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Geo-Educational Animation Clips: Downloads (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)
This collection features animations of global tectonic movements, regional plate histories and geologic histories of western North America and California, and the Ice-Age Earth. There are also animations of the origin of petroleum deposits in the Santa Barbara Channel, formation of geologic features at Craters of the Moon National Monument, and the relationship between pore fluids in sediments and tectonic movements. The animations are available for download, or they can be played from the website.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Video
    • Visualization - scientific
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geologic time
    • Geology
Technical requirements:
Most animations require Quicktime
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
The animation clips and other geo-educational items are available for download free of charge for your personal and/or educational uses only.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-009-918
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: University of California,Santa Barbara Department of Geological Sciences
Educational Mutlimedia Visualization Center
http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/

Contact: Tanya Atwater
Educational Mutlimedia Visualization Center
University of California,Santa Barbara Department of Geological Sciences