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|Welcome to this tutorial on '''Introduction to PhET simulations'''.

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| In this tutorial, we will learn-
1. To open '''PhET''' webpage,

2. About '''PhET simulation''',

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|00:15
|3. To '''register/Sign in''' on the page,

4. To browse activities,

5. To share your activities page,

6. About tips for using '''PhET''',

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|00:27
|7. About offline access,

8. To choose the '''simulations''' based on subject and grade level,

9. To download '''simulations''' of different file formats used in '''PhET''',

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|00:40
|10. To open the downloaded '''simulations'''.

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|00:43
|To follow this tutorial, you should have internet connection.

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|00:47
| Here, I am using: Ubuntu Linux OS version 14.04,

Firefox web Browser version 53.02.2,

Java version 1.7,

Flash player version 26.0.0.131.

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|01:08
| Files to download and Install: '''Flash Player''' and '''Java''' are provided in the '''code files''' link.

Use the link to download and install the files.

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|01:20
| Now let us open '''PhET simulations''' page.

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|01:24
|Open your default web browser and enter the address:
[http://phet.colorado.edu/ http://phet.colorado.edu] and press '''Enter'''.

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|01:38
|'''PhET interactive Simulations''' page opens.

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|01:42
| Now, let us see how to register on the page.

Click on the '''REGISTER''' button on the top-right corner of the page.

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|01:51
|'''Register''' page opens.

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|01:54
|Type the relevant data in appropriate fields/text boxes.

For example, your valid '''Email id''', '''First name''', '''Organization''' and other details.

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|02:11
|Click on '''REGISTER''' button at the bottom of the page.

I have already registered on this page.

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|02:19
|To confirm the registration, open your '''Gmail''' account.

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|02:25
|Click on the link sent by '''PhET Interactive simulations''' to activate the registration.

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|02:32
|After you have registered, you can sign in.

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|02:36
|Click on '''SIGN IN''' button, beside '''REGISTER''' button, at the top of the page.

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|02:43
|'''Sign In''' by using your registered '''Email id''' and '''Password'''.

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|02:48
|I will '''Sign In''' using my registered email id, '''school.science13@gmail.com'''.

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|Enter the password.

Click on '''Sign In''' button.

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| Now let us click on the link '''What is PhET?'''.

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|03:05
| A new page opens with a heading '''About PhET'''. This page has information about '''PhET'''.

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|03:13
|Below this information, we have a short video about introduction to '''PhET simulations'''.

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|03:20
|I will click on the play button and play the video for sometime.

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|03:27
|On the right-side panel, '''Videos About PhET''' are listed.

Click on the videos and watch them.

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|03:36
|Back to the '''home page'''.

Click on '''Browse Activities''' link.

'''Browse Activities''' page opens.

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|03:45
|Here, we have the following lists.

'''Simulations''', '''Types''',''' Levels''' and '''Languages'''.

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|03:56
|Scroll the lists and select based on your requirement.

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|04:01
|In '''Simulations''' list, I will select '''Bending light'''.

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|04:05
|In '''Types''' list, I will select '''Lab'''. In '''Levels''', I will select high school, '''HS'''.
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|04:14
|In '''Languages''', I will select '''English'''.

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|04:18
|Click on '''browse''' button.

Activities related to the simulation will be displayed.

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|04:25
|Select the activity by clicking on the '''TITLE'''.

There is also an option to download the activity.

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|04:33
| Go to the home page by clicking on the back arrow button.

Click on '''Share your Activities''' link.

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|04:42
| If you have already signed in, this page opens directly.

Page opens with '''Author’s name''', '''Author’s organization''' and '''Contact email'''.

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|04:54
| In the '''Simulations''' box, choose the '''simulation''' for which you are going to upload the activity.

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|05:00
|In '''Upload file(s)''' option, allowed file extension formats are listed.

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|05:06
|Click on '''CHOOSE FILE''' button. '''File Upload''' dialog box opens.

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|05:13
|Choose your file with allowed extension to upload.

I have already filled in the relevant data.

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|05:21
|Click on '''Licensing Agreement''' check box after reading the License agreement.

Click on '''SUBMIT ACTIVITY''' button.

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|05:31
|'''Update Success''' message appears.

Let us go back to the home page. Click on the link '''Tips for Using PhET'''.

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|05:42
| A new page opens with videos that explain how to use '''PhET simulations'''.

You can explore these videos on your own.

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| 05:53
| Back to the home page of '''PhETs''' .

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|05:57
|You can either click on play button or '''Play with Simulations''' link.

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|06:03
|A '''simulations''' page opens.

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|06:06
|On the left side of the page, you can see a heading called '''Simulations'''.

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|06:12
|Under the heading, we have a list of links.

'''New Sims''',

'''HTML5''',

'''Subject-wise Sims''',

'''By Grade Level''',

'''Teacher Resources ''' and other links.

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|06:26
| Here we can choose the appropriate links as per requirement.

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|06:30
| Let us click on '''By Grade Level''' link.

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|06:34
|A new page opens with four links:

'''Elementary School''',

'''Middle School''',

'''High School''' and '''University'''.

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|06:44
|Again choose the link as per your requirement.

I will click on '''High School''' link.

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|06:51
|All '''simulations''' that are under '''High School''' category are displayed on the new page.

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|06:59
|To view all the available '''Sims''', click on '''All Sims''' link.

A new page opens with all the '''Sims'''.

