This web site is intended to provide a pre-excursion introduction to Siccar Point, on the coast of Scotland. Information on the geologic history of the site is provided using illustrations of plate locations, trenches and tilting over time. Color photographs further illustrate the rock formations found there, including sedimentary structures, such as sandstones and breccia. Full description.

The Stone Forest is situated in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County, 126 kilometers southeast of Kunming. A region of typical karst formation, the Stone Forest covers an area of more than three hundred square kilometers. This virtual field trip offers a photo gallery of images, plus sections on the geological history and formation of the Stone Forest, and geochemical controls on carbonate precipitation ... Full description.

This site presents an account of a research cruise to investigate how the food webs in different oceanic habitats vary. The scientists wanted to see ocean life in its natural environment and conduct experiments that would not be possible in the laboratory. They looked specifically at three types of ocean habitat: the open ocean, the continental shelf, and an upwelling area. The researchers were hoping ... Full description.

This virtual field trip takes students to view an anticline, a large fold in the rocks, near the Virgin River in southwestern Utah. Photos, diagrams, and aerial imagery of the feature, accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, explain how anticlines form and how they can be detected by investigating the surface geology. There is also a brief description of how they can act ... Full description.

This virtual field trip takes students to the East Fork of the San Juan River east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and west of the Continental Divide. Photos, written narrative, and thought questions for students explain how a landslde once blocked the river, creating a broad floodplain in what is otherwise mountainous terrain. There is also a brief discussion of how the sediments (sands and gravels) ... Full description.

This virtual field trip provides an overview of the morphology and geology of a landslide located along U.S. Highway 50 near Cimarron, Colorado. Photos, maps and diagrams, and aerial imagery, accompanied by written narrative and thought questions for students, explain how these features form and how their appearance provides clues to their origins. Full description.

Coral Reef Connections explores the different reef zones of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the biodiversity that has evolved there, and the interactions between the many species, their environment, and each other. Users can navigate through a virtual "dive" on the reef, select various organisms, and view the types of relationships they have with each other. Links to related topics and web activities ... Full description.

The rocks of the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys of upstate New York tell a fascinating story, both through the rock layers themselves, as well as the life contained within them. Each individual outcrop, while interesting in many ways, pales in comparison to the story that unfolds when many of the units are compared and contrasted regionally. What comes to the surface is a story of tropical seas, violent ... Full description.

This field trip takes you to quarries near Sarasota, on the west-central coast of Florida, where one of the world's most spectacular fossil accumulations is exposed. The fossil-rich sediments range in age from 1 to 5 million years and contain the abundant remains of mollusks, whales, birds, corals, barnacles, and sharks. The trip looks at how sediments were deposited and provides information on the ... Full description.

Two interactive blogs will post daily from the NSF icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Weddell Sea as it participates in a research expedition studying Antarctic tabular icebergs and their effects on the sea and sea life around them. The blogs will include classroom opportunities for teachers and target different age groups by combining an account of events on the ship with science facts. A science ... Full description.