PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

April 5, 2007

An online version of this report is available here.

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

Energy Skate Park

Posted 6 revisions, latest version is:

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/dev/ec3/1.05.17/

Hourly work records are here

Summary (see also Change docs)

· Added character graphics

· Fix in physics (passing through track at high velocity)

o Still a problem at high velocity + high curvature

· Several bugfixes

· Graphics improvements

Upcoming (see also todo list):

· Finalize energy conservation

· Improve performance

· Record/playback

· Minor bugfixes/updates

Questions:

· Feedback on track/character graphics?

· Improve performance during zoom-out?

Build Process

• Test build process with Energy Skate Park
• Emailed MS&C about automated build/test server

Cleanup

• Remove unused code from repository

Upcoming Work

1. Rotational Motion Simulation I/II
2. CCK…