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  Principle Name: Enable virtual navigation for exploring complex physical systems            
  
  
  
Images of connected features:
 
Virtual navigation within the rock cycle model
 
Interactive map of learning environment
 
Dynamic zooming between macro and micro phenomena (phase change)
 
different modes of observations in the VSS
 
Navigation in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
 
Changing the speed of the system in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
 
Two-dimensional map in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
 
Combining visual and textual data in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
 
Visual representations of abstract entities in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)

Connections 
Meta-Principles connections:
  • Make Thinking Visible
    • Features connections:
  • Virtual navigation within the rock cycle model
  • Interactive map of learning environment
  • Dynamic zooming between macro and micro phenomena (phase change)
  • different modes of observations in the VSS
  • Navigation in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
  • Changing the speed of the system in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
  • Two-dimensional map in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
  • Combining visual and textual data in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
  • Guided inquiry integrated in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)
  • Visual representations of abstract entities in the Virtual Solar System (VSS)


    • Description:
    Complex physical systems can be modeled and visually represented in diverse manners.
    The challenge is how to enable learners to gain systems-thinking about the modeled phenomena.
    In this principle we suggest to use the advantage of the computer-media to create virtual
    environments in which a student can get a feel of the physical system by exploring it from inside.
    For example in the area of geological and earth science education see connected feature.
    To promote systems thinking about complex physical systems.

    Theoretical background: 

    Tips (Challenges, Limitations, Tradeoffs, Pitfalls):
    It is very important to provide a model of the system in conjunction with the visusalization of the visual environment, so that students will be able to see the connection between the physical model and its internal illustration.
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