Spring 2002 Class Geo201 - Physical Geography II at Illinois State University |
| Our class that
spring started with a dozen but ended up with 11. One of our
activities was to develop web pages on various topics
relating to physical geography. Each student developed his or her own topic.
Links that are not active reflect those students who have graduated
and their accounts were closed. The persons and their projects are: Christie on the karst environments of the central U.S. Diana on the Drummer Silty Clay Loam, the Illinois State Soil Greg on Hurricane Mitch which hit Honduras and Nicaragua Jeff on supercell thunderstorms Jessica on Antarctica Justin on the Grand Kankakee Marsh of Illinois and Indiana Keith on Mount Pinatubo Lisa on wind power and wind energy Matt on the Loma Prieta Earthquake in California, 1989 Ryan on continental glaciation in Illinois Sara on tsunamis The purposes for doing this project are many. For the purpose of physical geography we want to make links to pages that teach and illustrate each of these topics. We are not creating new material in most cases but are trying to find what is already out there. In the process we are sorting through many pages to find the few pages worthy of note. Some of the content may come from our sources, including our text. Many of these students are training to become teachers. As such, learning to build their own pages is good training to become a teacher. One important part of this exercise is to become aware of what it takes to make a web page. If students find they can make their own pages quite easily, then will have an appreciation for the many pages made by others. It should also make them skeptical of some pages. Getting a page up on the web is not the same as having an article published in a peer-reviewed research journal. Check out our pages and give us some feedback. Dr. James R. Carter, Professor |
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