ICT Examples

In the www numerous excellent examples of CAT environments to be used for teaching and learning science can be found. The following list shows examples selected and suggested by the CAT project :
 

"I learn how the electric motor works"
Demonstrate understanding of electricity and electromagnetism in a Web based learning environment
18 educational videos with two options:

•  Streaming Video (windows media) for users with at least a 384Kbps ADSL connection
•  Progressively Downloaded Video (adobe flash) if the connection speed is lower than 384Kbps

Lesson structure

  1) Everything is made of… Removing electrons from a straw (video 1)
  2) A flow of electrons... (video 2, video 3, video 4)
  3) Conductors and insulators (video 5)
  4) The forces - A special kind of force that is called “Magnetic Force” (video 6)
  5) The “invisible” magnetic field -Trying to make the magnetic field visible (video 7, video 8, video 9)
  6) Construct a battery-powered magnet - the electromagnet (video 10)
  7) Construct a stronger battery-powered magnet (video 11)
  8) Construct and even stronger battery powered magnet (video 12)
  9) A professional magnet (video 13)
10) A piston (video 14)
11) The electric motor (video 15, video 16, video 17)
12) A big surprise - Turning a lamp on without a battery! (video 18)
 

How a copying machine works
by Walter Doubek, Vienna 2009.

Simulation of most important steps to understand how a copier works..
 

Archimedes' Principle, by Edeltraud Schwaiger, Tulln, 2009.
Simulation of an experiment on buoyance force
Text and pictures about the famous Archimedes' experiment. 
 

A lesson concept by Hildegard Urban-Woldron, Vienna, 2009
Measuring hydrostatic pressure at different immersion depths with a pressure sensor
Demonstration of hydrostatic pressure in different types of vessels
Waterdisplacement and immersion depth of a virtual boat
Density laboratory for exploring parameters responsible for swimming and sinking in liquids
Mearuring buoyancy force by immersion of a body into a liquid..

Pressure of Gases – Atmospheric Pressure
Hydrostatic Pressure
Fluid Pressure
The History of atmospheric pressure.
Barometers - Vacuum pumps
Homework - an old tale with camels and caravans.
 

We press a switch and we turn the lights on. How is this possible to be happening?
Let's construct a simple circuit.
Let's improve a bit the simple circuit we just created. 
Can we connect more light bulbs? If yes, in how many different ways can we do that?
What do we mean by "induction"?
How does an electromagnet work?
What is electricity? How do we produce electricity?
How is electricity coming to our houses?
What is the function of a transformer?
 

Brain-teasers related to physics. One will come across questions which could also encounter daily life. The user can choose between different offers which appeal interesting to herself or himself to get closer to the solution.
 

The behavior of a gas can be observed as several parameters were changed.

The entanglement of two photons is an approved voucher for quantum theory. The experiments are interesting but not usable at school. The sheet provides a simulation which is not easy but comprehensible in each detail (white box).