Visualization in Earth Science
July 7, 2004
The Science House, Raleigh, NC

View photos from the workshop!

Scientific visualization is a computer graphics technology employed by scientists in model building that has great potential for K-12 education in science, math and technology. The Science House, in conjunction with the College of Education at NCSU, offered a teacher professional development workday on Wednesday, July 7, 2004.

The goal of the workshop was to identify curriculum areas in Earth Science where models will be most useful in augmenting student understanding and engagement. Teachers will share and assess different visual models (2D paper models, 3D construction kits, web-based graphics and animations) that can be used to enhance students' understanding of a variety of earth science topics and processes. Participants are asked to bring and share materials that they are currently using to help students visualize topics related to earth science instruction.

This workshop is sponsored by funds from the North Carolina GSK Foundation, granted to the North Carolina State University College of Education.

Workshop Resources

Which Way is North? http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/terminal/lessons/wwn/index.html

DataStreme from the American Meteorological Society
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/

North Carolina NASA Educator Resource Center
http://libweb.uncc.edu/nasa/

ArcVoyager (GIS)
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/voyager.html

Candy Bar Geology
http://www.science-house.org/learn/earthcycle/index.html

NC Outreach Directory
http://www.science-house.org/k12-directory/index.html

NCSTA Professional Development Page
http://www.ncsta.org/resources/pd.html

3D weblinks
http://geowall.geo.lsa.umich.edu/
http://www.pokescope.com/software/PokeScopePro24.html
http://faxmentis.org/html/ana-howto.html
http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/3d/spirit/

3D glasses
http://www.berezin.com/3d/3dglasses.htm#Polarized
http://www.3dglassesonline.com/3d-polarized-glasses/index.html