Designing Activities for K12

How to create questions and worksheets to productively guide students' exploration of the simulations. Focused on K12 (Download Video).

Teacher Tips

Creating PhET Interactive Simulation Activities: PhET's Approach to Guided Inquiry. A one-page guide of best-practices in creating guided inquiry activities.

Activity Sheet Design Guidelines for Elementary and Middle School. A detailed overview of design strategies that the PhET team has found to promote effective student engagement with worksheet activities.

Exemplary, annotated activities for elementary and middle school

     Developed in collaboration between PhET team members and master teachers. Links will bring you to the activity page, and additional documents listed are in form.

• Build a Molecule, plus annotated activity
• Density, plus annotated activity
• Gravity and Orbits, plus annotated activity
• Ramps, plus annotated activity and teacher guide
• Forces and Motion in 1D
• Sugar and Salt Solutions

View additional teacher-contributed activities at our Activity Database.