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Chris Pettit ([email protected])
Emporia State University
DIY Modeling software – Build Three-Dimensional
Game Quality Simulations with your Students
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DIY Modeling project
• NSF funded project (Award #0919336)• Goal is to produce a virtual modeling
environment where game quality models can be developed and used for the teaching of mathematics and science.
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Participants• Tietronix Software• United States Military Academy• United States Air Force Academy• Appalachian State University• Georgia Gwinnett College• Emporia State University
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Tietronix Software• Frank Hughes, former NASA engineer and
astronaut trainer.• Develop simulation software for NASA
(currently working on a simulator for a moon rover.)
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DIY Modeling group spent some time underneath space shuttle Endeavor during a visit to the Kennedy Space Center July 2010.
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DIY Modeling Software• Students focus on the math and physics, not the programming.• Software can be used at all levels K – Graduate School and beyond.• Aids in visualization, especially with 3D situations.• Game-quality graphics to hold the attention of students.
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Projectile Motion
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Choose your Components
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Develop your Model
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Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
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For additional information on the DIY Project and other simulations visit the website at
http://diymodeling.appstate.edu/
Please note the website is still under construction and not all simulations may be in their completed format.