CoVis Software

This page is a waypoint for obtaining information about software generated for use in CoVis classrooms. Click on one of the links below to get information about a specific piece of CoVis software.

Software Description

The CoVis Greenhouse Effect Visualizer Use this visualization tool to generate images of the Earth's climate. The ERBE dataset is used to produce these images, and all data comes from 1987.

The CoVis Mentor Database This page is part of a service called the CoVis Mentor Database that helps high school and middle school teachers find volunteer science mentors to work with their students on long-term projects.

The Collaboratory Notebook The Collaboratory Notebook is a networked, multimedia tool that supports group work in project science. It provides a single, pedagogically-motivated medium in which students, teachers, and research scientists can collaborate on scientific inquiry across the boundaries of time and space. The software is based on the metaphor of the scientist's laboratory notebook, with a bookshelf, notebooks and pages being the primary interface elements. It extends this metaphor with facilities for collaborators anywhere on the Internet to share and co-author inquiry.

The CoVis Weather Visualizer You have the opportunity to customize your own weather maps and images. By simply pointing and clicking, select which features you want to see on your own customized weather map. Embedded helper sections provide useful details and information to provide you with the background necessary to correctly interpret these images.

Software	Description
The CoVis Greenhouse Effect Visualizer	Use this visualization tool to generate images of the Earth's climate. The ERBE dataset is used to produce these images, and all data comes from 1987.
The CoVis Mentor Database	This page is part of a service called the CoVis Mentor Database that helps high school and middle school teachers find volunteer science mentors to work with their students on long-term projects.
The Collaboratory Notebook	The Collaboratory Notebook is a networked, multimedia tool that supports group work in project science. It provides a single, pedagogically-motivated medium in which students, teachers, and research scientists can collaborate on scientific inquiry across the boundaries of time and space. The software is based on the metaphor of the scientist's laboratory notebook, with a bookshelf, notebooks and pages being the primary interface elements. It extends this metaphor with facilities for collaborators anywhere on the Internet to share and co-author inquiry.
The CoVis Weather Visualizer	You have the opportunity to customize your own weather maps and images. By simply pointing and clicking, select which features you want to see on your own customized weather map. Embedded helper sections provide useful details and information to provide you with the background necessary to correctly interpret these images.