Simulation+Software

Advantages Saves money -Don’t need to buy all physical objects Fast -Make a simulation much faster than physical aspect (physics rockets) Controlled -No outside forces or variation -Take data Interactive -Different situations -Not just a diagram Demonstrative -See step by step for visual learners

Disadvantages Limited -Only can do so much Not physical -Experiments (air resistance)(two wires to close) Not hands on -Don’t get the hands on experience -Don’t have same mistakes that you learn from Learning how to use it -Need to be familiar with the software along with learning the content Technical problems -Software problems -So much computational processing some things that happen instantaneously in real life take a while to happen in a simulator

Simulation -Subject, skills, and how you are going to solve the problem or complete the task. Makes you think like a real situation, but you can have more trial and error. Simulation -Students are thinking just as they would be doing the real thing. They have to figure it out and have deep thoughts to figure it out, but you can have a lot more trial and error without using resources and setting it up. Students learn a lot from mistakes. It’s a lot faster too.