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Simulations

NOAA s Virtual Island

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8YX32GAyQ

NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratories

Experiment in 3-dimensional virtual education

  • a space for scientific discussion  regarding the climate
  • Noaa's virtual plaza - science on a sphere
  • Crawford building - conference hall
  • 3 dimensional weather vizualization
  • airport - ride on a weather balloon, ride in a weather "hurricane hunter" plane
  • tsunami simulation
  • aquarium and  ecological simulations
  • glaciers and effects of climate change

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/outreach/#sl

Teaching Simulations in SL

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJTzNSV8pb0
SL: Education Island teamwork and role-playing
(start at 3:07-3:58 or 3:58 – 5:00)

San Francisco Exploratorium

The Exploratorium has a Second Life island. The following are good web pages with information about it.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife/


Other Curriculum-Related Areas

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