Research On The Application Of Geometers Sketchpad To Helping Teach Physics

With the development of IT, a computer has been widely used to help teach physics over the past few years. Meanwhile, much of the software, such as Flash, PowerPoint, and so, is not quite fit for practical teaching, partly because such software is difficult to use or doesn't prove highly effective, which, to some extent, has restricted the development of the Application of Geometers sketchpad to helping to physics teaching.The Geometers sketchpad, a piece of wonderful physics teaching software, contains lot of picture-drawing functions and is able to reveal the reality of physical phenomena and the changing law of physics, with the software dynamic. The software is powerful to measure and calculate and be able to be used to do research into physics quantitatively. Besides, the software is easy to learn and cheap to buy, and can serve as a suitable software platform as an aid to physics teaching.The passage, based on the theory of cognitive development, construction and system science, by using the ways of action research, literature search and investigation, states that the Geometers sketchpad can achieve an optimal outcome in helping to teach physics, help to work out the difficult problems, and help to develop students' ideation. In fact, the software is highly thought of by physics teachers.Also, the essay has analyzed how to make good use of the piece of software to help make physics courseware, provided examples for thought, and covered all the unique advantages and great potentialities. At the same time, some teaching methods are suggested that physics teachers make the best use of the advantages and fight shy of the disadvantages.