What would you learn if you could turn off the atmosphere? What problems might you solve if you could increase the force of gravity or had the ability to manipulate individual electrons in a circuit?

Multiple-choice exams measuring the breadth of students’ content knowledge have hardly disappeared. But the creators of a leading international exam, the U.S. government agency behind “the nation’s ...

It's hard to find a physics or chemistry teacher that doesn't use PhET Interactive Simulations, a free online science and math simulations platform founded at the University of Colorado Boulder in ...

Physical sciences teacher Kathy Briggs of Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder looks on as sixth-grader Carmen Houck works through the "John Travoltage" program on the PhET Interactive Simulations ...

When Kathy Briggs teaches her sixth-grade science students about static electricity at Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder, she turns to “John Travoltage” for help. Students can make the computer ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2025 — AIP has awarded $25,000 to the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder for the team’s proposed project, “Electricity and Magnetism with ...

Strong Points: Simulations run well; all simulations are free to use and cover a wide variety of topics. One of the easiest ways to demonstrate novel concepts to students is through hands-on ...

PhET, a non-profit project within the University of Colorado, Boulder, is teaming up with Legends of Learning, a middle school science gaming company, to put its science and math-based interactive ...

PhET Interactive Simulations at the University of Colorado provides over 130 free interactive math and science simulations that are based on extensive education research and support more effective and ...