2022 Senior software project for Team 9 (The Society) at the University of Tulsa.
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Orbit Learn is an educational n-body simulation mobile app. We have made an easy and intuitive lab activity to introduce students to the physics of our solar system. The goal is to provide an affordable 3D alternative to the typical sheet and balls.
Here are some reasons that make Orbit Learn better than a sheet and bowling ball!
- It is free! All that is required is a mobile phone!
- It allows for the students to experiment on their own.
- It has 3D capabilities!
- It's video game esc, engages students!
- It removes the physical limitations of Earth's gravity and friction.
This is an app made solely for education purposes. Do not use this for any purpose that needs a high degree of precision (like launching rockets)!
We used the following tools to develop Orbit Learn.
The following are steps to get Orbit Learn up and running on your local machine!
- Download Unity Hub
- Download Unity Editor V 2020.3.9f1. Choose to download it through Unity Hub. DO NOT INSTALL ANDROID COMPONENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS INITIAL INSTALL!
- Create an Unity Account
- Clone the repository
- In Unity Hub click the dropdown next to "Open". Select "Add project from disk" and navigate to the cloned repository. Make sure to select the nested file "OrbitLearn" with in the repository.
- Run "OrbitLearn"
- On first run navigate to File -> Build Settings. Select the Android build. This will prompt an install of all required componenents.
- You should be good to play the app!
Orbit Learn is best used in the classroom with an accompanying worksheet. Visit our website for an example of one such worksheet!
Please visit our website to find ways to contact us!
We would like to thank the following people for participating in the development of this application.