Sedimentary Virtual Tour using Google Earth(tm)

Sedimentary Tour
Tour created by Professor Randy Rutberg, CUNY Hunter.

This virtual field trip is designed to show students examples of sedimentary rocks. The tour is designed so that students see each location from above. This helps them orient themselves geographically. I’ve created a number of locations (pushpins) and have labeled them with key words to help orient myself as I go through the tour. In some cases I have made the “pushpins” invisible so that they would not obscure the view.  These labels could easily be changed. I have included Mesa Verde, CO as I think this demonstrates the link between geology and anthropology. In this case, and in some others, the resolution is not sufficient to see the rock formations. However, the tour can be paused and then the blue squares can be “clicked.” This will bring up photographs of the rock formation.

Learning Objectives:

1.  Identify examples of sedimentary rock.

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Are We There Yet?

Issue:  Countries of the world can be classified according to level of economic development, based on a broad array of socio-economic variables. Until fairly recently, many sources simply classified nations into “developed” and “underdeveloped.” Sometimes they are referred to as the “haves” and “have nots.” There are some problems using such a simple, two-category classification. First, there is the underlying implication of superiority and inferiority of the developed nations and underdeveloped nations, respectively. Secondly, many countries do not clearly fit into either of these two broad categories.   This virtual tour using Google Earth(tm) technology allows students to analyze levels of development using the CIA World Factbook and the various categories of classification.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss what development is.
2. Understand the difference between development indicators and indexes.
3. How do you define and measure development?

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On the Cutting Edge

Description: A website for Geoscience faculty On the Cutting Edge offers workshops, activities, online assets, and resources that are up-to-date on current research and teaching methods.  The project is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Date last accessed: 2/22/2010

Link: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html