3.8+Spreadsheets,+modelling+and+simulations

=** STRAND 3: IT systems > Spreadsheets, modelling and simulations **=

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'Only the Best' Links

 * **Link** || **Description** || **Links to Other Strands** ||
 * Spreadsheet Basics || This site by "BBC-GCSE Bitesize" covers the basics about spreadsheets which includes simple formulas, charts and graphs. ||  ||
 * Web-based Spreadsheets || This article discusses the implications of an online spreadsheet accessible to mutiple users at a time. ||  ||
 * Military Vehicle Simulations || This website discusses how simulators use sophisticated computer models to replicate a vehicle's capabilities and limitations. ||  ||
 * [|Predicting Terrorist Attacks] || Several computer-based models suggested to help fight against future terrorist attacks. ||  ||
 * Using computers the predict a weather forecast || Within several hours, having performed trillions of mathematical computations, a model can produce a simulation of the weather for up to 15 days into the future || Strand 2: Modeling simulations ||

**'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts**

 * **From ballet shoes to human tissue, printing ideas into 3-D reality**
 * (PBS NewsHour)** || media type="custom" key="25128614" ||
 * **[|3D printed cars a reality? Take a ride in one...]** || media type="custom" key="24370548" width="130" height="130" ||
 * Shapeways 3D Printing & the Culture of Creativity || media type="youtube" key="qJuTM0Y7U1k" height="315" width="560" ||
 * **[|Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer]** || media type="youtube" key="hmxjLpu2BvY" height="324" width="576" ||
 * **[|Print Your Own Flute](3D Printing)** || media type="youtube" key="jlq5R84TlVw" height="377" width="504" ||
 * **Modeling & Simulations 101** || media type="youtube" key="X-6zxImekOE" height="315" width="524" ||
 * **SimTV - The Modeling & Simulation Channel** || media type="youtube" key="J_0qUkhuMP8" height="417" width="533" ||
 * **[|Red Bull F1 Simulator]**
 * **[|Red Bull F1 Simulator]**

The Red Bull Formel I Racing Team uses a simulator to train its drivers. Experience the simulator in this video.

[|Animation - Building a Formel I Car]
 * Additional Videos**

Driving Red Bull's rFactor Pro Simulator || media type="youtube" key="u_Q6HGzn-pc" height="347" width="557" ||

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