Through Dec. 31, 2007
Tomorrow's Indiana
What's in YOUR water? Visitors to the new Watching Your Watershed exhibit located in the Tomorrow's Indiana gallery will learn how scientists monitor water quality and stream flow in Central Indiana watersheds. This highly interactive display uses innovative technology, allowing visitors to explore geospatial information about Indiana and see how water connects their neighborhoods to a larger community. Discover how we all live as members of an interconnected water system defined by our local watershed and learn ways to be environmental stewards.
The exhibit uses a custom version of the PercepTable, a top-down display device in which a projector throws an image to a horizontal surface (table). Visitors interact with the PercepTable by manipulating tools that lie on the table surface, allowing them to interact with geospatial information and data about Central Indiana watersheds.
(The exhibit targets elementary and middle school students and their families and ties directly to
Indiana Academic Standards
in social studies and science.)
Developed in partnership with the Visualization and Interactive Spaces Lab at Indiana University and the Center for Earth and Environmental Science, IUPUI.