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|07:08
|Scroll down the page. Notice that we have '''Simulations''' in 3 different formats '''HTML''', '''Java''' and '''Flash'''.

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|They are denoted by icons on the bottom-right corner of the '''simulation'''.

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|07:25
|The '''simulations''' in '''HTML''' format are denoted by '''HTML5''' icon, at the bottom-right corner of the window.

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|We can directly open '''HTML''' format and '''flash''' format '''simulations''' by clicking on them.

Click on the play button.

The '''simulation''' window opens .

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|07:48
|We can work with the '''simulation''' till we are connected to Internet.

Back to the previous page.

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|07:56
| To download the '''simulation''' for off-line use, let us select '''Atomic Interactions PhET simulation'''.

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|08:03
|Click on '''Download''' button to download the file.

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|08:07
| '''Opening atomic-interactions_en.html''' file dialog box opens.

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|08:14
|Select '''Save File''' radio button. Click on '''Ok''' button.

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|08:20
|In my system, file will be downloaded to the '''Downloads''' folder.

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|08:25
| Here is the downloaded '''HTML''' file of '''atomic-interactions simulation'''.

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|08:31
|To open the '''simulation''', right-click on the file.

Choose the option '''Open With Firefox Web Browser'''.

File opens in the browser.

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|08:43
| This is the interface of '''atomic-interactions simulation'''.

Click on various element radio buttons and explore the '''simulation'''.

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|08:53
|Let us go to the '''simulations''' page.

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|08:56
|Let's download a '''simulation''' that can be opened as '''Java''' file.

For this, I will use the simulation '''Battery-Resistor Circuit'''.

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|09:07
| To download the file, click on '''Download''' button.

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|09:11
| '''Opening battery-resistor-circuit_en.jar''' file dialog box opens.

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|09:18
|Select '''Save File''' radio button.

Click on '''Ok''' button. File will be downloaded to the '''Downloads''' folder.

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|09:27
| To work with a '''jar file''', we require '''terminal''' in '''Ubuntu'''.

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|09:32
|To open the terminal, press '''Ctrl''' , '''Alt''' and ''' T''' keys simultaneously.

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|09:38
|At the prompt, type: '''cd Downloads''' and press '''Enter'''.

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|Then type: '''java space hyphen jar space battery-resistor-circuit_en.jar''' and press '''Enter'''.

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|09:58
|'''Battery-Resistor Circuit simulation''' opens.

Do not close the terminal, it will '''kill''' the process.

Click '''Cancel''' to continue.

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|10:09
|Back to the previous page of '''PhETs'''.

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|10:13
|Now we will download a '''simulation''' that can be opened using '''Flash reader'''.

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|10:19
| For this, I will use '''Calculus Grapher simulation''' as an example.

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|10:25
|For off-line use, download the '''simulation'''.

After downloading, use terminal to open the '''simulation'''.

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|10:33
| Click on the '''simulation'''. '''Calculus Grapher simulation''' opens with a player. Explore the '''simulation'''.

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|10:41
| Back to the Home page of '''PhETs'''.

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|10:45
| At the bottom of the page, click on '''OFFLINE ACCESS''' link.

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|10:49
|You can see three options:

1.'''Desktop/Laptop Computer'''

2.'''Chrome book'''

3. '''iPad'''.

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|10:58
|Click on '''Desktop/Laptop Computer''' option.

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|Here, again we have two installer options, '''Download installer with simulations only (no activities)''' and '''Download installer with simulations and activities'''.

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|11:16
|I will choose the second installer option- '''Download installer with simulations and activities'''.

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|11:23
| Depending on your operating system you can choose-

'''Windows(includes Java)''',

'''Mac OS X''',

'''Linux''',

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|11:34
|I am a linux user. So, I will use linux installer.

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|11:39
| '''Opening PhET-Installer-with-activities_Linux.bin''' dialog box opens.

Click on '''Save File''' button.

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|The file will be saved in the '''Downloads''' folder.

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|11:53
|Downloading the files takes a few minutes.

I have already downloaded the '''Linux installer''' file to my '''Downloads''' folder.

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|12:03
| As an assignment:

Explore the '''PhET''' interactive '''simulations''' webpage.

Download and open '''simulations''' of different file formats.

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|12:13
| Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt:

1. To open '''PhET''' webpage.

2. About '''PhET simulation''',

3. To '''register/Sign in''' on the page,

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|12:26
|4. To browse activities,

5. To share your activities page,

6. About tips for using '''PhET''',

7. About offline access,

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|12:37
|8. To choose the '''simulations''' based on subject and grade level,

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|12:42
|9. To download '''simulations''' of different file formats used in '''PhET''',

10. To open the downloaded '''simulations'''.

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|12:51
| The video at the following link summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial''' project. Please download and watch it.

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|12:58
|The '''Spoken Tutorial Project''' team: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and

gives certificates on passing online tests.

For more details, please write to us.

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|13:10
| Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?

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|13:13
|Please visit this site.

Choose the minute and second where you have the question.

Explain your question briefly.

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|13:21
|Someone from our team will answer them.

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| The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.

Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them.

This will help reduce the clutter.

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|With less clutter, we can use this discussions as instructional material.

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|This project is partially funded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching.

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| Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.

More information on this mission is available at this link.

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|This tutorial is contributed by Madhuri Ganapathi and Meenal Ghoderao from IIT Bombay. Thank you for joining.
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