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Software interTESS DVD, complete version with all experiment Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Spplied Sciences

Product No: 01100-00

Function and Applications

The software interTESS is an interactive software tool for supporting teachers as well as students in the set up, performance and evaluation of experiments from PHYWE's TESS program (Training and Experimental System for Students, in total more than 1000 student experiments available). The age-based teaching approach together with a computer interface for PC-based data collection, interTESS offers a real computer-based learning.

The experiments are available in up to 11 languages on DVD (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Arabic, Russian, Turkish).

Experiments become more attractive. Future kids grow up with computers. With interTESS, the fascination of the PC can be transferred to physics.
Save valuable teaching time. The software supports the student during the experimental setup, action and evaluation. The teacher can assist the students individually.
Step-by-step experimentation ensures maximum learning effectiveness. The interTESS software guides the users through the experiments. Detailed descriptions help for a better understanding. The measurement results can be entered in tabulars, graphs are generated automatically.
Easy evaluation of student performance. A large variety of questions can be answered using multiple choice, by drawing sketches or as text. Also possible as homework on the students PCs.
Teacher Tool minimizes preparation time. The teacher tool offers password-protected access to sample-solutions.

Topics

In total more than 400 experiments described in english.

Physics: 304 experiments (Mechanics 75, Thermodynamics 34, Optics 81, Electrics/Electronics 74, Electrostatics/Magnetism/Electrical fields 24, Optics/Atomic Physics 16)
Chemistry: 60 experiments (General and Anorganic Chemistry)
Biology: 23 experiments (Plants & animals 1, Plant growth 9, Environment 4, Respiration & Blood 1, Plant metabolism 7, Reproduction 1)
Applied Sciences: 53 experiments (Renewable Energy)

Equipment and Technical Data

Content: 1 DVD
More than 400 experiment descriptions for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Applied Sciences
System requirements: MinimumPentium III, 500 MHz, 64 MB RAM,8× CD-ROM drive,Windows 98/ME/2000/XP; LinuxSuSE Version 7 or higher, RedHatVersion 7 or higher, MacOS X.

Accessories

PHYWE TESS (Training and Experimental System for Students)

Single versions available for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Applied Science, as well as topic-related versions for Optics, Mechanics etc.

