Mary+Smith+-+Simulations


 * **Net Frog: Frog Dissection**
 * [|http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu//]
 * This site shows you step by step how to dissect a frog. It also explains that dissecting frogs can help us to understand human anatomy.


 * **Sun, Earth, and Moon in Motion**
 * http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon.html
 * This animation illustrates what most people probably understand about how the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth move. The Sun is at the center. The Earth orbits around the Sun, and the Moon orbits around the Earth. The Earth also rotates about an axis as it spins, which you can also see, because the green city appears to rotate.


 * **The Working Heart**
 * http://www.platolearning.co.uk/demos/mss/demo_mss.php
 * This simulation shows how the heart functions. You can also change the heart beat rate to show the difference in how the heart works when you sleep versus when you exercise.


 * **Plant Force**
 * http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=plants
 * Students pretend they work for a plant development company and have to try and find out the optimum conditions for its growth. Which is the cheapest option? Students will need to find out the best light and water inputs for the crop for the first 10 weeks of its life - but remember all of the water and light costs money!


 * **Discovery Channel: Creature Feature (reconstruct a beast from its bones)**
 * http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/build/jigsaw.html
 * The aim of the game is to construct the skeleton of a beast, in the fastest amount of time. There are 4 different levels available to try.