Modeling 1,000 PV panels in a desert Solar radiation simulation We have just added new modeling capacities to our Energy3D software for simulating photovoltaic (PV) power stations. With these additions,…
…simulate large-scale photovoltaic power stations. This new capacity of simulating CSP stations has enabled Energy3D to model and design two of the three main types of solar power plants (the…
…120 square meters (12 x 10 meters), dwarfing the vehicle in the image! This blog post features several new tools that were just added to Energy3D to support the actual…
…Models for Explorations of Dynamic Earth) project. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the new project aims to design dynamic, interactive, computer-based models and curricula to help students understand how…
…for your selected path. Our computational models and probe-based activities bring important learning within new reach. Students using such technology-based activities also gain wide experience with crosscutting concepts—from scales in…
…media sharing? Imagine that when 802.11b was new! This led to the Electronic Guidebook Project and a strand of early experiments to test inquiry using handhelds, RFID, cameras, and beacons…
…Name Proto-oncogene Wnt-1 Linkage map unknown Species Dracomimus familiaris Genome Coordinates 1: 70 Mbp At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, students are utilizing bioinformatics tools to build new drake…
…they move through four levels of progressively more difficult genetics challenges and unlock new chapters of the narrative. Try Geniverse now and learn how fun (and educational) dragons can be!…
…do seem ready to occur, or if the sky is overcast or filled with large clouds, die-hard eclipse chasers will shift to their Plan B — scouting out new locations…
…activity among other things, and we had some interesting luck this year. Despite the fact that we’re very near the 11-year solar minimum of sunspot activity, a new sunspot group…