This documentation contains the following experiments

Title	Product
Measurement of length	P0998100
Measurement of time	P0998200
Determination of the mass of solid and liquid bodies	P0998300
Determination of the volume of regular and irregular bodies	P0998400
Determination of the density of solids	P0998500
Determination of the density of liquids	P0998600
Determination of the density of air	P0998700
Measurement of forces	P0998800
Force and reaction	P0998900
Weight	P0999000
Hooke's Law	P0999100
Bending of a leaf spring	P0999200
Calibration of a dynamometer	P0999300
Force aligned in the same and opposite direction	P0999400
Combination of forces; parallelogram of forces	P0999500
Resolution of forces on an inclined plane	P0999600
Force on a pulley mounting	P0999700
Finding the centre of gravity	P0999800
Stability	P0999900
Reaction forces for an unloaded beam	P1000000
Reaction forces for a loaded beam	P1000100
Restoring force on a displaced pendulum	P1000200
Friction	P1000300
Coefficient of friction	P1000400
Beam balance	P1000500
Double-sided lever	P1000600
One-sided lever	P1000700
Force and displacement on a fixed pulley	P1000800
Force and displacement on a free pulley	P1000900
Block and tackle formed from a free and a fixed pulley	P1001000
Block and tackle with four pulleys	P1001100
Force and displacement on a step wheel	P1001200
Gear mechanisms and belt drives	P1001300
Work on an inclined plane	P1001400
Potential energy and tension energy	P1001500
Power	P1001600
Joined vessels	P1001700
Hydrostatic pressure	P1001800
Buoyancy and floating	P1001900
Archimedes' principle	P1002000
Finding the density of solid bodies by measuring the buoyan-cy	P1002100
Finding the density of liquids using a hydrometer	P1002200
Finding the density of immiscible liquids	P1002300
Capillary action	P1002400
Boyle-Mariotte law	P1002500
Pumps and siphons	P1002600
Helical spring pendulum	P1002700
Thread pendulum (mathematical pendulum)	P1002800
Oscillations of a leaf spring	P1002900
Damping	P1003000
Forced oscillation and resonance	P1003100
Displacement-time recording	P1003200
Reversible pendulum (physical pendulum)	P1003300
Coupled pendulum systems	P1003400
Uniform linear motion	P1003500
Uniform linear motion with the 2-1 timer	P1003505
Comparison of uniform and non-uniform motion	P1003600
Comparison of uniform and non-uniform motion with the 2-1timer	P1003605
Instantaneous and average speed	P1003700
Instantaneous and average speed with the 2-1 timer	P1003705
Laws of uniform linear motion	P1003800
Laws of uniform linear motion with the 2-1 timer	P1003805
Laws of uniformly accelerated motion	P1003900
Laws of uniformly acceleration motion with the 2-1 timer	P1003905
Potential and kinetic energy	P1004000
Potential and kinetic energy with the 2-1 timer	P1004005
Free fall	P1004100
Free fall with the 2-1 timer	P1004105
Newton's law: acceleration as a function of force	P1004200
Newton's law: acceleration as a function of force with the2-1 timer	P1004205
Newton's law: acceleration as a function of mass	P1004300
Newton's law: acceleration as a function of mass with the2-1 timer	P1004305
Impulse	P1004400
Impulse with the 2-1 timer	P1004405
Elastic collision	P1004500
Hardness, colour, magnetisability, water solubility	P1022100
Combustibility, melting point	P1022200
Boiling point	P1022300
Sublimation	P1022400
Density determination	P1022500
Properties of mixtures of substances	P1022600
Liquid mixtures of substances	P1022700
Evaporation	P1022900
Filtration, magnetic separation	P1023000
Extraction	P1023400
Chromatography	P1023500
Comparison of a physical process and a chemical reaction	P1023600
Reaction of copper and sulphur	P1023700
Test for oxygen	P1023800
Test for hydrogen	P1023900
Test for nitrogen	P1024100
Volume contraction of liquids	P1024300
Dissolution processes in liquids	P1024900
Dissolution of salts	P1025000
Crystallisation	P1025100
Test confirming the migration of ions by means of indicator paper	P1032300
Periodic system	P1032400
Dipole properties	P1032500
Melting point lowering/boiling point elevation	P1032800
The behaviour of salts with regard to solvents of differentpolarities	P1032900
Heat sensitivity of the skin	P1042100
Thermal equilibrium	P1042200
Calibration of a thermometer (thermometer model)	P1042300
Temperature measurement with a thermocouple	P1042400
Expansion of liquids and gases	P1042500
Expansion coefficient of liquids	P1042600
Expansion of air at constant pressure	P1042700
Expansion of air at constant volume	P1042800
Linear expansion of metals	P1042900
Bimetallic principle	P1043000
Thermal conduction of solid bodies	P1043100
Thermal conduction coefficient of metals	P1043200
Thermal convection in liquids and gases	P1043300
Thermal conduction in liquids	P1043400
Absorption of thermal radiation	P1043500
Thermal insulation	P1043600
Heating different quantities of water	P1043700
Heating various liquids	P1043800
Specific heat capacity of water	P1043900
Temperature of mixed liquids	P1044000
Heat capacity of the calorimeter	P1044100
Specific heat capacity of solid bodies	P1044200
Calorimetric temperature measurement	P1044300
Conversion of mechanical energy into internal energy	P1044400
Volume change during the melting of ice	P1044500
Melting and freezing curve of sodium thiosulphate	P1044600
Latent heat of fusion of ice	P1044700
Heat of evaporation of water	P1044800
Heat of condensation of water	P1044900
Distillation	P1045000
Evaporation	P1045100
Heat of solution	P1045200
Freezing point depression (freezing mixture)	P1045300
Boiling point elevation	P1045400
Optical illusions	P1063100
Rectilinear propagation of light	P1063200
