Crocodile Clips
Simple Simulation Software
Crocodile Clips wins BETT award
11 January 2003
Crocodile Physics, the innovative school simulation software from Crocodile Clips, was voted Best Secondary Software at the this year's BETT Awards.
The Awards aim to recognise the best product design in all areas of computer-based learning. Products nominated by schools and the industry are shortlisted by a panel of experts, and the winners are then selected.
The latest version of Crocodile Physics, launched at the BETT exhibition, adds simulation of ray diagrams and waves to the existing electricity, force and motion, sound and optics modelling. As a result, the simulator now lets you investigate optical instruments such as microscopes, cameras and the human eye, and experiment with interference, damping and harmonics in waves.
Like all of Crocodile Clips' products, the program is designed to be as flexible as possible. Students can choose which equipment to use in the experiments, change the settings and parameters for the model, and see graphs drawn of the output as the simulation runs. It is equally suitable for use as a demonstration tool - for example, on a whiteboard in front of a class - or for individual study by pupils. A huge library of sample models and supporting lesson kits are supplied with the software.