IN THE FLOW
Can An Active Laboratory Environment (the World’s Largest Slow-Flow Wind Tunnel) be turned into an Art Installation that can then be Translated into a Virtual Reality Classroom to Teach Flow Physics?
Abstract:
To bring geoscience content to a broader community, we take climate related research conducted at the University of New Hampshire Flow Physics Facility (UNH-FPF) and present it to middle school and high school students in two formats: an in-person tour of an on-site educational art installation, and a virtual tour using NASA Infiniscope’s Tour It platform.
Both the in-person and virtual tour cover the same material, which aligns with the next generation science standards for monitoring and minimizing human impact on the environment. In collaboration with a professional artist, an interactive display using NASA data was installed the UNH-FPF Wind Tunnel to truly showcase how art and science can work together to help understand human-environment interconnectivity.
This project was funded through a NASA SCoPE seed grant.