The Value of Reservoir-Bottom Field Trips for Undergraduate Geology Courses
Rebecca K. R. Ambers November, 2005 Journal of Geoscience Education v53 n5 p508-512

Teachers of sediment-related geology courses should consider taking their classes on field trips to exposed reservoir bottoms. A wonderful variety of fluvial, deltaic, and lacustrine features and processes can be observed there. A visit to a modern sedimentary environment such as a reservoir bottom gives students important personal experience that they can draw on when learning to interpret sedimentary rocks using the principle of uniformitarianism. It can also inspire investigation of a range of related geological and environmental issues.


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Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field