HR: 1330h
AN: ED13B-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Web Based Tools for Research and Teaching
AU: Svirsky, E
EM: Edward.Svirsky@colorado.edu
AF: Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, UCB 390, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Hijazi, A
EM: Adil.Hijazi@colorado.edu
AF: Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, UCB 390, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Betterton, D
EM: Dale.Betterton@Colorado.EDU
AF: Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, UCB 390, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: * Doxas, I
EM: doxas@colorado.edu
AF: Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, UCB 390, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: The Solar System Collaboratory is a web based set of tools that has been used for the past seven years in introductory classes in Astronomy, Physics, Environmental Science, and Engineering. The present paper will discuss the integration into the tool set of a recently developed Magnetospheric package. The package is written in Java 3D, and has a modular design, so that different models and datasets, both real-time and historical, can be seamlessly compared using a variety of goodness-of-fit measures. The package is used both in research and education at the undergraduate as well as secondary level. In addition to the science components, the package includes web based tools for conceptual student assessment, as well as resources for teachers, and videotaped case studies of classroom interactions.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly