Using virtual tours to expand understanding the importance of turbulence in daily life

Using NASA Infiniscope hosted virtual tours, we introduce upper level high school students and college underclass students to the concepts and benefits of turbulent flow for everyday life. This virtual tour introduces learners to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Space Science Center. Throughout the "go-at-your-own-pace" digital learning experience (DLX), learners are introduced to the importance of understanding turbulence for day-to-day life. We engage learners through a Heliophysics lens to demonstrate the ways in which turbulence impacts life beyond inconveniences such as increased occurrences of rough air during airplane flights. The virtual tour is deployed in undergraduate classrooms at UNH and pre- and post- tour survey data is collected to assess student understanding of turbulence in daily life and student interest in advancing their studies in a field where they can learn more about turbulence.