Selected Projects
Earth Science Website
The Client
The Center For Earth And Space Science Education (CESSE) at TERC.
The Project
In this project we helped CESSE develop the Exploring Earth Website which supplements a McDougal Littel earth science high school textbook.
The website contains a mix of standard HTML, Flash and Shockwave. Our role was to develop a functional framework that allowed less advanced programmers to quickly create multiple Shockwave movies with interactive content.
The functionality that we developed included onscreen drawing, a distance measurement tool, dragging and dropping, graphing, etc. We created a framework that allowed less skilled Director programmers to create interactive modules without further Lingo programming. Instead, the programmers assembled modules using our framework, Director’s graphic user interface and an XML configuration file.
The project had an extremely short timeframe. We consulted with CESSE, developed the technical spec and finished the bulk of the programming in under three months.
Credits
Note: We created the programming infrastructure for these interactive modules. All credit for the excellent graphic and web design that are found on the website belongs to others. Full credits can be found at the bottom of this page.
Selected Examples
Note: These simulations require the Shockwave Player. You can install it here.
Volcanoes in the Northwestern United States
Dragging, dropping and drawing to explore how volcanism is related to plate tectonics.
To view the interactive content click here.
Rio Grande Rift
Using simple drawing tools to explore the geology in the vicinity of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
To view the interactive content click here.
Interactive Graphing
Graphing vegetation levels over the course of a year.
To view the interactive content click here.
Ozone Over Antarctica
Measuring the growing ozone hole over time.
To view the interactive content click here.
Mapping and Analyzing Sea-Surface Temperatures
... by dragging, dropping and drawing.