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Educational Resources

An Introduction to Virtual Fieldwork

PRI's VFE database is accessed through an interactive map. It includes VFEs for the Shale Hills, Southern Sierra, and Luquillo CZOs.
PRI's VFE database is accessed through an interactive map. It includes VFEs for the Shale Hills, Southern Sierra, and Luquillo CZOs.
Explore a range of Virtual Fieldwork Experiences, and resources for their production and use. This site includes examples of highlighted VFEs, selected resources and strategies for using VFEs in teaching and learning, and a large collection of VFEs.

Grades 6 - 14
All Disciplines • Geology/Chronology • Biology/Ecology • Geomorphology • GIS/RemoteSensing • SoilScience/Pedology
Virtual Fieldwork • Website • Activity • Information • Tour


Educational Objectives

This page introduces a range of resources with a wide range of objectives. Selected objectives include:

  • Teachers and learners will visit virtual field sites and be able to characterize aspects of the geology and biology of those sites, and aspects of how the biosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere interact at these sites.
  • Employ technological tools to capture aspects of environments in ways that those aspects may be shared with others.

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Audience
K-12
General Public
Higher Education


Observatory: National CZO • Luquillo CZO • Shale Hills CZO • Sierra CZO

Author(s): Don Haas (The Paleontological Research Institution)