{"id":5199,"date":"2018-04-27T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-test.nearpod.com\/blog\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:30:18","slug":"phet-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/phet-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveraging PhET Interactive Simulations using Nearpod"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #008aff;\"><b>What is PhET?<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PhET simulations engage students in science and math concepts through an intuitive, game-like environment. Students learn through exploration and discovery. Developed at the University of Colorado &#8211; Boulder, these simulations are a perfect way to incorporate inquiry into your science or math classroom. They are great as no-prep labs!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #008aff;\"><b>Why PhET and Nearpod?<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, Nearpod and PhET teamed up to bring their interactive simulations to bring teachers another way to use Nearpod to deepen student learning. We\u2019ve added all of PhETs HTML5 simulations to our content tool (they work on all devices&#8211;just like Nearpod!), and released a growing collection of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/s\/phet-F970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50 ready-to-run lessons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that follow the BSCS 5E model and are aligned to NGSS\u2019s Appendix F. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By launching PhET simulations through Nearpod, EVERY student participates in the exploration, which is directly embedded in your Nearpod lesson. Now, these simulations can be a seamless part of the learning experience, and all students can instantly access. Best of all, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s the teacher, you decide when it\u2019s time to move on&#8211;with zero cleanup! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[click_to_tweet tweet=&#8221;By launching PhET simulations through Nearpod, EVERY student participates and these simulations can be a seamless part of the learning experience that all students can instantly access!&#8221; quote=&#8221;By launching PhET simulations through Nearpod, EVERY student participates and these simulations can be a seamless part of the learning experience that all students can instantly access!&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #008aff;\"><b>Adding PhET Simulations to your Nearpod Presentation<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding PhET simulations to your Nearpod lesson is just as easy as adding any of our other interactive or content features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add slide, add content, click PhET simulations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can be added to any of your own lessons, or <a href=\"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/6-ways-you-can-edit-your-nearpod-lesson\/\">customize<\/a> a ready-to-teach lesson from our content store!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #008aff;\"><b>Ready-to-Teach Lessons<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to explore our PhET lessons? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"nearpodbutton\" style=\"max-width: 210px; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: #00a8ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/s\/phet-F970?oc=PhET+19&amp;utm_campaign=PhET+19&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get PhET lessons<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By launching PhET simulations through Nearpod, EVERY student participates in the exploration and is engaged without of wasting instructional time navigating to websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[888,894,997,885,901],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-implementing-nearpod","category-instructional-resources","category-science-stem","category-teachers","category-tools-and-features"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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