Unit 2.1: Geodetic survey of an outcrop for road cut design part of Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
Yonathan Admassu (James Madison University) John Paul Ligush (James Madison University) Matthew Gribbin (James Madison University)
This unit offers an alternative application for high-resolution topographic data from an outcrop. Using engineering geology methods and data collection from TLS and/or SfM, students design safe "road ...

Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at Lough Fee part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise is designed to simulate an introductory field mapping exercise. Students load a KML file in Google Earth that includes real outcrop data in the form of dots and orientation ...

Virtual Field Trip to the Blue Ridge Province, Central Virginia part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse is a series of 4 virtual field trips that cross the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge geologic provinces in northwestern Virginia and northeastern West Virginia. This ...

Jurassic Quad Online Geologic Mapping Project part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Andrew Laskowski, Montana State University-Bozeman
This is an online geologic mapping activity designed to mimic the experience of conducting a geologic mapping project over several days in a field area. Students download a physical topographic basemap and then ...

Obsidian Dome Outcrop Tour part of Teach the Earth:Magma Labs
Jessica Larsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Virtual outcrop tour of a part of Obsidian dome in California. This Google Earth based tour shows photos and outcrop/process descriptions of the different lithologies in the Obsidian dome in Eastern California. ...

Structure Field Trip to Whaleback Anticline in Eastern PA part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
David Steer, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at The University of Akron This field trip was designed for an undergraduate structural geology class and additional geology & environmental science ...

Mojave-Mecca Geology Field Trip part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Les Hasbargen, SUNY College at Oneonta
This 8 day field trip occurs over spring break. Upper division geoscience students visit a spectrum of locations in southern California. The course blends field mapping exercises with look-see sites along the plate margin.

Glacial geology of Arlee Valley, Montana - trip for HS teachers part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Marc Hendrix, The University of Montana-Missoula
This field trip, which is designed for HS science teachers with little or no formal training in geosciences specifically, is designed to acquaint participants with the glacial geologic record of a small topographic basin in western Montana. The trip focuses on the landforms and sedimentologic character of various glacial and glacially-influenced deposits.

Bishop Tuff Degrees of Welding Google Earth tour part of Teach the Earth:Magma Labs
Jessica Larsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
This is a kmz file that can be used in Google Earth to explore different outcrop locations along the LADWP road that goes into the Owens River Gorge. This file can be used as a "virtual outcrop" to ...