WINDOWS 95,98,ME,NT/2000/XP:

[ 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 

{ALL FILES ARE WINZIP SELF EXTRACTING}

SOFTWARE PACKAGE

HYPERLINK

SIZE (MB)

LAST UPDATED

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

SIMLAB---CENTRIPETAL FORCE

A NEW LAB SIMULATION FOR MEASURING CENTRIPETAL FORCE.  THIS SET IS SOMEWHAT LESS THAN PHOTO-REALISTIC BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN ANIMATING ROTATING OBJECTS, BUT IT IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE ROTATING ARM/HANGING MASS/STRETCHED SPRING APPARATUS STILL BEING SOLD.  [

AS ALWAYS, LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR BUGS.  I WILL FIX THEM!

 

CENTRIPETAL 4 10/03/07

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 2)

A NEW SIMULATOR FOR DEALING WITH THE FUTURE OF ENERGY IN THE WORLD.  THIS SIMULATOR IS OPTIMIZED FOR LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SETS OF INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS AND ULTIMATE GOALS AND THEN EXAMINING THE FINANCIAL AND LAND USE COSTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUCH CHOICES.  (SPANISH VERSION AVAILABLE BELOW)

WORLD-ENERGY-2006 20  

02/27/07

 

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR MOTION.  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

MOTION-2006 26 11/01/06

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR ENERGY.  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

 

ENERGY-2006 18  03/29/06

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM.  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

 

E&M-2006 4.2  08/2506

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR SPECIAL RELATIVITY.  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

 

SR-2006

5.6 11/13/06

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR OPTICS .  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

 

OPTICS-2006

11.4 08/25/06

A NEW VERSION OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD FOR THERMO.  THIS NEW VERSION COMBINES A MENU DRIVEN SELECTION AND INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE ANIMATIONS FOR USE IN OTHER ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS. 

A FAST MACHINE WITH A GOOD VIDEO CARD IS RECOMMENDED.

 

THERMO-2006

10.7 08/25/06

UNITED STATES ENERGY (MODEL 4)

A NEW, COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE BASIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SIMULATION THAT USES FEATURES FROM THE 22ND CENTURY AND ENERGY PROJECT PACKAGES.  THIS SIMULATION CAN BE COMPLETED IN CONSIDERABLY LESS TIME THAN THE OLDER  2004 AND 2001 VERSIONS

USENERGY2005 11 07/26/05

ENERGY FOR THE 22ND CENTURY

A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE ENERGY-PROJECT 2100 SOFTWARE AVAILABLE BELOW.  SIMULATIONS CAN BE COMPLETED IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS

   FUTURE_ENERGY 14  11/30/04

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROJECT

BASED ON THE CLASS PROJECT SOFTWARE

www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/ENERGY_PROJECT/ENERGY2100.htm

THIS NEW PACKAGE ALLOWS ONE TO PLAY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OR REGIONS:

WORLD, AFRICA, ASIA, WESTERN EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SPAIN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES

SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION NOW AVAILABLE--SEE BELOW

 

 

INT_EPROJECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/03/06

 

 

 

 

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 2)

UPDATED AND SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE U.S. ENERGY--(MODEL 1) MANAGEMENT SIMULATOR.  CHECK ALL 4 MODELS FOR THE ONE THAT BEST FITS YOUR INSTRUCTION.

(minor bug repairs and some enhancements--3/16/07)

USENERGY2004

7.4 04/01/08

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 3)

SOFTWARE BASED ON MY ENERGY CLASS PROJECT

www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/ENERGY_PROJECT/ENERGY2100.htm
 

THIS PACKAGE IS FOR THE UNITED STATES ONLY.  SEE THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION  SOFTWARE ABOVE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.

PROBLEM WITH NETWORK OR RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTS FIXED--I HOPE--4-29-05

ENERGYPROJECT

5.2 04/25/05

 

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-11  CENTRIPETAL FORCE

SIMLAB-LITE (ALL 12 MODULES WITHOUT VIDEOS)

1024x768 resolution only

-REALPLAYER REQUIRED TO RUN OPTIONAL VIDEOS-

AIRTRACKS

LAUNCHER

CARTS

AIRTABLE

SPRINGS

FRICTION

WORK

WAVES

PENDULUM

FREEFALL

NEWTONS_MAZE

CENTRIPETAL

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

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

10/03/07

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

 

 

 

ACB2004_MOTION

ACB2004_ENERGY

ACB2004_OPTICS

ACB20004_REL

ACB2004_E&M

ACB2004_THERMO

 

 

 

4.5

5.3

6.3

1.9

1.6

6.8

 

 

 

08/18/04

 ANIMATED CHALKBOARD--Newtons Law 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

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

(THIS IS A MUCH DIFFERENT MODEL THAN THE MODEL 2 VERSION--SEE ABOVE)

Minor updates 3/16/07

WORLD2004

20.8

03/16/07

UNITED STATES ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

THIS IS A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN THE OTHERS ABOVE VERSION

UPDATED 7/22/04

USENERGY2001

12.1

08/18/04

TWO PARAMETER FITTING AND PLOTTING

Label printing improvements

DATAFIT2002

.6

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

 

WINDOWS UPDATES AND PATCHES

THE FOLLOWING FILES WILL FIX DOWNLOADS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE PATCH FILES.  NEW DOWNLOADS DO NOT REQUIRE THESE PATCHES.

