Featured simulation
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Do you know how a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) works? These simulations
will walk you through the physical principles of STM and explain how they are used
to image and manipulate atoms.
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Featured activities
The following images show some selected activities produced by the Molecular Workbench Team of the Concord Consortium using MW.
Move the mouse over an image to see a short description about the corresponding MW activity, and
click the image to launch it. When learning with an MW activity,
students can save their work in an Internet portfolio, create reports, and submit reports for grading.
Semiconductor
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Quantum mechanics
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Cellular respiration
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Diffusion
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Heat & temperature
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Electrostatics
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Phase change
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DNA to protein
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Newton's Laws
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Lipids & carbs
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Proteins & nucl. acids
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Harvest light
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Tree of life
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Fluid mechanics
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Chemical bonding
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ELISA
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Creating your own simulations
MW is not just a collection of simulations--do not be deceived by first glance. While it presents many existing simulations that are ready to use in classroom, it is, however, also a modeling tool for teachers and students to create their own simulations and share them with collaborators. There are very sophisticated modeling capacities hidden behind its simple user interface that empower you to create new simulations and even explore the unknowns.
Creating your own learning activities
A simulation without instructional support is difficult for students. An optimal way of using simulations is to embed them into curriculum materials. MW has an authoring system for teachers and curriculum developers to create or customize their own online lessons that use models and simulations. A typical MW activity is a comprehensive learning package consisting of a series of scaffolded pages that contain text, simulations, tools, controls, graphs, navigation links, and embedded assessments. The user interfaces of simulations in MW can be customized for students of different levels (grades 6-16). This unique characteristic feature enables it to support a wide range of instructional strategies such as inquiry-based, discovery-based, and problem-based learning.
Fun stuff
The following are some fun simulations and games made using MW. Enjoy.
Electrostatic maze |
Maze 3D |
Water wheel |
Block feeder |
Bike |
Dainty walker |
