Geo3D – A Software for Assisting High-School Students in the Spatial Perception of Geological Structures
Yael Kali, Carmel Gorni and Nir Orion. Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Geo3D is a software that was designed in order to assist high-school geology students in percieving geological structures, and in envisioning cross-sections through these structures. This software provides the student with manipulatable animated visual illustrations of three dimensional fold tructures.
A Virtual Journey within the Rock-Cycle: A Software kit for the Development of Systems-Thinking in the Context of the Earth's Crust
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Yael Kali, Carmel Gorni and Nir Orion. Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
The software "A Virtual Journey within the Rock Cycle", a microworld game, was developed in order to assist junior and senior high school students, who have already learnt about the rock-cycle's processes and products, in developing a dynamic and cyclic understanding of the earth's crust system.
