Virtual Field Trip to the Mid-Ocean Ridge

大洋中脊虚拟实地考察

• 批准号: 9652978
• 负责人: William Prothero
• 金额: $ 7.76万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1998-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9652978&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Virtual; Field; Trip; Mid; Ocean

This proposal builds on an existing CD-ROM, "Our Dynamic Planet" by creating a realistic "virtual reality" trip to the seafloor intended for an introductory course in oceanography. It supports work that will double the content of an existing project, and enable students to explore a broader spectrum of oceanographic sub-disciplines including ocean chemistry, biology, marine resource development, and marine technology. Efforts are focused on compiling a rich variety of recently collected data from the world's mid-ocean ridges and enhancing the "point and click" user interface to facilitate student-subject matter interaction. Supportive curriculum materials that will be integral to CD-ROM are a key component of this initiative. Students will work with seafloor topography, seafloor geology, sea life, and hydrothermal hot springs. The students will also have access to other types of data, such as water chemistry, temperature, light attenuation, rock chemistry, magnetic intensity, seismic structure and more. Students are provided with a discovery experience tied to observations and data taken during actual research expeditions that investigate the link between lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere that uniquely occurs at mid-ocean ridges, collecting the latest, cutting edge results from research oceanographers and packaging them in an easy to use and understand format for undergraduate non-science students. NSF FORM 1358 (1/94)

这项建议是在现有的光盘“我们的动态星球”的基础上，为海洋学入门课程创造一个逼真的“虚拟现实”海底之旅。它支持将现有项目的内容增加一倍的工作，并使学生能够探索更广泛的海洋学子学科，包括海洋化学，生物学，海洋资源开发和海洋技术。 工作重点是汇编最近从世界大洋中脊收集的各种丰富数据，并加强“点击式”用户界面，以便利学生与主题事项的互动。作为光盘组成部分的辅助课程材料是这一举措的一个关键组成部分。 学生将与海底地形，海底地质，海洋生物和热液温泉。学生还将获得其他类型的数据，如水化学，温度，光衰减，岩石化学，磁场强度，地震结构等。 学生们提供了一个发现经验，与实际研究考察期间所采取的观察和数据相关联，这些考察了岩石圈、水圈和生物圈之间的联系，这些联系独特地发生在大洋中脊，收集了海洋学家研究的最新、最前沿的结果，并将其包装成一种易于使用和理解的格式，供本科非理科学生使用。 NSF表格1358（1/94）