Once again, my Twitter friends have shared a fun interactive web application that really looks cool on the SMART Board. It's an interactive underwater viewer created in Papervision3D which is an open source realtime 3D engine for Flash.
I don't know how long this will be available so you should definitely check it out before they remove it.
After the flash contents loads, it will display an underwater simulation containing various types of fish and other creatures. When viewing this on your SMART Board, you can set it so you can touch and drag your finger around the SMART Board to investigate the landscape or you can set it so it follows a particular fish as it swims around. The main character in this underwater adventure is definitely the shark and it's a lot of fun having the application follow it around as it explores the reef.
To switch modes, you simply click on the picture of the fish in the bottom right-hand corner. You also have the ability to have the application display in full-screen.
If you want to really catch your students' attention, have this running on your SMART Board when the students enter your classroom.
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