To go out into the field with a geologist is to witness a type of alchemy, as stones are made to speak.
Geologists imaginatively reclaim world from the stone they're trapped within.
Computer-based materials will be built with the program Bryce3D . The 3D models can be rotated, sectioned, disassembled, or successively unburied. A series of images can be used to depict sequential geologic histories, such as deposition of successive layers, followed by erosion into realistic-looking landscapes. This approach is an analog of strategies that have been shown in previous research to be effective in the development of spatial reasoning. This project will embed spatial learning in the context of real-life, complex problems that are authentic.