Interactive Learning Objects

A partial list of projects developed in Flash by Becky Kinney

Plug and Play (aka low threshold) Applications

These easy-to-use tools allow educators to provide their own content to online activities such as games, timelines and annotated video.

New!

Flash video tools - a small set of tools for enhancing your videos

Grade calculator - let your students calculate their current grade at any point in the semester.

Dreamweaver and Flash Extensions - designed for educators.

Lesson Builder - create a learning module using existing web resources plus your comments, self-test questions, and glossary

Google map - embed a Google map into any web page.

More : Visit the UD/learn collection of low-threshold applications

Active Projects

These are custom-designed projects currently under construction.

Enhanced Slideshows

Henhouse ventilation: a series of narrated slideshows with animation, simulation and self-tests.

Games and Activities

HitIt! A softball game designed to help batters see the spin on a pitch

Delaware Habitats: a public relations outreach effort sponsored by EPSCOR. Animated habitats with extensive information about species you can find there.

• Beaches
• Tidal Marshes

Project Archive

Animations

Recombinant DNA : Narrated animation takes you through the steps required to transfer genes from one organism to another. Includes an interactive glossary.

Simulations

Molar Volume Lab : Find the Molar Volume of oxygen, and calculate the percentage of oxygen producing compound in your unknown sample. UD Virtual Microscope : Learn to use a compound microscope

Circuit Board Simulator : Build and test an electrical circuit

Microbiology Lab : learn how heat impacts bacteria in food

Ball Bearing : study the vibrational patterns caused by defects in a ball bearing

Flashlight : a very simple experiment with a flashlight and a piece of graph paper

Games and Activities

Bird Identification Game : how well do you know your birds?

The Architect's Scale : A tutorial with many features.

The Celestial Sphere : explore an ancient model of the sky

Kerning : Design these words to be visually pleasing. Submit to compare your solution against the expert solution.

Sentence editing : Use your red pencil to edit these sentences. Submit to see a corrected sentence.

Nursing Word problems : Solve these practice word problems. Having trouble? Click the hint button.

Understanding IV solutions : See what high vs. low concentrations would look like if the solute were visible inside the IV bag. Use this to interactively label bags.

Anatomy: label parts of the heart. Read and answer questions.

Public Relations Projects

The Horseshoe Crab

Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Sulphur Cycle

Blue Hen Challenge (true/false quiz)