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PhET Interactive Simulations Crowdfunding Project

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Cris DeWolf Cris DeWolf 11965 Points

If any of you have ever used PhET, they are looking for our support. To learn more about PhET, use the link in the message below to visit their site. Please join PhET this #GivingTuesday and give the gift of science and math to millions of children around the world. It takes a village to build quality open (that is, free) education resources. And that's what PhET Interactive Simulations at University of Colorado Boulder (http://phet.colorado.edu) has been doing since 2002. We work hard to make science and math fun and exciting -- and accessible for everyone. But we need your help! If you're an educator, parent, student, STEM supporter or a company, please consider giving to one of our new crowdfunding campaigns. Any amount helps - minimum donation is $10. Choose one or support both! Build the "Teach with PhET" website: Help us build the "Teach with PhET" website that will support teachers in your neighborhood and around the world...making it easier to use PhET sims. Goal: $500,000 (or ~20,000 people giving ~$25 each). Link: http://www.crowdrise.com/helpbuildteachwithphet Bring Circuit Construction Kit to the iPad: Help us publish the next-generation of one of our most popular simulations (used over 1 million times a year!), the Circuit Construction Kit DC. Your support will move this simulation to iPad and tablet compatibility using the latest HTML5 software technology. Goal: $50,000 (or ~2,000 people giving ~$25 each). Link: http://www.crowdrise.com/PhETHTML5CCKSimulation Consider not only donating yourself but also spreading the word. Post on Facebook and Twitter Forward this email to your listservs, schools, colleagues, and friends Post on your website Share with others this effort of making learning science and math more fun and accessible to children - at home and around the world. Thanks for being part of our STEM village this holiday season! Your PhET Team, Ariel, Bryce, Carl, Chris, Emily, Jesse, John, Jonathan, Julia, Karina, Kathy D, Kathy P, Linda, Mike, Noah, Oliver N, Oliver O, Robert, Sam M, Sam R, Steele, Stephanie, Trish, and Yuen-Ying

Matt Nupen Matthew Nupen 585 Points

Thanks for posting this. It's great to see big changes coming to PhET

Yelena Hughes Yelena Brachman 995 Points

This is great! I use Phet ALL of the time! It is great for labs and they are working hard to make more HTML5 sims so you don;t need java!

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