Using simulations in undergraduate education
Diving though the stratosphere in an advanced jet fighter, making the foul shot as the guard on your favorite professional basketball team, fighting throngs of invading aliens to save planet Earth, burning rubber as you hit the accelerator out of the pit in the last lap of the Indy 500, these and other computer gaming simulations have become enormously popular forms of entertainment. Computer simulations, however, can be more than just entertainment. They have been used in professional training by the military, in the aerospace industry and by others. In the last few years we have seen major advances in the speed and amount of data desktop and notebook computers can process. These advances make it possible to expand the use of simulations in training and education in the college-level market.

Simulations can help develop hands-on skills
Ram's Horn Educational specializes in using PC game-like simulation to deliver hands-on training and undergraduate education in environmental-related fields including---geology, environmental science, soil science, and environmental engineering. Just imagine the hands-on skills you could learn through simulation---sampling, taking field measurements, operating equipment, managing people and resources, dealing with problems that may arise, conducting computer related analyses.

Widespread, cost effective delivery
Using computer based learning delivered on a CD, through an internet download or on-line has other positive educational attributes including: ease of widespread delivery, lower costs for training, choice of level of content and difficulty, and learning at your own pace.

Simulations create an active learning environment
Our goal at Ram's Horn Educational is to improve professional and college-level environmental education through simulation. Simulations can help improve training and education by creating an active learning environment that provides prompt feedback, fosters efficient use of time, encourages high expectations, and respects diverse talents. Simulations also allow students to learn in different ways and at their own pace. Using hands-on simulations encourages more interaction between students and instructors and can also help in developing team approaches in problem solving.

Delivery methods to meet your needs
Simulations may be packaged for different types of delivery--from a simple 5 to 10 minute exercise module for in-class use, to a full blown several hour laboratory-like exercise, from a laboratory manual consisting of a collection of different simulations to a text book supplement or replacement.

Hands-on education through simulation? A revolution in learning!