Online interactive resources

for first and second yearuniversity students

The Project• Science and Mathematics Simulations• Team:• A/Prof. Tim McIntyre, • A/Prof. Tony Roberts, • Dr. Margaret Wegener, • Elise Kenny,• Dr. Kelly Matthews,• Dr. Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano.

The Project

• Goal: To design simulations and learning activities for helping students to understand concepts in mathematics and physics.

The Project• Programming languages:

Javascript

GeoGebra

Programming languagesJavascript

Programming languagesGeoGebra

Rationale

Interactive and dynamic visualisation

RationaleLearning activity

Websitehttps://teaching.smp.uq.edu.au/scims/

Exemplars

Exemplar 1: Square matrices

Det ( A )=𝑎𝑑−𝑐𝑏

+

A=

𝐴=(𝑎 𝑏 𝑐𝑑 𝑒 𝑓𝑔 h 𝑖 )

Exemplar 2: Relative velocity Velocity of the current

Velocity of the boat

Resultant velocity

VR=Vb+Vc

Exemplar 3: Conics as envelopesA straight line m and a point A are given. Construct a circle through A and tangent to the given line

What kind of technology do you use?

Thank you!