Project Log

5/21/13 -- taught TEACH lesson using reaction & rates simulation from PhET
5/23/13 (30 minutes) -- explored different simulations websites including PhET, searched for journal articles on NSTA relating to using simulations in secondary science classrooms
5/29/13 (1 hour) -- read and took notes on two articles relating to PhET simulations
5/30/13 (45 minutes) -- explored PhET website and edited "how to use in classrooms" tab
5/30/13 (1 hour) -- searched for and continued reading through journal articles, edited "overview" and "how to use in classrooms tab"
6/6/13 (45 minutes) -- added sample lesson plan 2, added to resource links
6/12/13 (2 hours) -- finished adding sample lesson plan 2, added sample lesson plan 1- played with Molecule Shapes simulation to figure out how to use it in the lesson plan, searched and brainstormed for lesson plan ideas, used simulation to create data table for lesson plan
6/13/13 (2 hours) -- edited/added to "overview" and "how to use in classrooms tab", also added to"resources links" and "references"
6/13/13 (1 hour) -- added to "overview", checked/edited all tabs