PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

October 11, 2007

An online version of this report is available here.

Here’s a pie chart representation of the time distribution.

Translation

· Discussed with John, Chris, Mike

· Made translated sim names available to website (on redeploy)

Soluble Salts

· Meeting with Loretta and Sevil

· Familiarize with code briefly

· Deployed dev version with options menu enabled

Software Meeting

· Discuss improvements for phetcommon & sim design with John & Chris

Wave Interference

· Latest version

· 10-5-2007: reduced padding between components to remove scrollbars at 1024x768

· 10-5-2007: reduced barrier thickness

· 10-5-2007: reduced graph size slightly

· 10-5-2007: added option to maximize/minimize wave graphic

· Waiting for approval for main site

CCK

· Deployed to main site

Misc

· Phetcommon – discussed with Chris

· Documentation

· Torque—added trial introduction module

· Website

· Semiconductors—fixed about dialog, fixed battery spinner

o Waiting for approval for main site

Upcoming Work

· Rotation/Torque

· Localization Interface for PhET Simulations

· CCK

· Collaborate with John on States-Of-Matter

· Licensing issues/Meet with Kate Tallman