Science Teaching & Technology by Multimedia Science
How Multimedia Science Began
The Molecule Doesn’t Stop Here
In 1994 a new piece of software came out called Klik & Play. It was inexpensive and was designed to allow the creation of software games. This game creation tool was touted as making it extremely easy to create simple games without writing a single line of code. I bought a copy out of curiosity and began to make my first game. Klik & Play came with all sorts of animated sprites and before I know it I had created a crude but workable molecular simulator. This led to one of my first science applications, the Gas Laws Lab simulation software. This software is available at:
Gas Laws Lab at Teachers Pay Teachers or Gas Laws Lab at TES
Over the next 20 plus years, I continued to create or “author” physics, chemistry, and teacher tools software and use this software with my classes both in the classroom and in computer labs. I will be writing future articles talking about how to use the software and why it is effective in teaching and motivating students. During my 30 years in teaching I have also developed many materials and explored the use of many types of technology for use in the classroom.
These 100 plus materials and software can be found at:
The authoring software that started as Klik & Play has gone through many updates going from Klik & Play to Click & Create to Multimedia Fusion 1.0 to Multimedia Fusion 1.5 to Multimedia Fusion 2.0 to the present Clickteam Fusion 2.5. You can get a free copy of Clickteam Fusion 2.5
You can build your own molecular simulator by using the free copy and watching this You Tube tutorial.
Tutorial 1: This video shows how to use the authoring software Clickteam Fusion (formally known as Multimedia Fusion) to create a molecular simulator. Clickteam fusion is a powerful tool for creating software applications including simulations and games. The molecular simulator is a number of “molecules” bouncing around in a container where the temperature can be changed and the pressure heard when the molecules hit the sides of the container. The tutorial is conducted using the free download version of Clickteam Fusion. The video also shows what several finished pieces of software based on the molecular simulator and designed for teaching high school chemistry look like.