This virtual field trip takes students to some unusual outcrops of rock located in Scott County, Kansas. Photographs and images of thin sections of the rock (photomicrographs), accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, guide them as they examine several hypotheses about the type and origin of the rock seen in the outcrops. Links to additional information on carbonate rocks ... Full description.

This is the first in a pair of virtual field trips that takes students to localities in the western United States at which travertine, a calcium carbonate mineral, is forming today. This trip is to Fall Creek in southeastern Idaho. Photos and photomicrographs, accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, will provide an overview of how travertine is formed, how it occurs at ... Full description.

For those interested in natural history, there are few places quite as facinating as the Galapagos. The intention of this web site is to provide information on the Galapagos Islands to both scientists and non-scientists alike. While the emphasis of this web site is on geology, Galapagos wildlife is difficult to ignore, so you will find many images and observations on biology, as well as geology, on ... Full description.

This site provides a virtual tour of Antarctica and the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. The tour begins in New Zealand and goes to the station at McMurdo on the coast of Antarctica and finally to the center of the continent and the South Pole. Photos accompanied by brief captions are provided of scenes along the tour route. Users can also go directly to McMurdo or the South Pole, ... Full description.

This trip will take you through one of the world's best exposures of oceanic lithosphere (ophiolite). It begins in the mantle (peridotite) and works upward to pillow basalts and overlying sediments. A general overview of the formation and interpretation of an ophiolite is provided as background material to the specific examples found at the Smith River location in northern California. Full description.

This site gives one the opportunity to explore the aquatic habitats in the national parks that protect natural environments which are a very important part of the natural and cultural heritage of Canada. This site allows one to visit any of the 39 national parks or 9 other regions proposed for protection in the future. In order to visit a park one must click on a helicopter to start navigating and ... Full description.

This field trip takes students to the valley of Trout Creek in the Rocky Mountains in Chaffee County, Colorado, along U.S. Route 285 east of Buena Vista and west of Hartsel. Photos and maps, accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, explain how the underlying geology of the area (resistant limestones and sandstones) has preserved a wide, flat-bottomed valley in an area otherwise ... Full description.

This is the third of three virtual field trips in the North Cascades National Park. Each clickable stop on the map provides a description of the features with supporting photographs and illustrations. Major stops on this field trip are along the Mount Baker Highway up the North Fork of the Nooksack River, with several side trips into North Cascade National Park. Stops include the Church Mountain landslide, ... Full description.

This virtual field trip provides an overview of the eastern margin of the Front Range, the eastern boundary of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, including the well-known 'hogbacks', ridges of upturned sedimentary rock. Photos, maps and diagrams, and aerial imagery of various features, accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, help explain the rock types, geologic structures, ... Full description.

This field trip guide provides an introduction to the geology of Yosemite Valley, emphasizing the changes that have been made by a series of geological events and natural disasters in the 1990's. The field trip moves from Arch Rock Entrance station, via Bridalveil Meadow and Inspiration Point. It features background notes on glaciation, granitic and plutonic rock, and rockfall events. Users can also ... Full description.