American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram
Manipulate variables in order to observe the effects of relative motion on events such as an explosion and the time at which its light signal reaches a destination.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Bending Light
Manipulate variables and measure angles as light is refracted in this interactive simulation.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular & Satellite Motion: Uniform Circular Motion
Manipulate variables while exploring principles and relationships related to moving in a circle at a constant speed. Students change the radius of the circle, the speed of the object, and the mass of the object and investigate the effect...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A ced.a.4: Rewriting Equations
The goal of this task is to manipulate equations in order to solve for a specified variable. Aligns with HSA-CED.A.4.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Linear Systems Graph
Learn Alberta helps students visually explore various solutions of systems of two linear equations by allowing students to manipulate lines and view their numeric and graphic solution(s) or absence. The applet identifies the solutions as...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Linear Inequality Graph
Learn Alberta offers an interactive Java applet to manipulate and view all types of graphs of linear equations and inequalities.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Sum of Even and Odd
In this task, young scholars use the structure of an expression to find ways to rewrite it. They are asked to use the defining property of even and odd functions to manipulate expressions involving function notation and to see the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.3.a and a sse.a.2: Cubic Identity
This task presents a challenging exercise in both algebraic manipulations and seeing structure in algebraic expressions. Aligns with A-SSE.B.3.a and A-SSE.A.2.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Systems of Equations With Elimination Challenge
Solve systems of equations with multi-step elimination (e.g., a manipulation is needed in order for x-values and y-values to cancel each other out). Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...
PBS
Pbs: Mike and Padhu: Bikes and Trikes
Solve a word problem with Mike and Padhu. This video focuses on valid methods of problem solving, including guess-and-check and modeling with manipulatives.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Balance
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This pair of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Balancing Act
Students are given the opportunity to visualize and interact with concepts they have already learned, specifically algebraic equations and solving for unknown variables. Students construct a balancing seesaw system (LEGO Balance Scale)...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Solving the Unknown With Algebra
Students will learn and reinforce skills for solving for unknowns, manipulating equations while keeping them in balance, using formulas to solve real-world challenges, and working with proportions, radicals and exponents.
NASA
Nasa: Kids: Design an Ion Engine
Four interactive tutorials begin with a basic animation showing the relationship between positive and negative charges. The final test is to build the most efficient ion engine possible by manipulating a series of variables.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Flash Animations for Physics
This site boasts an extensive list of physics animations that cover topics such as electricity, magnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Variables can be manipulated for each demonstration.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Monitoring Pollution in a Freshwater Environment
During this research project, young scholars will choose either the direct method or the indirect method to monitor and measure pollution while manipulating one variable. They will develop a research question to work on and present their...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Twin Paradox Program
This model permits manipulation of variables in order to observe the effects of time dilation on twin objects, one moving and one not, as shown in a spacetime diagram.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Angling for Distance
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students manipulate the vector component equations in order to maximize distance for a given initial velocity (using the launch angle as the variable). In an extension,...
Other
Alverno College: Ps Aqua Farm: The Aquafarmer: Your Role in This Lab
Using this simulation become the manager of a real-life fish farming operation. Make money by raising fish manipulating dependent and independent variables.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Functions and Graphs
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University contains a college level treatment of functions and graphs. Function, element, domain, range, piece-wise functions?? Stuff you know, stuff that's new. Very...