Spring 2004 Class Geo201 - Physical Geography II at Illinois State University |
| Our class this
spring has 25 students. One of our
activities is to develop web pages on various topics
relating to physical geography. Each student is developing his or her own topic. The persons and their projects are: Brad on Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida Bradley on Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP) Chaas on the St. Lawrence River Charles on Reclaiming Iraqi Marshlands Cindy on The Wildlands Project Doug on Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas Erin on the Great Barrier Reef Fabio on Wisconsin Glaciation and glaciers Grant on Drying of the Aral Sea Greg on Beaches of Lake Michigan Heather on Costa Rica: A Physical Geography Joel on Tibetan Plateau Environmental Degradation Josh on Carlsbad Caverns Kim on Yellowstone Hotspot Marc on Chicago Tunnel Flood of 1992 Maria on Kankakee Sands Project Matt on Mammoth Cave Matthew on the San Juan Mountains, Colorado Michael on Amazon Rubber Tappers Patrick on White Sands National Monument Ray on Norwegian Fjords Scott F on The Galapagos Islands Scott G on Tunguska, the 1908 Siberian Explosion Scott K on the Sequatchie Valley of Tennessee Susie on Madagascar 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 other 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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