 

 

THERE ARE NO CURRENT PATCHES.  IF YOUR ANIMATED CHALKBOARD PROGRAMS ARE MORE THAN TWO YEARS OLD, YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE CURRENT VERSIONS.

 

 

 

NEW!   SPECIAL WINDOWS PROGRAM PACKAGE

  SIZE (MB)

UPDATED

THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD (2004 VERSION)

WINDOWS ONLY

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. 

PLEASE NOTE THE SIZE OF THE FILE DOWNLOAD. 

NOTE:  THE NEW 2006 VERSIONS OF THE ANIMATED CHALKBOARD ARE PACKAGED IN THIS FORMAT--WITH INDIVIDUAL ANIMATIONS AVAILABLE TO BE RUN WITH OR WITHOUT THE MENU PROGRAM AND EACH ANIMATION AVAILABLE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS.

THIS DOWNLOAD IS FOR THE OLDER (SLOWER MACHINE) VERSIONS.

 

ANIMATIONS

48

08/18/04

MACINTOSH {ALL FILES ARE STUFFIT  FORMAT.) 

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

NOTE TO OS-X USERS.  SINCE APPLE HAS SEEN FIT TO BREAK OLDER SOFTWARE (ONCE AGAIN), YOU WILL NEED THE CLASSIC ENVIRONMENT 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.  AN OS-X VERSION OF TRUEBASIC IS IN THE WORKS, BUT NOT PROMISED SOON.

SOFTWARE PACKAGE

HYPERLINK

UPDATED

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

SIMLAB---CENTRIPETAL FORCE

A NEW LAB SIMULATION FOR MEASURING CENTRIPETAL FORCE.  THIS SET IS SOMEWHAT LESS THAN PHOTO-REALISTIC BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN ANIMATING ROTATING OBJECTS, BUT IT IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE ROTATING ARM/HANGING MASS/STRETCHED SPRING APPARATUS STILL BEING SOLD.  [

THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES A LOT OF MEMORY TO HOLD THE GRAPHICS FILES AND MAY RUN A BIT ROUGH (SLOW) ON SOME OLDER MACS--PERFORMANCE IS JUST 'OK' ON MY G4

 

 

CENTRIPETAL

    10/05/07

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 2)

A NEW SIMULATOR FOR DEALING WITH THE FUTURE OF ENERGY IN THE WORLD.  THIS SIMULATOR IS OPTIMIZED FOR LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SETS OF INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS AND ULTIMATE GOALS AND THEN EXAMINING THE FINANCIAL AND LAND USE COSTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUCH CHOICES.

[NOTE:  THE MAC VERSION HAS HAD LITTLE TESTING SO PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS.]

WORLD2006

12/19/06

UNITED STATES ENERGY (MODEL 4)

A NEW, COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE BASIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT SIMULATION THAT USES FEATURES FROM THE 22ND CENTURY AND ENERGY PROJECT PACKAGES.  THIS SIMULATION CAN BE COMPLETED IN CONSIDERABLY LESS TIME THAN THE OLDER THE 2004 AND 2001 VERSIONS

USENERGY2005

07/26/05

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

ENERGY FOR THE 22ND CENTURY

A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE ENERGY-PROJECT 2100 SOFTWARE AVAILABLE BELOW.  SIMULATIONS CAN BE COMPLETED IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS

  FUTURE_ENERGY 11/30/04

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

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROJECT

BASED ON THE CLASS PROJECT SOFTWARE

www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/ENERGY_PROJECT/ENERGY2100.htm

THIS NEW PACKAGE ALLOWS ONE TO PLAY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OR REGIONS:

WORLD, AFRICA, ASIA, WESTERN EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SPAIN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES

 INT_EPROJECT

03/15/04

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

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 2)

UPDATED AND SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE 2001 U.S. ENERGY MANAGEMENT SIMULATOR

USENERGY2004

 04/082008

U.S. ENERGY (MODEL 3)

SOFTWARE BASED ON MY ENERGY CLASS PROJECT

SEE

www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara/ENERGY_PROJECT/ENERGY2100.htm


THIS PACKAGE IS FOR THE UNITED STATES ONLY.  SEE THE NEW SOFTWARE ABOVE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.

ENERGYPROJECT

 09/05/03

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

**NEW** SIMLAB-LITE (ALL 12 MODULES WITHOUT VIDEOS)

1024x768 resolution only

-REALPLAYER REQUIRED TO RUN OPTIONAL VIDEOS-

 

AIRTRACKS

LAUNCHER

CARTS

AIRTABLE

SPRINGS

FRICTION

WORK

STANDING

PENDULUM

FREEFALL

NEWTONS_MAZE

 CENTRIPETAL

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

10/05/07

 

UNITED STATES ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

REWORKED VERSION WITH IMPROVED MODEL AND USING THE LATEST DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DATA.

USENERGY2001

04/01/03

WORLD ENERGY SIMULATOR (MODEL 1)

REQUIRES 1024x768 RESOLUTION DISPLAY

WORLD2004

09/15/04

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

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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