[HN Gopher] Groundwater Movement (Interactive)
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       Groundwater Movement (Interactive)
        
       Author : jdwg
       Score  : 70 points
       Date   : 2025-01-16 14:13 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (has.concord.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (has.concord.org)
        
       | zkiihne wrote:
       | Cool interactive, also +1 for being from my hometown
        
         | r_klancer wrote:
         | I worked there until 10 years ago and it was quite rewarding.
         | (In fact this interactive uses some of the "lab" framework code
         | I worked on.)
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         | The founder was inspired by Concord (Massachusetts)'s history
         | of progressive educational experimentation, going back to the
         | transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau).
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         | They're based in Concord but they also have a Bay Area office,
         | after merging with the nonprofit org that built CODAP
         | (https://codap.concord.org/)
        
       | r_klancer wrote:
       | You can gain a lot of intuition for system behavior via particle
       | models like this and their many, many other interactives.
       | 
       | I also recommend looking at their library of learning resources
       | that put these interactives into context:
       | https://learn.concord.org/collections
        
       | mnw21cam wrote:
       | Very nice, but doesn't model pressure.
        
         | serviceberry wrote:
         | It also models pumps in a pretty exaggerated way. Two pumps
         | will prevent this basin from ever filling up despite constant
         | rainfall, to the point of creating a concave water surface:
         | https://imgur.com/a/PrYFJtP
        
       | dugmartin wrote:
       | If you want to try out a more topical model try this:
       | 
       | https://wildfire.concord.org/
        
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