Incorporating GPS Technology with a Campus Walking Tour
Daniel J. Weiss, James C. Walters 2004 Journal of Geoscience Education v52 no1 p 186-190
This independent assignment has groups of students take a questionnaire and a GPS unit on a geologic walking tour of the campus. Some of the questions have students learn to use the GPS by obtaining the coordinates of campus landmarks; others have students identify building stones used at those landmarks.
Subject: Education Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Journal Article Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Active/Kinesthetic/ExperientialKeywords: field lab, campus, GPS
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