Globe4D – ‘Design your own alien’ workshop
Students of elementary school De Zuidwester in Tilburg received lessons with a Globe4D Thursday the 16th of july. By rotating the four-dimensional sphere the children were able to travel through time and learned how the various planets in our solar system looked like, how they came to be and what characteristics they have.
The children used this information to design alien lifeforms that could successfully withstand the temperatures on Venus, or be able to navigate on a gaseous giant like Jupiter.
This unique workshop is part of a larger project to explore the applicability of the Globe4D system to elementary and middle school education.
Read more in the news article by the Brabants Dagblad (dutch).
Globe4D
Globe4D is an interactive four dimensional globe; an educational device used by schools, libraries, science centers and museums all over the world. It shows Earth's surface on a physically rotatable sphere. By turning the round table-top around the sphere you can travel back and forth in time. People of all ages and backgrounds learn in a playful manner about our changing planet.
Read more about Globe4D
Earth and other planets
Earth 55 million years ago
Earth with 15% water
Mars and other planets
Earth's seasons