOVE AND ON THE SEPARATE DESCRIPTION PAGES

 

HYPERLINK

 

UPDATED

LAB SIMULATION SOFTWARE

SIMLAB2001--PHYSICS LAB SIMULATOR

MODULE 1-AIRTRACKS

MODULE 2-PROJECTILE LAUNCHER

  MODULE-3 PASCO DYNAMIC CARTS 

MODULE-4 AIR TABLES 

MODULE-5 SPRINGS & SHM  

MODULE-6  FRICTION

            MODULE-7  WORK/INCLINED PLANE

MODULE-8  STANDING WAVES ON A STRING

MODULE-9  THE SIMPLE PENDULUM

 MODULE-10  FREEFALL

 MODULE-11  NEWTON'S MAZE

MODULE-12  CENTRIPETAL FORCE

MODULE-13  CALORIMETRY

SIMLAB-LITE (MODULES 1-12 WITHOUT VIDEOS)

-REALPLAYER REQUIRED TO RUN OPTIONAL VIDEOS-

 

AIRTRACKS

LAUNCHER

CARTS

AIRTABLE

SPRINGS

FRICTION

WORK

STANDING

PENDULUM

FREEFALL

NEWTONS_MAZE

 CENTRIPETAL

CALORIMETRY

SIMLAB_LITE

 

07/29/02

07/29/02

07/29/02

07/29/02

07/29/02

01/13/03

05/19/04

10/13/03

02/03/04

09/02/04

12/14/04

10/05/07

10/30/08

10/05/07

 

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD

UPDATED JUNE 2004

ALL PACKAGES RUN AT 1024X768 OR HIGHER RESOLUTION ONLY

MOTION

ENERGY

THERMO

ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

RELATIVITY

OPTICS

 

 

 

ACB2004_MOTION

ACB2004_ENERGY

ACB2004_THERMO

ACB2004_E&M

ACB2004_RELATIVITY

ACB2004_OPTICS

06/01/04

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SIMULATORS

 

 

 

 

U. S. ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 2)

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 3)

UNITED STATES ENERGY (MODEL 4)

ENERGY FOR THE 22ND CENTURY

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROJECT

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 2)

 

 

 

USENERGY2001

USENERGY2004

ENERGYPROJECT

USENERGY2005

  FUTURE_ENERGY

 INT_EPROJECT

WORLD2004

WORLD2006

04/01/03

 

04/08/08

 

09/05/03

 

07/26/05

 

11/30/04

 

03/15/04

 

09/15/04

 

12/19/06

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD--NEWTON'S LAWS TEST

UPDATED PACKAGE FOR POST-REVIEW OF STANDARDIZED TEST ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PHYSICS TEACHER, VOLUME 30, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1992 (154)

CB2000-TEST

11/15/02

TWO PARAMETER FITTING AND PLOTTING

DATAFIT2000

04/19/02

 

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CD-ROM OFFERS

IN THE PAST YEAR, REQUESTS FOR CDs HAS DROPPED TO ALMOST ZERO.  THEREFORE I AM WITHDRAWING THIS OFFER EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES.  IF YOU REALLY CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE MATERIAL, THEN CONTACT ME VIA E-MAIL AT

rtarara@saintmarys.edu

AND WE WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT.

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