Free Science Software
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Introduction
This document focuses on free science and science education software. In some cases the software is available free for online use, but a fee is charged for downloading copy to one's personal computer.
Concord Consortium
See http://www.concord.org/resources/browse/172/ for open source software such as:
Molecular Workbench - Self Assembly: Students learn the necessary conditions for self-assembly (random motion and molecular stickiness), play with some example models of self-assembling biological structures (dimers, fibers and microtubules), and then design their own self assembly structures.
Molecular Workbench Software: The Molecular Workbench is a set of tools that can be used to compute and visualize the motion of ensembles of atoms and molecules. The motion of each entity is calculated using classical dynamics and applicable forces, including van der Waals potentials, Coulomb interactions, harmonic approximations to bonds, external fields, effective hydrophobic/hydrophilic forces, as well as boundaries and bond formation/breaking rules. Mesoscale objects and their interactions based on the Gay-Berne model are supported. The resulting ensembles can illustrate energy conservation, gas laws, pressure, phase transitions, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, catalysis, Maxwell velocity distribution, heat transfer, osmosis, electrolysis, electrophoresis, liquid crystals, polymers, protein folding, molecular recognition, and more.
Pedagogical Explorer: The successor to our Genscope, BioLogica™, and DEUCE software, Pedagogica Explorer includes activities in the topics of Biology: Genetics, Physics: Mechanics, and Chemistry: Atoms and Gas Laws.
Population Explorer: The CC Population Explorer lets you simulate population growth and contraction due to environmental issues, mutations, and genetic factors.
TEEMSS Sound Grapher: The TEEMSS Sound Grapher is the Concord Consortium's simple sound graphing tool.
