High School
Virtual Physics Lab
Phase I

Virtual Physics Lab

Wheeling, West Virginia: Historic Places and Familiar Faces

Wheeling: A Brief History

NASA Explorer Schools—
Retool and Enhance

Verses from the Hills

Walking Pleasant Valley

Planets and Stars and Me…
Oh My!

Foundations of Freedom

InSight

ExoQuest

The Colonial Age

BioBLAST

Astronomy Village: Investigating the Solar System

Astronomy Village: Investigating the Universe

PLM was awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II contracts through the Institute of Education Sciences in the US Department of Education, to develop a set of online laboratory experiments for college level physics students. Virtual Physics Lab includes video clips, simulated laboratory experiments, and data collection tools. Throughout development, PLM worked with additional content experts from Auburn, Marquette, and Angelo State Universities. Testing at Auburn and Penn State Universities showed no difference in learning between students who used the virtual labs and those who did the same labs in traditional hands-on settings. PLM is working with Cengage Learning on further development and commercialization of this product.

Jeanne Finstein, PLM, principal investigator

John Baro, PLM, development lead,
software interface design, programming

Rhonda S. Baro, PLM, graphic design

Robert R. Sellers, PLM, science content lead

Virtual Physics Lab™
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