Author(s):
We are developing a new augmented reality app for mobile devices to be used in the classroom. The app is called STEMinAR. Within this app users will find simulations for Newton’s Cannon, Newton’s Laws, Rotational Motion, Thermodynamics, and Optics. Future simulations are still to come (i.e. Optics, Magnetism). Participants will be able to download the app and learn how to use it in their classroom. We will also be highlighting curricula created which follows the Investigative Science Learning Environment framework. The simulations track on a free, downloadable cube, allowing the user to interact directly within the virtual environment. A strength of these simulations is that users have access to multiple variables. They can manipulate these variables to see what effect it will have in the experiment. Users are then provided real-time data in various representations (sometimes pictures, graphs, actual data). This gives them the ability to observe the results multiple ways from changing the input variables. In this presentation, we will demonstrate the simulations and share initial data from them. Support for this work is provided by an IUSE grant from the National Science Foundation.
Coauthors
Karina Hensberry, USF, St. Petersburg, FL; Garrett Matthews, USF, Tampa, FL; Sharfun Islam Nancy, USF, Tampa, FL; Kelly Navas, USF, Tampa, FL
