Volcanofest: Outreach Fair Demonstrations Handbook

Let’s Make A Landscape!
Jenny Stein 1
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Beneath the Waves| Raranga Whāriki Papa Moana, Te Pū Ao GNS Science
Keywords
Interactive, Landscapes, Landforms, Rivers, Lakes, Geography, Augmented Reality, All Ages
Summary of the activity
Come and play in the Augmented Reality Sandbox and use your imagination to make your very own
landscape! Build a mountain, carve a valley, make a volcano with a crater… Where will lakes and
rivers form when it rains? Then find out what happens to all that water when you make a landslide
or tsunami.
Target Audience
Primary/Elementary, Primary/Intermediate/Middle School, Secondary/High School, General Public
Learning Goal(s)
1. Create and identify different landforms and features.
2. Understand how rainfall interacts with landscape features and how water bodies respond to
landscape changes.
Required Materials
On site:
Power
Preferably placement in an area with low light (e.g. away from ceiling lights and windows)
By visitors:
(None)
Instructions
1. (The sandbox will always be supervised and instructions provided)
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