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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 232
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T132. Innovative, Inquiry-Based Approaches that Bring the Field into the Classroom: Moving from Virtual Tour to Virtual Fieldwork

GSA Geoscience Education Division

 

Don Duggan-Haas and Robert M. Ross, Advocates
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1:30 PM
FIELDWORK, REAL & VIRTUAL, AS A DRIVER OF INQUIRY IN EDUCATION: WHY DOES THIS PLACE LOOK THE WAY IT DOES?
DUGGAN-HAAS, Don, PRI & its Museum of the Earth, 92 South Dr, Amherst, NY 14226, Amherst, NY 14226 and ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, dad55@cornell.edu, dad55@cornell.edu
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1:50 PM
VIRTUAL FIELD WORK IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES: APPROACHES AND POSSIBILITIES
GRANSHAW, Frank Douglas, 1) Physical Science / 2) Geology, 1) Portland Community College / 2) Portland State University, Portland, OR 97213, fgransha@pcc.edu, fgransha@pcc.edu
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2:05 PM
MICHIGAN VIRTUAL GEOTRIPS: EXPERIENCES WITH AN INTEGRATIVE VIRTUAL FIELD ACTIVITY IN A LARGE INTRODUCTORY COURSE
PETERSON, Virginia L., Geology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, petersvi@gvsu.edu, petersvi@gvsu.edu
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2:20 PM
Withdrawn
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2:35 PM
VIRTUAL FIELD STUDIES OF VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS: WEB-BASED EXAMPLES FROM VESUVIUS AND LAKI VOLCANOES
CAREY, Steven, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, South Ferry Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882 and SIGURDSSON, Haraldur, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197, scarey@gso.uri.edu, scarey@gso.uri.edu
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2:50 PM
Withdrawn
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3:05 PM
THE VIRTUAL FIELD EXPERIENCE CREATION TOOL: A TOOL SO USER-FRIENDLY EVEN A GEOLOGIST CAN USE IT
THOMPSON, Kirsten, KEITH, Jeffrey D. and BICKMORE, Barry, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, kirsten_thompson@byu.edu, kirsten_thompson@byu.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE PHYSICAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY SECTIONS
FEIG, Anthony D. and CAMILLE, Michael, Department of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University AVE, Monroe, LA 71209, feig@ulm.edu, feig@ulm.edu
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3:50 PM
HELPING STUDENTS MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM NOVICE LEARNER OF GROUND-WATER CONCEPTS TO EXPERT USING THE EXPANDED PLUME BUSTERS SOFTWARE
MACFARLANE, P. Allen, BOHLING, Geoffrey C. and TOWNSEND, Margaret A., Kansas Geological Survey, The Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, dowser@kgs.ku.edu, dowser@kgs.ku.edu
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4:05 PM
PROVIDING A SYNERGISTIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE – A CASE STUDY USING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEQUENCE
WALLEN, Benjamin, Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy, 745 Brewerton Road, Room 5400, West Point, NY 10996, benjamin.wallen@us.army.mil, benjamin.wallen@us.army.mil
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4:20 PM
USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AS TOOLS FOR INQUIRY, DISCOVERY AND INDEPENDENT FIELDWORK
RENYCK, Heather J., Science, White Mountains Regional High School, 137 Regional Road, Whitefield, NH 03598, hrenyck@mac.com, hrenyck@mac.com
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4:35 PM
Withdrawn
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4:50 PM
FIDELITY OF VIRTUAL FIELDWORK: COMPARING REAL AND VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES
ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and DUGGAN-HAAS, Don, PRI & its Museum of the Earth, 92 South Dr, Amherst, NY 14226, Amherst, NY 14226, rmr16@cornell.edu, rmr16@cornell.edu
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