Transparent and opaque objects	P1063300
Shadows (umbra and penumbra)	P1063400
Solar and lunar eclipses (with the light box)	P1063500
Reflection of light	P1063600
Reflection by a plane mirror	P1063700
Images in a plane mirror	P1063800
Reflection by a concave mirror	P1063900
Image construction for a concave mirror	P1064000
Reflection by a convex mirror	P1064100
Image construction for a convex mirror	P1064200
Refraction at the air-glass boundary	P1064300
Determining the refractive index of glass	P1064400
Refraction at the air-water boundary	P1064500
Refraction at the boundary between two liquids	P1064600
Refraction at the glass-air boundary	P1064700
Total reflection and the critical angle	P1064800
Passage of light trough a planoparallel plate	P1064900
Refraction at a prism	P1065000
Deviating prisms	P1065100
Reversing prisms	P1065200
Light path and focal length of a convex lens	P1065300
Image construction for a convex lens	P1065400
Light path and focal length of a concave lens	P1065500
Image construction for a concave lens	P1065600
Light path of lens combinations	P1065700
Focal length of lens combinations	P1065800
Spherical aberration	P1065900
Chromatic aberration	P1066000
Colour dispersion with a prism	P1066100
Reunification of spectral colours	P1066200
Complementary colours	P1066300
Additive colour mixing	P1066400
Subtractive colour mixing	P1066500
Colours of objects	P1066600
Mode of operation of the human eye (normal vision)	P1066700
Short-sightedness and its correction	P1066800
Long-sightedness an its correction	P1066900
Defective accommodation in old age and its correction	P1067000
Day and night	P1067100
The seasons	P1067200
The phases of the moon	P1067300
Solar and lunar eclipses (with the earth-moon model)	P1067400
The pinhole camera	P1067500
Luminous intensity (photometer)	P1067600
Illuminance (inverse square law)	P1067700
Projected image with a concave mirror	P1067800
Law of imagery for a concave mirror	P1067900
Determining the magnification of a concave mirror	P1068000
Images in a convex mirror	P1068100
Image obtained with a convex lens	P1068200
Determining the focal length of a convex lens	P1068300
Law of imagery for a convex lens	P1068400
Determining the magnification of a concave lens	P1068500
Image obtained with a concave lens	P1068600
Pincushion an barrel distortion	P1068700
The magnifying glass	P1068800
The structure of a microscope	P1068900
Determining the magnification of a microscope	P1069000
The astronomical telescope	P1069100
The Galilean telescope	P1069200
Determining the magnification of a telescope	P1069300
The camera	P1069400
The depth of focus of a camera	P1069500
The slide projector	P1069600
Diffraction at a grid	P1069700
Determination of the wavelength by grid diffraction	P1069800
Polarisation with filters	P1069900
Rotation of the polarisation plane with a sugar solution	P1070000
Demonstration of the type of charge on rubbed rods	P1084000
Demonstration of the type of charge on films and plates	P1084100
Forces between charged bodies	P1084200
A model of an electroscope	P1084300
The mode of operation of an electroscope	P1084400
Electrostatic induction with conductors and non-conductors	P1084500
The effect of a force of electrostatic induction (imagecharge)	P1084600
Electrostatic induction with an electroscope	P1084700
A conductor as a capacitor	P1084800
Charge distribution in a Faraday cup	P1084900
Storing of positive and negative charges	P1085000
Charge transport with a pendulum	P1085100
The mobility of charges in insulators and conductors	P1085200
Testing conductivity with an electroscope	P1085300
Discharging by ionisation	P1085400
Discharging at points	P1085500
Structure and strength of bones	P1340800
From seed to plant	P1341100
Why don't seeds germinate while still inside the fruit?	P1341700
What are seed leaves for?	P1341800
What is a plant's seed made of?	P1341900
Why do cut flowers wilt if they are not put in water, andpotted plants if we do not water them?	P1342000
Why don't vegetable plants grow properly if their roots arebadly developed?	P1342200
Why can all parts of a plant be quickly supplied with water?	P1342300
What does a plant need to produce starch?	P1342500
What is the significance of the green leaf pigment?	P1342600
Soil salts	P1342900
The water retention capacity of soil	P1343100
Air pollution caused by wild waste incineration	P1343300
Tarry substances in tobacco smoke	P1343400
The osmotic behaviour of the red blood corpuscles	P1345300
Assimilation and reserve starch	P1346500
The osmotic coefficient	P1346700
Chloroplast pigments	P1346900
Photosynthesis and carbon dioxide	P1347000
Release of oxygen during photosynthesis	P1347100
Petal pigments	P1347500
Nitrogen fixation by bacteria	P1347600
Asexual reproduction by budding	P1347700
The simple electrical circuit	P1371600
Measurement of voltage	P1371700
Measurement of current	P1371800
Conductors and non-conductors	P1371900
Changeover switches and alternating switches	P1372000
Parallel and series connection of voltage sources	P1372100
The safety fuse	P1372200
The bimetallic switch	P1372300
Ohm's law	P1372400
The resistance of wires - dependence on the length andcross-section	P1372500
The resistance of wires - dependence on the material andtemperature	P1372600
The resistivity of wires	P1372700
Current and resistance in a parallel connection	P1372800
Current and resistance in a series connection	P1372900
Voltage in a series connection	P1373000
The potentiometer	P1373100
The internal resistance of a voltage source	P1373200
Electrical power and work	P1373300
Capacitors in direct current circuits	P1373400
