Audience
We encourage anyone who wants to learn more about geology to
browse this web site. This site was designed to be used by faculty
and teachers to supplement teaching and for students to supplement
their learning and understanding of geological principles and
concepts using 3 interesting sites in Northern California. Frequently
classes are scheduled to go on field trips to view an environment
and learn about the geological makeup. Due to inaccessibility
for some students, scheduling, weather, and other unforeseen circumstances,
students may not be able to attend the field trip and hence we
created a "virtual field trip."
Purpose
Using multimedia and interactivity, this web site allows students
to learn geological concepts and discover the geological history
of these unique locations in Calif.
Students can use this web site to preview before a field trip,
review after a field trip, or be introduced to concepts covered
in geology courses.
In addition, this site can supplement what is learned on a field
trip or in class by viewing photos with overlays that label the
geological layers.
what can be seen in this web site, multimedia: animations (flash
vs QT), photos, formation tracker, etc.
History
The original material and concept for this learning module was
originally on a CD. The CD was created by faculty, staff and students
at CSU Chico: Dr. Vic Fisher, Dept. of Geology, and (name) students
and staff in the Technology and Learning Program. The distribution
and marketing of the CD made it impractial to get out to K-12
teachers and higher education faculty, not alone students. To
make this geological field trip and its learning modules immediately
distributable and accessible to public teachers, faculty and students,
we chose to redesign the project for the web.
For more information, contact
us.
Technical Recommendations
- Netscape 4.x +, Internet Explorer 4 + (PC) or Internet Explorer
5 (Mac), Opera 6.0, Mozilla 5
- Internet Explorer 5.0 + strongly recommended
- Javascript Enabled
- Flash 5 Plugin
- QuickTime 5.0 Plugin
- Monitor set to 600x800 resolution or greater
- Monitor set to "High Color" ("Thousands of
Colors" on Mac) or better
