UA’s Virtual Sandbox Lets Kids, Adults Learn about Hydrological Processes

UA’s Virtual Sandbox Lets Kids, Adults Learn about Hydrological Processes

Geography professor Dr. Sagy Cohen demonstrating augmented reality sandbox.
Geography professor Dr. Sagy Cohen demonstrating augmented reality sandbox.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Sagy Cohen, an assistant professor of geography at The University of Alabama, who specializes in global hydrology, has completed the creation of an augmented reality sandbox, which is on exhibit at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on campus.

Through a National Science Foundation grant, Cohen built an educational tool that allows kids and adults to interactively create topographic features and generate “virtual” rain that flows downstream, teaching them about topographic mapping and hydrological processes.

Contact

Jamon Smith, media relations, jamon.smith@ua.edu, 205/348-4956

Source

Dr. Sagy Cohen, sagy.cohen@ua.edu, 205/348-5860, 720/315-1594