Activity
WaterViz STEAM Program: A creative approach to understanding water cycle & climate data
Team up with students from around the country to analyze, interpret and build 3-D scale models of real scientific data!
The Project INSPIRE team is very excited to announce another fun learning activity for U.S. braille readers who are in middle and high school.
We are collaborating with the USDA Forest Service to offer WaterViz: STEAM Program: A Creative Approach to Understanding Water Cycle & Climate Data! This 6 session online program will begin on Saturday, October 14 at 11:30-1:00 PM Eastern / 10:30-noon Central / 9:30-11:00 Mountain / 8:30-10:00 Pacific.
Here is a short overview of the program activities:
- Students will learn about how a team of artists, musicians, and scientists use animated digital art and musical sonification to represent real-time water cycle data from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest!
- Students will have a chance to team up with students from around the country to analyze, interpret, and build 3-D scale models of real scientific data!
- The students will have an opportunity to create their own data representation to present at the Water Showcase!
All students will receive a t-shirt and certificate of participation.
If you have a student who is a braille reader (or learning to read braille), we ask that you share the attached flyer with them and their family. A parent/guardian will need to complete a brief registration form in order for their child to be considered for the program.
Registration closes Tuesday, October 3. We will notify students if they are or are not selected for the program by the end of the day on Friday, October 6.
Thank you,
Tina Herzberg and the other members of the WaterViz Team
Tina S. Herzberg, Ph.D.
she/her/hers
Professor and Coordinator of Special Education – Visual Impairment Program
USC Upstate; College of Education, Human Performance, and Health; HEC 3039
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Office: 864-503-5572
Fax: 864-503-5574
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