Integrating Research Data into K-16 Geoscience Education with Visualization

[907735]该项目开发了将研究数据集和数值模型转化为三维交互式计算机可视化的技术。这些创新的可视化是将研究整合到小学、中学和本科地球科学教育各个层次的最有效方法之一。这些可视化图像在个人电脑上运行，以便教育机构、独立学习和远程学习项目可以使用它们。可视化模块可以有效地扩展地球科学教育，远远超出传统的课堂和实验室设置，并允许学生以以前仅限于研究环境的方式操作数据集。目前的项目将这些可视化工作扩展到许多新的研究领域，为教育目的翻译额外的数据集，并与现有的地球科学计划建立伙伴关系，以传播材料并开发K-12版本的本科模块。该项目将产生三个新的计算机模块，以研究数据集和定量模型的可视化为中心。这些可视化被整合到文本、动画和静止图像中，为可视化提供背景，这是一个探索材料的框架，并建立材料与现代地球系统和人类社会的相关性。这些模块是专门为跨越传统学科界限而设计的，将不同的学科联系在一起。与传统的课程材料相比，这使得这些模块具有独特的教学视角。灵活的格式极大地扩展了模块的实用功能，允许它们在讲座、自学教程或资源材料中用作视觉效果。这些模块可以通过互联网分发，也可以作为cd - rom分发。它们将在基于Macintosh或windows的个人电脑上运行，并且采用HTML格式，因此这些材料可以在商业浏览器上运行。这种技术允许材料在学生和教育工作者已经熟悉的计算机环境中呈现。对商业软件和互联网技术的依赖也最大限度地提高了材料的可访问性和寿命。

9907735KirbyThis project has developed techniques to translate research data sets and numerical models into three-dimensional interactive computer visualizations. These innovative visualizations represent one of the most effective ways to integrate research into all levels of elementary, secondary, and undergraduate geoscience education. The visualizations run on personal computers so that educational institutions, Independent Study and Distance Learning programs can use them. The visualization modules can effectively expand geoscience education well beyond traditional lecture and lab settings and allow students to manipulate data sets in a manner that has previously been limited to research environments. The current projects expands these visualization efforts into a number of new research areas, translates additional data sets for educational purposes and develops partnerships with existing geoscience initiatives to disseminate the materials and develop K-12 versions of the undergraduate modules. The project will produce three new computer modules centered about visualizations of research data sets and quantitative models. These visualizations are integrated into text, animations, and still images that provide background for the visualizations, a framework in which to explore the material, and establish the relevance of the material to modern Earth Systems and human society. The modules are specifically designed to cross traditional discipline boundaries and tie diverse subjects together. This gives the modules a unique pedagogical perspective compared to more traditional course materials. A flexible format greatly expands the modules utility, allows them to be used as visuals in a lecture, self-guided students tutorials or resource material. The modules can be distributed over the Internet or as CD-ROMs. They will work on Macintosh or Windows-based personal computers and are in HTML format so the materials run on commercial browsers. This technology allows the material to be presented in a computer environment that is already familiar to students and educators. Reliance on commercial software and Internet technology also maximizes the accessibility and longevity of the materials.