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LissaLab Carbon

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Science Mathematics Study Skills & Tools ^Music, Art and Makerspaces High School & Up iOS App

Skills

Abstract Reasoning

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • App is a great visualization tool for students working to understand an abstract concept.
  • The app is simple and straight-forward to use for students who understand the underlying concepts.
  • App provides an opportunity for students to "openly play" with science.

Considerations

  • Students will get limited value from this app if they do not understand the underlying concepts.
  • Students may have difficulty fine tuning the virtual knobs, particularly if they have any motor weaknesses.

Mindprint Expert Review

This app acts as a virtual oscilloscope that will intrigue students interested in electronics and provide a useful visualization tool for students who have a basic understanding of oscilloscopes and parametric equations. Students uninterested or unfamiliar with these topics will find the app intriguing at first look, but it will have limited education value and they are unlikely to take the initiative to explore it. The app enables students to program a system of parametric equations to see how they manifest. Students can alter amplitude, frequency and phase shift with the virtual knobs and immediately see the corresponding effects. Students may have difficulty fine tuning the virtual knobs which could be frustrating if they have specific equations they want to program. Students studying physics can use this app to help them visualize a challenging concept, but parents should not expect students to understand Lissajous figures or parametric equations by simply playing with this app. Overall, a useful tool for students with a basic interest and understanding of the topic.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Abstract Reasoning
    • Directions may be confusing for students using independently
  • Fine Motor Skills
    • Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
  • Organization
    • Directions may be confusing for students using independently

Manufacturer Description

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This little app, with a superb oscilloscope look-and-feel, lets you experiment with different forms of Lissajous figures. The app’s interface closely simulates oscilloscope behaviour giving you a full control of the input signal as well as the possibility to change typical display parameters like the trace focus and intensity.

Now LissaLab also plays sine waves separately for each channel with a frequency multiplied by 10 in a range from 40 to 1000Hz. This is due to the fact that base frequency 0-100Hz can be hardy heard (not to mention that sound in frequency lower than 20Hz is an infrasound which we won't normally hear).

LissaLab Carbon gives you a great possibility to explore all variations of the Lissajous figure patterns.

LissaLab Carbon presents the basic laws of physics in a really easy way realizing the idea of educational entertainment.

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