Charging and discharging a capacitor	P1373500
Capacitors in alternating current circuits	P1373600
Diodes as electrical valves	P1373700
Diodes as rectifiers	P1373800
The characteristic curve of a silicon diode	P1373900
Properties of solar cells - dependence on the illuminance	P1374000
Current-voltage characteristic of a solar cell	P1374100
The NPN transistor	P1374200
The transistor as a direct current amplifier	P1374300
The current-voltage characteristic of an NPN transistor	P1374400
The transistor as a switch	P1374500
The transistor time-delay switch	P1374600
Conversion of electrical energy into thermal energy	P1374700
Conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy	P1374800
Conductivity of aqueous solutions of electrolytes	P1374900
Connection between voltage and current in conductive proces-ses in liquids	P1375000
Electrolysis	P1375100
Galvanisation	P1375200
Galvanic cells	P1375300
The lead accumulator	P1375400
The magnetic effect of a current-carrying conductor	P1375500
A current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field	P1375600
The electric bell	P1375700
The electromagnetic relay	P1375800
Controlling with a relay	P1375900
The light-sensitive switch	P1376000
The galvanometer	P1376100
The permanent magnet DC motor	P1376200
The series motor	P1376300
The shunt motor	P1376400
Generation of an induced voltage with permanent magnets	P1376500
Generation of an induced voltage with electromagnets	P1376600
The alternating current generator	P1376700
Voltage transformation	P1376800
Current transformation	P1376900
Self-induction when switching a circuit on	P1377000
Self-induction when switching a circuit off	P1377100
Coils in alternating current circuits	P1377200
Earthing of the power supply line	P1377300
The protective conductor system	P1377400
The protective isolation transformer	P1377500
The NTC resistor	P1377600
The PTC resistor	P1377700
The light dependent resistor	P1377800
Characteristic curve of a Zener diode	P1377900
The Zener diode as voltage stabiliser	P1378000
Light-emitting diodes	P1378100
Photo diodes	P1378200
Bridge rectifiers	P1378300
Filter networks	P1378400
The transistor as a voltage amplifier	P1378500
Stabilisation of the operating point	P1378600
Controlling a transistor with a photoresistor	P1378700
Temperature control of a transistor	P1378800
Undamped electromagnetic oscillations	P1378900
Why is the sky blue?	P1415001
What does the spectrum of a light-emitting diode (LED) looklike?	P1415101
Endothermic and exothermic reactions	P7150100
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Conversion of light into motion with a solar cell	P9510100
Conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy	P9510200
Conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy	P9510300
Conversion of thermal energy into motion	P9510400
Driving a water wheel	P9510500
Influence of illumination level on voltage and current of asolar cell	P9511100
Influence of surface area of solar cell on voltage and current	P9511200
Voltage and current in a series connection of solar cells	P9511300
Voltage and current in a parallel connection of solar cells	P9511400
The solar cell as a power source for LED	P9511500
The solar cell as a diode	P9511600
Voltage and current of a solar cell as a function of light intensity	P9511700
Storage of electrical energy of a solar cell with the aid ofa rechargeable battery	P9511800
Solar-dark characteristic curve	P9511900
The characteristic current-voltage curves of solar cells	P9512000
Storage of the electric energy from a solar cell in a capacior	P9512100
Thermal conduction	P9513100
Influence of surface on the absorption of solar energy	P9513200
Influence of insulation on the absorption of solar energy	P9513300
Using the greenhouse effect with a solar collector	P9513400
Heating water in a solar collector	P9513500
Thermal insulation of houses and thermal imaging	P9513600
Thermal radiation and greenhouse effect	P9513700
Electrical energy from wind energy	P9515100
Influence of wind speed	P9515200
Influence of wind direction	P9515300
Wind energy under load	P9515400
Influence of number of rotor blades	P9515500
Storage of electrical energy from wind energy with the aid of a rechargeable battery	P9515600
Storage of the electric energy won from wind energy in a capacitor	P9515700
Current-voltage characteristic of the wind wheel	P9515800
Generation of hydrogen and oxygen using a PEM electrolyser	P9516100
Generation of electric energy using a PEM fuel cell	P9516200
Solar-hydrogen system	P9516300
Wind-hydrogen system	P9516400
Characteristic curve of a PEM electrolyser	P9516500
Faradic efficiency and energetic efficiency of a PEM electrolyser	P9516600
Current-voltage characteristic of a PEM fuel cell	P9516700
Faradic and energetic efficiencies of a PEM fuel cell	P9516800
The efficiency of a electrolyser-fuel cell system	P9516900
current-voltage characteristic of an air breathing fuel cell	P9517000
Generation of electrical energy using a thermogenerator(thermoelectric power)	P9517100
Thermal voltage and temperature	P9517200
Peltier effect: cooling engine	P9517300
Peltier effect: heat pump	P9517400
Using ambient heat with the aid of a Peltier heat pump	P9517500
Pumping water using solar energy	P9518100
Pumping water using wind energy	P9518200
Efficiency of the pump in the conversion of electric energy to potential energy	P9518300
Running water drives a generator	P9518400
Heating water using a parabolic trough	P9519100
How heating is influenced by the position of the absorber in the parabolic trough	P9519200
Model of a parabolic trough field	P9519300