2012.02.03
Virginia Tech’s Museum of Geosciences receives gift to support STEM education
Virginia Tech's OmniGlobe at work from Developments at Virginia Tech on Vimeo.
Global technology systems leader, Northrop Grumman gave a donation to Virginia Tech’s Museum of Geoscience. Funds will be used to support their new OmniGlobe, a spherical projection system used to help visualize data like plate tectonics and weather patterns.
Here is the press release from Virginia Tech.
BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 3, 2012 – Representatives from Northrop Grumman recently paid a visit to Virginia Tech’s Museum of Geoscience to present a donation that will support the museum’s new OmniGlobe.
The OmniGlobe is a spherical projection system that helps students and researchers visualize data sets such as plate tectonics, ocean and atmosphere events and trends, weather, and population and cultural summaries.
The OmniGlobe is a teaching tool as well as a research tool. In September, the museum held an open house for kindergarten-through-high school teachers to show off the new addition. The OmniGlobe was again on display for the Geology Club’s GeoFair and Mineral Sale in October, and once more during the university’s open house on Nov. 12.
If you would like to see the OmniGlobe for yourself, the Museum of Geosciences is located in 2062 Derring Hall and is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The museum requests that reservations be made for groups. Learn more at the museum’s website.
Three video clips featuring interviews from faculty and student at Virginia Tech can be found here: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/02/020312-development-omniglobe.html
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