<table bgColor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" cellpadding="10"> <a href="index.html"><img alt="Kelp Forest Exhibit" border="0" title="Kelp Forest Exhibit" border="0" hspace="10" src="KelpForestTank.jpg" height="179" width="300" align="middle"/></a> </td> <td align="left" cellpadding="10"> <p> The <a href="KelpForestMain.x3d" target="kelpScene">Kelp Forest Exhibit</a> is a large <a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman/kelp" target="kelpPaper">student-produced project</a> that illustrates how X3D can build and integrate a large collection of individual Web-based models. The overall scene that integrates all these individual X3D models is <a href="KelpForestMain.x3d" target="kelpScene">Kelp Forest Main</a>. </p> <p> The paper <a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman/kelp/KelpForestDesignPaper.pdf" target="kelpPaper">Teaching 3D Modeling and Simulation: Virtual Kelp Forest Case Study</a> describes how this group effort was accomplished. Comprehensive modeling efforts such as the Kelp Forest Exhibit provide an excellent way to organize course work and student projects. </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>