Science Infoblog » Nintendo Wii http://johnwest.edublogs.org assisting learning inside school from the outside.....JOHN WEST HOD SCIENCE Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 gaming:Nintendo Wii in the science classroom http://johnwest.edublogs.org/2008/08/17/gaming/ http://johnwest.edublogs.org/2008/08/17/gaming/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:54:18 +0000 john west http://johnwest.edublogs.org/?p=120 Many games are driven by physics engines that mimic motion in the real world in a virtual counterpart. Phun discussed earlier is a simple 2D example. A number of classes had a brief look at the technology behind the Nintendo Wii and the physics concepts underpinning the games. The boxing game will have to be banned in future as students let loose in a virtual world were determined to punch each others’ lights out risking a virtual school suspension

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Some physics concepts identified include:

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