Molecular Workbench: Difference between revisions
(using an external editor) |
No edit summary |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
The term Molecular Workbench has three distinct uses. It refers to an open source [http://mw.concord.org molecular dynamics engine] developed for use in education, to a lesson [http://molo.concord.org/authoring/ authoring system] that creates student learning activities based on the engine, and to a series of NSF-funded [http://www.concord.org/work/projects/ projects at the Concord Consortium] which produced the software. A searchable [http://molo.concord.org/database/ database of Molecular Workbench learning activites] contains over 200 entries that are freely available under the Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ non-commercial license]. | |||
{{quotation | The Molecular Workbench (MW) software is a free, open-source modeling and authoring program specifically designed for use in science education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines that compute and visualize the motion of particles interacting through force fields, in both 2D and 3D, it provides a simulation platform for teaching and learning science through atomic-scale reasoning. Many important concepts in physics, chemistry and biology that are otherwise too abstract to understand can be visualized with dynamical and interactive simulations.}} ( [http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html Molecular Workbench] retrieved 19:06, 21 July 2006 (MEST). ) | {{quotation | The Molecular Workbench (MW) software is a free, open-source modeling and authoring program specifically designed for use in science education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines that compute and visualize the motion of particles interacting through force fields, in both 2D and 3D, it provides a simulation platform for teaching and learning science through atomic-scale reasoning. Many important concepts in physics, chemistry and biology that are otherwise too abstract to understand can be visualized with dynamical and interactive simulations.}} ( [http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html Molecular Workbench] retrieved 19:06, 21 July 2006 (MEST). ) | ||
The MW engine includes several unusual capabilities that make it useful in explaining and exploring chemical reactions, self-assembly in biological and nano-science systems, and light-matter interactions. The authoring environment supports the creation of simplified user interfaces, a variety of outputs, html text, and student assessments. 3D molecular visualizations can be placed on a MW page and then navigated to explore the shape and interactions in a complex molecule. Basic authoring is WYSIWYG based on a word-processor, but there is also a complete scripting capacity for more sophisticated applications. | |||
See also: [[microworld]]s, [[simulation]], [[visualization]], [[authoring environment]]. | See also: [[microworld]]s, [[simulation]], [[visualization]], [[authoring environment]]. | ||
{{quotation | MW is based on rigorous molecular dynamics calculations. Its simulation capacities and scientific accuracy are endorsed by calibrating simulations that self-prove scores of scientific laws. Scientists and engineers will find it useful in analyzing physical and chemical processes with simple, abstract models. Such models can be used to prove a concept, design a thought experiment, or serve as a prototype computational model before commiting to more concrete but usually time-consuming calculations involving considerable efforts. MW's revolutionary user interface enables users to quickly build a computational model, set up a simulation and immediately see the results while the simulation unfolds directly on the screen. Furthermore, when a simulation is saved, all the parameters, scripts, annotations and records also get saved in a format that can be loaded back in exactly the same original WYSIWYG form. You are absolutely freed from the burden of having to maintain numerous parameter-result sets in a traditional bookkeeping style. | {{quotation | MW is based on rigorous molecular dynamics calculations. Its simulation capacities and scientific accuracy are endorsed by calibrating simulations that self-prove scores of scientific laws. Scientists and engineers will find it useful in analyzing physical and chemical processes with simple, abstract models. Such models can be used to prove a concept, design a thought experiment, or serve as a prototype computational model before commiting to more concrete but usually time-consuming calculations involving considerable efforts. MW's revolutionary user interface enables users to quickly build a computational model, set up a simulation and immediately see the results while the simulation unfolds directly on the screen. Furthermore, when a simulation is saved, all the parameters, scripts, annotations and records also get saved in a format that can be loaded back in exactly the same original WYSIWYG form. You are absolutely freed from the burden of having to maintain numerous parameter-result sets in a traditional bookkeeping style. | ||
| Line 24: | Line 27: | ||
[http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html Molecular Workbench] homepage (including downlowds) | [http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html Molecular Workbench] homepage (including downlowds) | ||
[[Category: | |||
[[Category: 3D]] | |||
[[Category:Microworlds]] | |||
[[Category: Simulation environments]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:15, 4 August 2009
Definition
The term Molecular Workbench has three distinct uses. It refers to an open source molecular dynamics engine developed for use in education, to a lesson authoring system that creates student learning activities based on the engine, and to a series of NSF-funded projects at the Concord Consortium which produced the software. A searchable database of Molecular Workbench learning activites contains over 200 entries that are freely available under the Creative Commons non-commercial license.
“The Molecular Workbench (MW) software is a free, open-source modeling and authoring program specifically designed for use in science education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines that compute and visualize the motion of particles interacting through force fields, in both 2D and 3D, it provides a simulation platform for teaching and learning science through atomic-scale reasoning. Many important concepts in physics, chemistry and biology that are otherwise too abstract to understand can be visualized with dynamical and interactive simulations.” ( Molecular Workbench retrieved 19:06, 21 July 2006 (MEST). )
The MW engine includes several unusual capabilities that make it useful in explaining and exploring chemical reactions, self-assembly in biological and nano-science systems, and light-matter interactions. The authoring environment supports the creation of simplified user interfaces, a variety of outputs, html text, and student assessments. 3D molecular visualizations can be placed on a MW page and then navigated to explore the shape and interactions in a complex molecule. Basic authoring is WYSIWYG based on a word-processor, but there is also a complete scripting capacity for more sophisticated applications.
See also: microworlds, simulation, visualization, authoring environment.
“MW is based on rigorous molecular dynamics calculations. Its simulation capacities and scientific accuracy are endorsed by calibrating simulations that self-prove scores of scientific laws. Scientists and engineers will find it useful in analyzing physical and chemical processes with simple, abstract models. Such models can be used to prove a concept, design a thought experiment, or serve as a prototype computational model before commiting to more concrete but usually time-consuming calculations involving considerable efforts. MW's revolutionary user interface enables users to quickly build a computational model, set up a simulation and immediately see the results while the simulation unfolds directly on the screen. Furthermore, when a simulation is saved, all the parameters, scripts, annotations and records also get saved in a format that can be loaded back in exactly the same original WYSIWYG form. You are absolutely freed from the burden of having to maintain numerous parameter-result sets in a traditional bookkeeping style.” ( Molecular Workbench retrieved 19:06, 21 July 2006 (MEST). )
System
Molecular Workbench is a special browser for opening model and simulation-based activities
The system runs under Java.
Versions:
- Java Web Start
- Stand-alone
Links
Molecular Workbench homepage (including downlowds)