Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Tania Clucas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Greg S Wirth, Geographic Information Network of Alaska - UAF, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Abstract:
Interactive geospatial education tools can excite students and public audiences alike. Alaska EPSCoR and UAF GINA have taken one such tool – an augmented-reality sandbox invented at UC-Davis – and created a completely mobile version, which can be easily transported and deployed on and off the road system. In addition, EPSCoR has developed model curricula that use the sandbox to teach basic topography and hydrology skills. More advanced curricular modules in development will teach about flooding, tsunamis, and other hydrologic and landscape hazards.
Instructions on building a mobile sandbox, curricula, and video of the sandbox in action are available at www.alaska.edu/epscor/Augmented-Reality%20Sandbox/
