These interactive animations were designed to help students and teachers unravel the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. The user starts by plotting the location of the Bermuda Triangle on a map. Next they are taught how to plot latitude-longitude and relative locations. Then they are gradually guided through into finding the locations of the ships and planes that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.
Reflection
I mainly used Flash to create this interactive piece. It helps teach students to understand latitude-longitude and how to find locations on the map given these coordinates. It also goes into how to find relative locations when given a point of reference to measure from. When you complete this interactive piece, you learn that not all of the airplanes that disappeared did so in the area of the Bermuda triangle. The mystery of what happened to cause these disappearances is what gets our attention. A lot of people have theories, but no one really knows how they disappeared. I enjoyed creating this project and feel that it has the potential to teach students a lot. It really asks them to think and to wonder what really happened and how can the disappearances be explained.