GEOGEBRA APPLETS
INDIVIDUAL APPLETS
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Newton's Mountain
An applet that helps students see what is required
to put something into orbit.
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Circular Orbit Simulation
This software allow you to investigate how a satellite
orbits a planet by changing the values of different
orbital parameters.
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Planetary Motion
This applet allows you to try out different orbits of
planets by giving them an initial distance from the
Sun and and initial velocity.
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Reeses Pieces
This is an applet that allows students to explore
the statistics that results from taking a sample
of Reeses Pieces from a candy machine and observing
the different colors.
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Monty Hall Game
The Monty Hall problem is investigated using this
applet. It allows students to choose a door and then
stay or switch doors. It also allows students to try
different strategies multiple times and records the results
to try to find which strategy is better.
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Reflecting Over Parallel Lines
This is applet is used to help students discover the
relationship between composing reflections over parallel lines
and translating.
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Reflecting Over Intersecting Lines
This applet allows students to experiment and draw connections
between a composition of reflections and rotating a shape
around a point.
APPLET LIBRARIES
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"How Space Works"
"This is a collection of calculators, animations,
and mini-apps that illustrate the physics of space.
There are also tutorials on core concepts. This is
being expanded over time to get across a full feel for
space and space travel in an intuitive way."
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"Fowler's Physics Flashlets"
In this collection of applets students can explore
physics problems as well as mathematical topics
such as the pythagorean theorem and platonic solids.
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"The Interactive Library"
This is a collection of applets that have to do with
6-12 math curricula of multiple mathematical topics
including calculus, linear algebra, geometry, and many
more. They also include college level curricula materials.
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"Integrated Math and Science Applets"
These are a series of applets that involve the
"math of science" and allow students to participate
in scientific quandries to see the mathematical
patterns behind them. It involves high school level
topics as well as some calculators and data analysis
tools.
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"Interactive: Lessons"
This is a collection of lesson plans that each
address a different topic and include at least
one if not more applets that students can use
to gather data and explore topics. It can be
sorted by topic or be grade levels. The topic ranges
from curricula for 3-5 to undergraduate level. They
also include the standards that each lesson plan could
potentially cover.
PROJECT REFERENCES
- Asteroid Size Estimator. (n.d.).
Retrieved from
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/ast_size_est.html
- Braeunig, R. A. (2013). Orbital Mechanics:
Motions of Planets and Satellites. Retrieved from
http://www.braeunig.us/space/orbmech.htm#motions
- Brookshire, B. (2017, March 20). Scientists Say: Dwarf planet.
Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/blog/scientists-say/scientists-say-dwarf-planet
- Conover, E., & Grossman, L. (2018, June 19). Diamonds and
more suggest unusual origins for asteroids. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/diamonds-and-more-suggest-unusual-origins-asteroids
- Crockett, C. (2016, September 30). Smash hit? Comet mission comes
to an end. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/smash-hit-comet-mission-comes-end
- Dunbar, B., & Steigerwald, B. (2007, November 30). Hubble Survey Finds
Missing Link in Planet Formation. Retrieved September 26, 2018, from
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/newworlds/0112_missing_link.html
- Exploring Power-laws: Meteor impacts. (2013). Retrieved from
https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/10Page112.pdf
- Finding Mass in the Cosmos. (2013). Retrieved from
https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/5Page68.pdf
- Grossman, L. (2018, June 1). Asteroids may have delivered
water to early Earth. Retrieved from
ttps://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/asteroids-may-have-delivered-water-early-earth
- Grossman, L. (2018, August 20). Jupiter has 12 more moons
than we knew about - and one is a weirdo. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/jupiter-has-12-more-moons-and-one-weirdo-moon
- Meteor Impacts - How Much Stuff? (2013). Retrieved from
https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/10Page113.pdf
- NEO Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2018, from
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/about/basics.html
- Northon, K. (2014, August 28). NASA's Spitzer Telescope
Witnesses Asteroid Smashup. Retrieved from
https://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/august/nasas-spitzer-telescope-witnesses-asteroid-smashup/
- Planets and How They Formed. (2018). Retrieved from
https://lco.global/spacebook/planets-and-how-they-formed/
- Twenty Years of Tracking Near-Earth Objects. (2018, July 23).
Retrieved from
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7194
- Wild, F. (2015, January 16). Formation of the Solar System:
Birth of Worlds. Retrieved from
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/YOSS_Formation_of_Solar_System.html
- Yeager, A. (2017, February 23). New solar system found
to have 7 Earth-size planets. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/new-solar-system-found-have-7-earth-size-planets
- Yuhas, T. (2012, October 26). Scientists Debate
Planet Definition and Agree to Disagree. Retrieved from
http://www.psi.edu/news/press-releases/2008/scientists-debate-planet-definition-and-agree-disagree
PROJECT RESOURCES