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MARVLS in Use

Students use phones and Merge Cubes to manipulate augmented-reality models, compare representations, and reason about magnetic fields, forces, right-hand rules, and induction.

Students using MARVLS

Learning through interaction

These photographs show classroom and interview settings in which students physically manipulate the AR models and use gestures while explaining their reasoning.

Students using MARVLS on phones with Merge Cubes during a classroom activity
Classroom explorationStudents work with MARVLS and Merge Cubes during a physics activity.
Student using a hand gesture while viewing a MARVLS magnetic-field model
Right-hand-rule reasoningA student coordinates a physical gesture with the AR representation.
Student viewing the MARVLS Lorentz force model on a phone
Lorentz forceVectors and the physical model are viewed together on the phone.
Students collaborating in class while using the MARVLS App with a Merge Cube
CollaborationUsing the MARVLS App and the Merge cube between students in class
Student gesturing while viewing a vector equation and MARVLS model
Connecting vectors and equationsStudents can compare symbolic and spatial representations while reasoning.
Student viewing an electromagnetic induction model in MARVLS
Electromagnetic inductionStudents manipulate the model while exploring flux and induced current.
Student using MARVLS to view the magnetic field of a current-carrying wire
Magnetic field of a wireThink-aloud interviews capture how students use the AR model and gesture to explain spatial reasoning about the magnetic field of a wire.
Inside the app

Magnetism models in MARVLS AR for Physics 2

App views show the interactive three-dimensional representations students use during the project lessons and research activities.

MARVLS magnetic field of a wire model with right-hand-rule controls
Magnetic field & right-hand rule
MARVLS Lorentz force model showing velocity magnetic field and force vectors
Lorentz force
MARVLS Biot-Savart model showing vector relationships around a current element
Biot–Savart law
MARVLS right-hand-rule model for a current loop
Right-hand rule for a loop
MARVLS electromagnetic induction model showing a loop and magnetic field
Electromagnetic induction
MARVLS three-dimensional magnetic field model displayed above a Merge Cube
Three-dimensional model of a motor illustrating magnetic force