Assists learners with augmented reality to understand physical effects while interacting with tangible objects. The Science Center To Go consists of a set of tangible objects that are extended through an Augmented Reality system. By pointing a camera towards registrated objects the position of the objects is calculated and additional information is shown on the smartphone’s screen. All changes influence the calculated model in real time.

Didactical hours:

Pedagogical context

Engaging in scientific reasoning:

Manipulating

Testing

Observing

Educational Objective:

Inquiry cycle:

Planning and Investigation
- Perform investigation

Teacher ICT competency level:

Level of difficulty:

Medium (Teacher Guidance is needed at some stages of the process)

Level of interaction:

High (All parameters of the experiment should be defined by the use)

Supporting students with learning difficulties ans special needs:

No specific provisions

References:

"Buchholz, H., Brosda, C., & Wetzel, R. (2010). Science Center To Go - A Mixed Reality Learning Environment of Miniature. In Proceedings of the “Learning with ATLAS@CERN” Workshops Inspiring Science Learning EPINOIA (pp. 85–96). Crete. Larsen, Y. C., Buchholz, H., Brosda, C., & Bogner, F. X. (2012). Evaluation of a portable and interactive augmented reality learning system by teachers and students. In A. Lazoudis, H. Salmi, & S. Sotiriou (Eds.), Augmented Reality in Education - Proceedings of the “Science Center To Go” Workshops (pp. 47–56). Athens, Greece: EPINOLA S.A."

User manual link:

Manual

Technical description

Technical requirements:

Commercial License

Suitable for Mobile Devices?:

Mobile friendly

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