Groundwater Movement (Interactive)

(has.concord.org)

68 points | by jdwg 4 days ago

4 comments

  • dugmartin 1 hour ago
    If you want to try out a more topical model try this:

    https://wildfire.concord.org/

  • mnw21cam 5 hours ago
    Very nice, but doesn't model pressure.
    • serviceberry 3 hours ago
      It also models pumps in a pretty exaggerated way. Two pumps will prevent this basin from ever filling up despite constant rainfall, to the point of creating a concave water surface: https://imgur.com/a/PrYFJtP
  • r_klancer 6 hours ago
    You can gain a lot of intuition for system behavior via particle models like this and their many, many other interactives.

    I also recommend looking at their library of learning resources that put these interactives into context: https://learn.concord.org/collections

  • zkiihne 7 hours ago
    Cool interactive, also +1 for being from my hometown
    • r_klancer 6 hours ago
      I worked there until 10 years ago and it was quite rewarding. (In fact this interactive uses some of the "lab" framework code I worked on.)

      The founder was inspired by Concord (Massachusetts)'s history of progressive educational experimentation, going back to the transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau).

      They're based in Concord but they also have a Bay Area office, after merging with the nonprofit org that built CODAP (https://codap.concord.org/)