Fri, Feb 04, 2022 10:07 PM in Kid friendly science shows!
Hi! My colleagues and I make planetarium shows about the brain through the neurodome project (neurodome.org). We also have turned some of the content into virtual reality that you can view with a mobile phone (using Google Cardboard). Here's a link to that 360-degree version, which kids can explore with phones/ipads:
https://youtu.be/P00C9VXEHlA ' target="_blank"> https://youtu.be/P00C9VX...
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Fri, Feb 04, 2022 9:27 AM in Virtual Experiments
In short, virtual science experiments are much more limited and less engaging, and, at best, kind of like video games. On the flipside, in-person eperiments can be less controlled and may have students miss the point. For example, in a lab on condensation, students were supposed to use a paper towel to detect moisture on the outside of a cup containing ice water - however because it was cold and ...
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Wed, Feb 02, 2022 11:49 AM in Interactive, phone-linkable virtual posters and slides for remote classes and science fairs
Hi - As someone who teaches at both a K-12 level as well as graduate students, we've had a tough time with doing science fair type posters and interactive presentations. So we created a free utility that can help you do that. It's a web app ( https://www.snorkle.io/ " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">snorkle.io ) that creates interactive, sharable visualizations that you can share by link o...
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