Digital Explorers: Fun with Apps and Sketchfab
Fun with apps
Download our apps, then use the worksheets below to test your knowledge or have fun with AR.
Virtually visit the 5000 year-old Maeshowe Chambered Cairn in Orkney using our iOS Maeshowe app or Android Maeshowe app. Then download our worksheet below and find the answers to our questions.
Download our Digital Documentation Companion App on iOS or the Android version of our Digital Documentation App. With it, you can explore 3D models of Rosslyn Chapel and the Nagasaki Giant Cantilever Crane through Augmented Reality (AR). Use the images below to explore these historic structures.
Sketchfab challenge
Visit our Sketchfab profile and explore our 3D models. Download the worksheet below to explore the collection of Roman Artefacts found on the Antonine Wall.
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Audiences
Visitors, Families
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Date Published
30 April 2020
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Publication Types
Teaching and Teacher Resource, Self-led activity
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School Themes
Places, Sites, Engineering and Science
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Format(s)
Download PDF
Fun With Apps: Nagasaki Crane AR Model (631.93 KB)Download PDF
Fun With Apps: Rosslyn Chapel AR Model (573.73 KB)Download PDF
Fun With Apps: Maeshowe Challenge (226.00 KB)Download PDF
Sketchfab Challenge (182.37 KB) -
Language
English
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Subjects
Architecture, History
Thank you
The Engine Shed is accredited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and National Open College Network (NOCN). The Engine Shed has been supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to share knowledge of traditional building materials, develop skills and raise standards in conservation for traditional buildings.
Information
Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment.
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