CU Boulder’s PhET Interactive Simulations is one of six winners of the prestigious, international WISE Award from the WISE Foundation. A STEM education project at the University of Colorado Boulder ...

PhET, a non-profit project within the University of Colorado, Boulder, is teaming up with Legends of Learning, a middle school science gaming company, to put its science and math-based interactive ...

Strong Points: Simulations run well; all simulations are free to use and cover a wide variety of topics. One of the easiest ways to demonstrate novel concepts to students is through hands-on ...

Multiple-choice exams measuring the breadth of students’ content knowledge have hardly disappeared. But the creators of a leading international exam, the U.S. government agency behind “the nation’s ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2025 — AIP has awarded $25,000 to the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder for the team’s proposed project, “Electricity and Magnetism with ...

The PhET Interactive Simulationsproject at the University of Colorado offers over 100 interactive scientific simulations accessible in HTML5, meaning they can be used directly on any browser and ...

Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...

After being awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, Carl Wieman was struck by the effectiveness of a number of physics simulations that he used to explain his concepts to students and faculty.

During our academic journey, there are subjects we enjoy more and others we find quite difficult. It’s no wonder that we often seek ways to better understand the tough concepts of the difficult ...

PhET Interactive Simulations at the University of Colorado provides over 130 free interactive math and science simulations that are based on extensive education research and support more effective and ...