2014 EDU: OPENSIM: Undersea observatory. Pre-fab sim. Free. Displayed on Kitely.

Undersea observatory.  Pre-fab sim.  Free.  
Displayed on Kitely. 
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Exterior of the undersea classroom

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This sim is designed to be a discovery-based, constructionist learning experience, as students participate in scavenger hunts to document the aquatic wildlife, and contribute their own creations back into the sim for the benefit of future learners.

• OpenSim Worlds
• Undersea Observatory Available for Download and Featured at VWBPE
• You can download an OAR file
• And load it on Kitely 
• Or run it on your own Sim-on-a-Stick
• Or run it on school computer if it has the Opensim software installed.
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• Visit if you have a Kitely account.  
• Start you viewer, Then click below: 
• Undersea Observatory 
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Inside the classroom

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How did I get in?  

• Firestorm setting:  
• Avatar (top menu)--Move and View--
• Movement tab-Double click on land--Teleport to clicked point
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• To get camera into the room:
• Point camera to look along an exterior side of the room
• Move camera sideways into the room (sideways arrow)
• When you see the room clearly, double-click on the floor

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Personal sub

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I could have used the sub.   You are supposed to wear it.  But it did not attach correctly.  And my avatar has no problem under water.  So I did not need it. 
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Sub entrance, closed

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Click to open.
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Sub entrance, open

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Avatars can enter this way, too
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Observation deck

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Should all these fish be seen together?
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Exterior of observation deck

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Human in its natural habitat.
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Should I get this close?

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If you fail this item, you might be in big trouble.
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Exploration vehicle

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But I don't need it.
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Up close and personal

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