Showing Orbiter to teachers

[DanM]

So I'm thinking of showing my physics teacher Orbiter. He actually has a BS in Physics, and is working on his MS with a thesis in Black Holes, Neutron Stars, etc. What advice would you give me for telling him about it? Has anyone done this in the past?

Thank You

 

[Keatah]

I've had varying degrees of success with showing this to teachers. It really depends on the teacher. Some couldn't get enough of it, and others seemed to care less. I've had good luck if I didn't present it as a game or trivial thing to around with.

I have some .ppt and .pdf "presskits" that Martin made a while back - and they are written on a level that would seemingly interest your instructor. but I would think I need the good Dr.'s permission to post them. I do not recall if they were part of an installation or something I downloaded elsewhere.

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Oh wait, they are already online! And that's where I got them from.
http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/media.html

I'd suggest you use this material to give you some ideas. And look in the DOC folder of orbiter for some more stuff. All the juicy and complex equations really get 'em going but good!

 

[fausto]

This teacher thing is very interesting.. here in Italy, some teachers show their interest on this simulator, but i think it's very good for primary school, where children's imagination could be captured by these simulated images.

 

[Star Voyager]

What advice would you give me for telling him about it? Has anyone done this in the past?

Thank You

My year-long Aerospace Technology project was done entirely on Orbiter 2006. I had to launch STS, deploy TDRS, get TDRS into GEO, and land STS. My teacher (who taught AP Physics at a previous school) was really impressed with it, and I might use it again this year in his Aerospace Engineering class. Just tell your teacher that Orbiter does a great job of simulating the physics of spaceflight and show him a demo. Good luck :thumbup:!