ICTs to enthrall the students:
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The computer simulation shown at left allows the students to investigate the concept of projectile motion. This simulation sees the students effortlessly changing the variables of angle, speed and mass to observe their effect on a projectile’s motion. Many more of these simulations are available at PhET Interactive Simulations. Computer simulations are a fabulous ICT to enthrall and engage the students in experiments not able to be easily performed in the classroom or school. The only resource needed to implement this ICT is a class set of laptops, thus making it an accessible option for the science classroom.
ICTs to enhance student learning:
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Data vests like the ones shown at left measures variables such as velocity, acceleration and force. Due to these variables being difficult to measure independent of digital technologies, data vests are an invaluable resource. The advancement of measuring devices has had an obvious beneficial effect on student understanding involved with science experiments. Science departments with a wealth of digital technologies such as the one described previously, are lucky enough to have access to these ICTs to enhance their students learning.
ICTs to encourage engagement:
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Project Noah is an online community for nature exploration and documentation. When utilised in a classroom setting, it allows the students to connect with thousands of other people in a collective goal of contributing to Project Noah missions; for more information visit the Project Noah webpage. Online communities, which see the students taking the role of citizen scientists, are a great ICT to motivate the students to engage with science. With Project Noah requiring the use of iPads it makes it a viable option in the context described.