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Tag Archives: Second Life
A Virtual South Florida
Do you see south Florida in our Digital Wave island? Students have teamed up in groups to represent different regions of south Florida, which you can see outlined by 5 plots of land. We have: the Kissimmee River and the … Continue reading
Posted in For Students
Tagged Digital Wave, Everglades, Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, Second Life, Water Conservation Areas
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Carbon Dioxide: The Missing Link
When a NASA scientist meets high school students, you may automatically think that it is always the NASA scientist that would be teaching the students. But at the Museum’s Digital WAVE: Warming Winds and Water program, the scientist taught the … Continue reading
Posted in For Students
Tagged Digital Wave, JPL, Keeling Curve, Mike Gunson, NASA, Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Second Life
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Virtual Climate Masterpieces
There are times when you’re impressed, and times when you’re really impressed. Seeing the completed student productions at the Digital Wave Family Event was one of those times you had to be really impressed. During the 2-week Digital Wave Summer … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Museum
Tagged Climate Change, Digital Wave, Second Life
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Thank You Astronaut Leland Melvin!
We just had an amazing, inspiring talk with Astronaut Leland Melvin in Second Life. Almost 100 students from the Museum’s youth development programs participated. Here are a few shots from in-world… Video clips are coming soon. We truly appreciate the … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Museum
Tagged astronaut, Digital Wave, Leland Melvin, Second Life, Upward Bound Math & Science, Youth Expo
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Getting the Dirt on Climate Data
So how is it that we know about past climate on the Earth? Nowadays we have satellites that monitor patterns and conditions in the land, atmosphere, oceans, and polar regions. But what about before satellites? Today we learned that scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged Byrd Polar Research Center, ice core, Second Life, sediment core, Youth Expo
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