We just received a grant from the Woods Hole Sea Grant Program to bring our Interactive Topographic Modeling System (AR Sandbox) to local schools for a week at a time. We train teachers and provide lesson plans for middle and high school classes. There is no charge for this program. Click here for our video […]
We have just completed our field trip season. Over 2000 students participated in our on-the-water program. We are also active with our Interactive Topographic Modeling Systems. Please contact us if you are interested in getting one. We also bring our portable system to schools for a week at a time. Here is our system at […]
Developed by a team led by Oliver Kreylos at UC Davis, the Augmented Reality Sandbox is an incredible interactive system for learning about topographic mapping, the effect of sea level rise, storm surge, and tsunamis on coastal environments, and other water-related processes. We have a permanent one in our office that all students get to […]
We are ready to go into full swing with our fall schedule of hosting field trips for middle, high school and colleges. Among the participating schools this fall are Wellesley College, College of the Holy Cross, Stonehill College, Gordon College, Newton North HS, Falmouth Academy, Our Sisters School, Bay View Academy, Hathaway Brown (Shaker Heights, […]
We get a lot of great feedback from teachers and students. Here is a letter from a teacher whose class came out with us in May. May 22, 2015 Dear Rob, Thank you again for welcoming my 8th grade class onto your boat, and showing them some of the work you do on the Tioga. […]
This week we gave a demonstration of this system (also known as an Augmented Reality Sandbox) to the Commanding General of the US Army Corps of Engineers Lt. General Thomas Bostick at WHOI. Also present were Admiral Pittenger, General Sullivan (US Army, Ret), WHOI President Susan Avery, and WHOI Director of Research, Larry Madin.
