WaterViz - Water Cycle Data Visualization Tool
Offered by:
- Hubbard Brook Reserach Foundation
Platform:
Website Resources
Registration:
None required
- Grades 5-8
- High School
Curriculum and lessons provided for High School or advanced middle school students!
WaterViz is a multidisciplinary data visualization and sonification project involving the hydrologic sciences, visual arts, music, and information design. Hydrologic data, captured from a small watershed at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest using an array of environmental sensors, is transmitted to the internet and used to drive a computer model that calculates all components of the water cycle for the catchment in near-real time. These data, in turn, drive artistic visualizations and sonifications of the water cycle, reflecting the hydrologic processes occurring at that moment in time.
