Wednesday, September 21, 2011

2013 EDU: Walk through to learn--museum on your desk

Museum on your desk.  The Japanese Beetle
Up close and personal.
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Another report from the Virtual State Fair
Stech: eXtension Virtual State Fair
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Exhibit by 
PennState College of Agricultural Sciences
Penn State Extension
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Location link.  Click to go.  Or drag/drop the link onto the viewer screen.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Morrill/106/200/24
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Through the video screen
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A walk among the grubs
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The button turns on a talking docent 
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Growth, times and stages
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You emerge with the beetles
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The development cycle by seasons
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Methods of control
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The buttons tell you about how they are used and how effective they are.
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End of story
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Will it be the end of the beetles?
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Other Virtual State Fair exhibits
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I don't think this exhibit does anything an ordinary museum exhibit could't do.  Except to make house calls. 

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Video-Machinima
      

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