PhET Interactive Simulations (https://phet.colorado.edu/), a project of the University of Colorado Boulder, provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations for use across, primary, secondary, and higher education levels. We extensively test and evaluate each simulation to ensure educational effectiveness. All simulations are open source and free to all students and teachers. In this course, you will (a) acquire teaching and facilitation strategies for how to use PhET simulations in a K-2 classroom, (b) explore how PhET simulations can support multilingual students, and (c) engage with lessons supporting students鈥� learning of counting, number sense, and place value. To finish this course, you need to complete one assignment with peer review: complete one early math teacher guide (using a template) to plan a lesson on numeracy using one of the three PhET simulations introduced in this course.
PhET Founder on the Impact of Simulations
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Skills You'll Learn
Number Sense, Lesson Planning, Pedagogy, Mathematics Education, Teaching
From the lesson
PhET's Instructional Approach
In this module, you will learn about PhET鈥檚 teaching philosophy and how this philosophy is supported with meaningful sim-based lessons.
Taught By
Rebecca Vieyra
Director of Global Initiatives
Catherine Carter
Math and Statistics Education Specialist