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OMNIGLOBEWoodward teachers work hard to make their curricula come alive for their students, but sometimes it’s nice to have a little help from technology. The new OmniGlobe located in Carlos Science Center draws students in, illu-minating a class lesson right before their eyes and giving them a physical reference point for the scientific phenom-ena they’re studying. The OmniGlobe routinely provides these kinds of tangible learning tools and resources that help our teaching go the extra mile.Upper School science department chair John Faison says the globe is much more than a piece of flashy new tech, however. “We’ll use it for educational purposes a ton. It has more than 300 different simulations and models, from ocean currents and algae growth to the path of the 2017 eclipse. It’s an amazing piece.” Physics, astronomy, and meteorology teacher Tommy Ehrensperger ’78 agrees and is similarly excited about the potential of the piece.“The OmniGlobe displays a ton of types of data. I have already used it to show current and past weather patterns, ocean currents, plate tectonics (‘continental drift’), earthquakes, tsuna-mis, past and (likely) future climates, constellations, the cosmic background radiation, and even air traffic! Plus, environ-mental science classes can have a (literal) field day with it, and biology classes, too. It’s very captivating, large groups can get a good look all at once, and students really seem to enjoy it!”–Tommy Ehrensperger ’78 Upper School Science