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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>.
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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.
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