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Call for Photos of International Students Using PhET Sims

Do you have a photo of students using a PhET sim that we could use? We are looking for high-resolution photos of our sims being used by students. If you have one that you can contribute, please e-mail Kathryn.Dessau@colorado.edu.

Friday

Jan 15

2016

Scheduled Maintenance: Monday, January 4, 2016 at 11:00 PM Mountain Standard Time

We will be upgrading the PhET servers on Monday, January 4 at 11:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. We expect that the maintenance will last only 60 minutes. During this time, PhET (http://phet.colorado.edu) may experience periods of unavailability. If you experience persistent issues, please e-mail the PhET Help Desk at phethelp@colorado.edu.

Thanks for your patience during our system maintenance.

Sunday

Jan 3

2016

Happy New Year and There’s Still Time!

Happy New Year to everyone around the world.

We are excited to bring more HTML5 sims in 2016. Won’t you help us with a small $10 donation?

And, thanks to everyone who has already donated in 2015! It really helps support the HTML5 work.

Donate today at: http://phet.colorado.edu/donateFireworks

 

Wednesday

Dec 30

2015

Support STEM Ed on #GivingTuesday

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It’s #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back!

Give the gift of science and math to millions of children around the world by supporting your favorite OER STEM resource.

If you’d like to donate to PhET, support us at http://phet.colorado.edu/donate

Thanks!

Curious about #GivingTuesday? Learn more at: http://www.givingtuesday.org/about/

 

Tuesday

Dec 1

2015

Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 5:30 PM Mountain Standard Time

We will be upgrading the PhET servers on Tuesday, November 24 at 5:30 PM Mountain Standard Time. We expect that the maintenance will last only 60 minutes. During this time, PhET (http://phet.colorado.edu) may experience periods of unavailability. If you experience persistent issues, please e-mail the PhET Help Desk at phethelp@colorado.edu.

Thanks for your patience during our system maintenance.

Tuesday

Nov 24

2015

Wonder What Kind of Research PhET Does?

PhET Research Page

Visit our Research page to see what kind of research we do around PhET simulations.

 

Wednesday

Nov 18

2015

See the People Behind PhET Sims!

PhET Team

Ever wondered about the great team behind all our our sims? Check us out! We’ve updated our team page at: 

 

Thursday

Sep 10

2015

We’re Excited for the 2015-2016 School Year!

JohnTravoltage Sim

Get the sparks flying for the new school year with John Travoltage. Wiggle his foot and he picks up charges from the carpet. Bring his hand close to the door knob and get rid of the excess charge.

Good luck to both students and teachers for the upcoming year!

Thursday

Aug 20

2015

Try PhET’s Next-Gen Sims with Assessment Features

PhET Metacog Task Demo

Try PhET’s next-gen interoperable Concentration sim when it’s been linked with our partner metacog‘s rubric-based scoring. Try the task of making a batch of Invisible Ink and see how you do in real time. Learn about metacog’s rubric-based scoring in this video.

Wednesday

Aug 12

2015

Got PhET (Swag)? Visit our new CafePress Store!

CafePress
Ever wanted a #PhETsims t-shirt or coffee mug?
Visit http://www.cafepress.com/phetsims where you’ll find a variety of PhET gear, including mugs, t-shirts, iPad accessories, etc.
All proceeds go to helping us make more great #HTML5 sims! Support PhET today and help spread the word!

Thursday

Aug 6

2015