Next, the students run the program with their choice of parameters. In the final step, the students view the simulation results and discuss the findings. Completing this exercise on a PC would require 24 hours, but by using Hrothgar, teachers can perform several computer simulations each hour. This problem solving environment for airshed modeling enables teachers and students to use parallel computing to study air pollution patterns in the South Coast Air Basin of California. Science comes alive with tools that help students drive scenarios where they can understand the impact of temperature, wind patterns, automobiles, electric vehicles, biomass, and factories on the air that they breathe.
Most current applications involve realistic simulations of biological neural systems.
The participating schools are part of EdTech, the Foothills Educational Technology Forum.