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Let’s Plan a Geology Field Trip Real or Virtual Dave Hart and Carol McCartney Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

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Step by step instructions for leading a field trip, virtual or real, to Rocky Arbor Park in Wisconsin.

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Let’s Plan a Geology Field TripReal or Virtual

Dave Hart and Carol McCartneyWisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

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Outline

• Sources

• Choose Location

• Describe the Location

• Post information to the web

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Sources for Wisconsin Geology• Roadside Geology of Wisconsin

http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/roadside.htmModerate Expertise

• County Bulletinshttp://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/geologic.htmHigher Expertise

• Outcropshttp://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/outcrop.htmHigher Expertise

• Landscapes of Wisconsinhttp://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/pdfs/pgszpdf/landscapes_of_wisconsin.pdfLower Expertise

• Internet – Very hit and miss for Wisconsin specific information.Google Earth and Google MapsSteve Dutch at UW-Green Bay has lots of Wisconsin information

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/geolwisc/geostops/gstopind.htmModerate Expertise

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Choosing a Location• Interest

– Is there an interesting story– Is the story something the students can use

• Accessibility– Can we get there– Is there available information– Are the rocks easy to understand

• Safety– Cliffs – Traffic– Water

• Example - Wisconsin Dells Rocky ArborState Park

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Background Story (from Roadside Geology of Wisconsin, pages 208-211)

• Glaciers were here• Ice melting makes a lake in

front of glacier• Lake is big• Lake drains and erodes soft

sandstone• Leaves narrow and deep

valleys• Fun place to go on boat rides

Perito Moreno glacier by Matt Riggott

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Glaciers were here

Web informationhttp://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/ice_age.htm

Glaciation of WisconsinLee Clayton, John W. Attig, David M. Mickelson, Mark D. Johnson, and Kent M. SyversonEducational Series 36 2006 Third edition

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Glacial Lake Wisconsin

Perito Moreno glacier by Matt Riggott

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Lake Drains and Leaves Large Gullies

Copyright © URL Department of Primary Industries, The State of Victoria

Example of small gullies forming near a pasture in Canada

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The area is flat except for the channels or dells

Rocy Arbor State Park has a big dell.

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Outcrops and Photos in the Park

Notch shows erosion by water flow. Layering shows how the rock was deposited.

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Outcrops and Photos in the Park

Layering shows bedding

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Outcrops and Photos in the Park

Layering is cut off. This is called cross bedding.

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/seds/bedforms/movie_pages/movie22b.html

Diagram courtesy of U.S.G.S.

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Post Information to the Web• You can use Google Maps to add your photos

and info to a map of your own– Easily shared– Allows for exploration, less passive

• You will need to have a Google or Gmail account to edit the map and post your informationhttps://www.google.com/accounts/Login

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Steps to Post Information

• Sign in to your Google account• Go to Google Maps and “Create new map”• Type in a title and decription• Grab placemark and drop at the outcrops or

photo locations• Type in a title and description in the dialogue

box• Add photos

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Sign in to Google Account

https://www.google.com/accounts/Login

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Create new mapSearched for “Rocky Arbor State Park”

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Select Satellite view and locate photos

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Grab placemarker and drop it at outcrop

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Type in a title and description in the dialogue box.

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Add Photos to Google Maps• Open a new browser tab or window • In the new tab, go to Picasa or your favorite online photo site http://picasaweb.google.com/home• Select upload photos and either select or create a new album.• Choose file and find the photo you want to upload and click on the

Choose button• Select Link to this Photo. It’s on the right hand side.• Copy the text in the embed image box.• Go back to Google Maps, Outcrops in Wisconsin.• By the description, select “edit in html”• Paste the embed image text into the box.• Click Okay• Click Save and Done

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In the new tab, go to Picasa or your favorite online photo site

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Select upload photos and either select or create a new album.

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Either select or create a new album.

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Select Choose file

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Find the photo you want to upload and click on the Choose button

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Find the photo you want to upload and click on the Choose button

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In the album, select the photo for the outcrop and click on Link to the Photo

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Copy the text in the Embed image box

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Go back to Google Maps and select Edit HTML

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Paste the Embed image text into the dialogue box and the click OK

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Click Done and Save

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You’ve just done some geology everyone can see and use

• Questions• Comments• Make us collaborators and we’ll post your

map.