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/

• View online exhibits: 
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/nf_exhibits.html
• Main website has lots of video and links to other multimedia things
  http://www.exploratorium.edu

Other Curriculum-Related Areas

• History
• Language Teaching and Learning
• Machinima
• Mathematics
• Role Playing
• Science
• Simulations
• The Arts and More
• Recreation