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SimCalc Java MathWorlds: Units for Years 7 - 10

JavaMathWorlds simulates movement in both the vertical and horizontal contexts. The vertical context simulates the movement of a lift up and down a tall building. The horizontal movement simulates the movement of characters walking. Some of the SimCalc MathWorlds material has been adapted by Sandra Herbert (University fo Ballarat) for use in short teaching units in Victorian schools. Curriculum materials for the horizontal motion context is designed to be accessible for Year 7 students. The material for the vertical motion is of a more difficult nature suited to Year 9 or 10 or as a follow-on from the horizontal motion material.

Horizontal Motion
Vertical Motion

Instructions for setting up MathWorlds: Horizontal Motion

Before using any of this material, the JavaMathWorlds program for PC should be downloaded from http://www.kaputcenter.umassd.edu/products/software/

and installed (if you have not already done so).

Horizontal motion
Material for the horizontal motion context is designed to be accessible for Year 7 students and above and can be downloaded in the zipped file here. It contains 19 files called:
Graphically.mw, Hgraph.mw, Hgraph1.mw, Hgraph2.mw, Hgraph3.mw, Hgraphically.mw , Hmarking.mw, Hmarking1.mw, Hmarking2.mw, Hmarking3.mw, Hmarking4.mw, Hspace.mw, Hsymbolic.mw, Hspeed1.mw, Hspeed2.mw, Hspeed3.mw, Hspeed4.mw, Hspeed5.mw. In addition there is a word document, student_worksheet.doc, which contaiins the student worksheet for you to print.

The MathWorlds files have the file extension .mw and they can only be opened from within the JavaMathWorlds program. These files should be saved in a folder called RITEMATHSsimcalc. Put this folder into your "program files" folder where you have installed JavaMathWorlds. This means that you will put the RITEMATHSsimcalc folder in the folder called C:\ProgramFiles\JavaMathWorlds\Resources.

Begin by opening the file JavaMathWorlds in C:\ProgramFiles\JavaMathWorlds and go to the "file" menu to open the appropriate files for horizontal motion as specified on the downloaded student worksheet.

Instructions for setting up MathWorlds: Vertical Motion

Before using any of this material, the JavaMathWorlds program for PC should be downloaded from http://www.kaputcenter.umassd.edu/products/software/ and installed (if you have not already done so).

The material for the vertical motion is of a more difficult nature suited to Year 9 or 10 or as a follow on from the horizontal motion material. Curriculum resources for five lessons (including student exercises) have been prepared by Sandra Herbert.
Curriculum resources for vertical motion can be downloaded the zipped file here. It contains twenty-one files called: MathWorldsInstructions20040916.doc, MathWorldsWorksheetV20050814.doc, average.mw, equations.mw, intro.mw, intro1.mw, intro2.mw , lifts-graphs.mw, graphically.mw , linking.mw, marathon.mw, simultaneous.mw, space.mw, symbolic.mw, velocity.mw, velocity2.mw,speed1.mw, speed2.mw, speed3.mw, speed4.mw, speed5.mw .

The two word documents are for the teacher and a student worksheet to print. (MathWorldsInstructions20040916.doc and MathWorldsWorksheetV20050814.doc).

The 19 MathWorlds files have the file extension .mw and they can only be opened from within the JavaMathWorlds program. These files should be saved in a folder called RITEMATHSsimcalc. Put this folder into your "program files" folder where you have installed JavaMathWorlds. This means that you will put the RITEMATHSsimcalc folder in the folder called C:\ProgramFiles\JavaMathWorlds\Resources.

Begin by opening the file JavaMathWorlds in C:\ProgramFiles\JavaMathWorlds and go to the "file" menu to open the appropriate files for verticall motion as specified on the downloaded student worksheet.