Development of Software and Curricular Materials for the Incorporation of Computer Simulations into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum

物理学(13)课程材料和基于Java的软件正在开发中，以使教师更容易将计算机应用程序纳入本科物理课程。特别是，首席研究员与卡拉马祖学院的Jan Tobochnik和Davidson学院的Wolfgang Christian合作，正在开发一个广泛而强大的Java实用程序和模板库，使在各种环境下开发计算机模拟和动画变得相对容易。该软件是独立于平台的、开源的，并且免费提供。此外，在这项工作的时间框架内，我们广受欢迎的本科生水平的计算机模拟教材的第三(Java)版正在开发中。

Physics (13) Curriculum materials and Java-based software are being developed to make it easier forfaculty to incorporate computer applications into the undergraduate physics curriculum.In particular, the principal investigator, in colloboration with Jan Tobochnik ofKalamazoo College and Wolfgang Christian of Davidson College, is developing an extensiveand powerful library of Java utilities and templates that make it relatively easy todevelop computer simulations and animations in a variety of contexts. The software isplatform independent and open source and available at no cost. In addition, the third(Java) edition of our popular undergraduate level computer simulation text is being developedduring the time frame of the work.