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Virtual Geological Mapping Field Trip - Glens of Tekoa, New Zealand part of Teaching Activities
Travis Horton, University of Canterbury; Katherine Pedley
Geological mapping involves the observation, recording, presentation and interpretation of field data, all fundamental skills required by practicing geologists. This virtual geological mapping exercise enables ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentary Textures , Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Virtual Landscapes Geological Mapping part of Teaching Activities
Jacqueline Houghton, University of Leeds
A virtual landscape is a virtual reality environment designed to develop geologic mapping and field skills. They include natural landscapes where the geology can be mapped, and interactive 3D block models of ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at Ben Levy part of Teaching Activities
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at Ben Levy, western Ireland is designed to simulate a more advanced field mapping exercise. Students load a KML file in Google Earth that includes real outcrop data in the ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Field Trip Escape Iceland part of Teaching Activities
Dianna Gielstra, Prescott College
Field Trip Escape Iceland: A Virtual Reality Field Trip and learning experience of Iceland geodiversity using escape room gamification. Students learn about physical geography and geodiversity to write a field ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Obsidian Dome Outcrop Tour part of 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. ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Audio/Visual
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geoscience:Geology
Bishop Tuff Degrees of Welding Google Earth tour part of 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 ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Audio/Visual
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology