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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Paper No. 4
Presentation Time: 2:30 PM

CREATION OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER DISPLAY FOR VISITOR CENTERS AT RED ROCKS AND DINOSAUR RIDGE, MORRISON, COLORADO


GRALL-JOHNSON, Hélène M., Liberal Studies Department, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, 1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, CO 80214, SCHERER, Tom J., Altitude Multimedia, Castle Rock, CO 80104 and TEMPEL, Joe, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison, CO 80465, helenegj@aol.com

Red Rocks Park, Dinosaur Ridge and Parfet Prehistoric Preserve are popular venues in the Denver area for viewing and learning about the geology of the Colorado Front Range.

The Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, and the Popular Geology Committee of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists are sponsoring the development of an interactive computer display that will educate and entertain visitors to these venues. The display will be installed in kiosks at the visitor centers at red Rocks and Dinosaur Ridge.

The display is multimedia, integrating sound, charts, diagrams, maps, photographs, animations and virtual reality tours. It is organized into five main categories: Lands before Time, Rocks, Fossils, Walk through Time, and Virtual Tours of Red Rocks, Dinosaur Ridge and Parfet Prehistoric Preserve. Most of the geological information is from guidebooks published by Friends of Dinosaur Ridge and “Messages in Stone” a publication of the Colorado Geological Survey (2003).

A self-explanatory touch screen navigation system enables the viewer to reach any of the five main categories from anywhere within the display.

The goal of the project is to create a tool that will educate and intrigue, and thus encourage visitors to visit personally the geological and paleontological sites they have toured virtually.

Session No. 178

T116. Geology for the Masses: Engaging the Public through Informal Geoscience Education in Parks, Monuments, Open Spaces, and Public Lands
Tuesday, 9 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 36, No. 5, p.415
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