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 ...

Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy Resource Development
Devin Castendyk, SUNY College at Oneonta
This is a semester-long, jigsaw project for a class of 20 to 25 students that has students work in teams to explore the effects of energy resource development on local water resources, economics and society.

Computerized Field Trip Preview of the Berkshire Mountains
Chris Condit, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
This is a computer (Windows, Macintosh) based exercise designed to take about two hours. Students use a 5 page short-answer study sheet with the Berkshire Field Trip Map, Guidebook and associated images of the ...

Petrography and Petrogenesis of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Lava Suite
Matthew Smith, University of Florida; Mike Perfit, University of Florida
This activity is designed to accompany a set of thin sections available from the authors. Students investigate mid-ocean ride basalt petrography and relate observed mineralogic changes to relevant phase diagrams ...

Expedition to the PreCambrian
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College; Walter Borowski, Eastern Kentucky University
A group exercise that investigates geological, atmospheric, hydrologic, and biological conditions during the Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic. Students will plan a trip to a certain time period within the ...

Video Games as Physical Geology Labs
Ronald Dorn, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
This resource includes a series of laboratory activities associated with geovisualizations that look and play like a video game. The student controls the video game camera and the avatar to interact with DEM ...

First Burrowing Animals, Australia
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Deep in the hills of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia scientists continue to study one of the most enigmatic stories in the history of life on Earth. This site preserves evidence of a dramatic change in the ...

Earliest Record of Life, Australia
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
The Dresser Formation is part of the mostly volcanic Warrawoona Group in the North Pole Dome area of the East Pilbara located in the State of Western Australia. At 3.49 billion years old, this formation contains ...

Haviland Lake Virtual Field Experience
Carolyn Tewksbury-Christle, Fort Lewis College
Students explore an exposure of the Great Unconformity north of Durango, CO. This virtual field experience (VFE) allows students to freely explore 3D outcrops and is scaffolded to get students to answer the ...

Wind River Eco-Challenge: A Virtual Excursion Exercise for Introducing Topographic Maps
Suki Smaglik, Laramie County Community College
This classroom activity simulates an eco-challenge course in the Wind River Mountains, which are close to our campus. Our goal is that students approach their recreational adventures more prepared than they would ...