A virtual fieldtrip on the coastal geomorphology of Naxos Isl.
Niki Evelpidou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
This virtual fieldtrip takes place on Naxos Isl., Cyclades, Greece. The coastal zone of Naxos is diverse, mainly due to the lithological variety and tectonics that have affected the wider region. The north, east ...

Paleoecology of the Penn-Dixie Quarry
Lisa Whitenack, Allegheny College
Students work in groups to collect fossils and sediments from the Hamilton Group (Devonian), process their samples, and determine the paleocology and diversity metrics for each formation in the Hamilton Group. ...

Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at McCauley, WV
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at McCauley, WV 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 ...

The Desktop Delta
Dr. Thomas Hickson (University of St. Thomas) and Karen Campbell (National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics) developed a small, two-dimensional deltaic sedimentation model for the Teaching Sedimentary Geology ...

Lab 2: What's a Watershed?
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman of Phoenix Country Day School and LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. The hands-on activity in Part A is adapted from similar lessons by ...

Ancient Earth Pichi Richi Trail, Australia
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Deep in the hills of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia we can trace the end of an almost global glaciation through to the base of the Ediacaran Period. Explore the rocks that were deposited in an ancient ocean ...

First Reef-building Animals, Australia
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Archaeocyathids were important marine organism that lived in shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the early Cambrian Period around 530 million years ago. They became the planet's very first reef-builders ...

Northwest Passage
Glenn Richard, SUNY at Stony Brook
An investigation of changes in polar regions using Google Earth.

Virtual Field Trip to the Book Cliffs
Ann Holmes, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Problem-based learning techniques have been applied to geological datasets collected and published about the Cretaceous Book Cliffs exposures in Utah.

Water Wars: A look at Gallatin Valley Water Controversies
Laurie Cantwell, Montana State University-Bozeman
This virtual field trip explores the science and policy of a ground water dispute in Gallatin Valley Montana. The virtual field trip uses a role-playing activity to explore the geology, hydrology and policy related ...