GeoTimePacific Northwest - An interactive atlas of the Pacific Northwest showing changes in the regions geography and major geologic events over the past 600 million years. This program aslo contains an interactive geologic atlas that allows you to explore the evidence for the paleogeographic sequence. A paleogeographic sequence is a collection of maps showing changing in geography over long periods of times.

GeoTime - An interactive geologic calendar and paleogeographic atlas. Like GeoCycle, this program is functional, but under construction.

GeoAtlas - An interactive world atlas. Like GeoCycle, this program is functional, but under construction.

Virtual Northwest - An evolving collection of virtual field sites for locations throughout the Pacific Northwest.

TOTLE in the Field - An on-line tool used in field trip orientations for Teachers on the Leading Edge (an NSF funded teachers workshop focusing on the geology and Geophysics of the Northwest.

Activites for Geology of the Pacific Northwest

• Activity Guide

• Activity 1: Mt. Tabor and the Scientific Method
• Activity 2: Geography of the Pacific Northwest
• Activity 3: Geology of the Pacific Northwest
• Activity 4: Landscapes and structures of an active margins
• Activity 5: Internal processes shaping an active continental margin
• Activity 6: Surficial processes shaping an active continental margin
• Activity 7: Sleuthing the geologic history of a tidal stream bank
• Activity 8: Rocks as indicators of ancient environments
• Activity 9: Sleuthing the Precambrian history of the Pacific Northwest
• Activity 10: Periods of the Geologic Calendar
• Activity 11: Interpretting rocks found in rock units of the Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic
• Activity 12: Paleogeography of the Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic
• Activity 13: Observing and interpretting metamorphic rocks
• Activity 14: Locating and interpretting metamorphic age rocks in the Pacific Northwest
• Activity 15: Virtual Fieldwork in accreted terranes
• Activity 16: Observing and interpretting intrusive igneous rocks
• Activity 17: Biological extinctions and the end of the Mesozoic
• Activity 18: Observing and interpretting extrusive (volcanic) igneous rocks
• Activity 19: Volcanoes and volcanic rocks
• Activity 20: The Pacific Northwest during the Tertiary
• Activity 21: A contemporary glacier - South Cascade Glacier, North Cascades Washington
• Activity 22: Lake Wallowa during the Last Glacial Maxima (18,000 years ago)
• Activity 23: Grand Coulee South during the Last Glacial Maxima (18,000 years ago)
• Activity 24: The Oregon Washington coast during the Last Glacial Maxima (18,000 years ago)
• Activity 25: Modeling Crustal Deformation
• Activity 26: Faulting the Pacific Northwest

Activites for Physical and Historical Geology

• Of Minerals and Molecules
• Rock Formation
• Sediment #1
• Sediment #2
• Soil
• Granite to Conglomerate
• Gabbro to Conglomerate
• Metamorphic Rocks: Characteristics and Classification
• Geographic Data
• Mass Wasting (1)
• Mass Wasting (2)
• Stream Flow
• Aquifers and Groundwater flow
• Eliot Glacier - Mt. Hood Oregon
• Glacial Landscapes
• Characteristics of a Stream System
• Coastal Living
• Deserts #1
• Desert Dunes
• Desert - Cornfield / Death Valley
• Field Geology at Shore Acres - Handout / Media
• Deformed Rock
• Earthquake Damage

Activites for Historical Geology

• Rocks as Geohistorical Indicators
• Sedimentary Structures
• Dating Geologic Events
• Depositional Environments
• Delta Sequence
• Stratigraphic Correlations
• Assembling a Geologic Column
• The Geologic Calendar
• Mesozoic-Cenozoic Ice Ages
• Reading Shoreline Changes in Rocks
• Ancient Shorelines and Sea Level
• Ancient Sedimentary Sequences
• Reconstructing Ancient Geography / Supporting media - Geologic Atlas
• Continental Formation
• Orogenesis (Mountain Belt Formation)
• Crust, sediments, air, and ocean of the Precambrian / Supporting media - Paleogeographic Atlas
• Geography and Mountain Building of the Paleozoic / Supporting media - Paleogeographic Atlas
• Crustal and Organic Evolution / Supporting media - Paleogeographic Atlas
• Cellular Evolution
• Life on Mars

Activites for Environmental Geology

• Groundwater Contamination
• Energy Resources and Geology
• Fossil Fuels

Activites for Meteorology

• Activity 1: Observing Weather
• Activity 2: Daily Changes in Air Temperature
• Activity 3: Modeling the Hydrologic Cycle
• Activity 4: Cloud Shapes and Processes
• Activity 5: Air Pressure and Weather
• Activity 6: Atmospheric Circulation
• Activity 7: Weather Forecasting
• Activity 8: Storms / Activity Summary
• Activity 9: Oregon Climate / Activity Summary

Activites for Oceanography

• Crustal Change and Plate Tectonics
• Jump Off Joe Creek
• Mapping Pacific Northwest Ocean Currents
• Waves and Coastlines
• Tides
• Biological Communities of Yachats Oregon

General Science - Geology

General Science - Oceanography

General Science - Meteorology

Urban based field labs

• Slope Stability Analysis (Sylvania Campus) - Click here to download the lab handout / click here to download the placemarks that you will need for this lab / - click here to access an earlier version of the virtual field site
• Slope Stability Analysis (Southeast Center) - Click here to download the lab handout / click here to download the placemarks that you will need for this lab
• Streams and stream erosion (Sylvania Campus)- Click here to download the lab handout and click here to download the placemarks that you will need for this lab.
• Streams and stream erosion (Southeast Center)- Click here to download the lab handout and click here to download the placemarks that you will need for this lab.
• Local Volcanic Processes and Hazards (Southeast center) - Click here to download the lab handout / Link to Cascade Volcanic Observatory's website

Misc. Geology labs

• Watersheds and Hydrologic Systems - Click here to download the handout / Click here to download the report form for this lab / Click here to download the Google Earth placemarks for this lab

• Google Earth - Google's geographic data browser. Works on both MacOS and windows computers.
• World Wind - A geographic data browser from NASA. Only works on machines running windows. This link is to the download page for the World Wind website. Make sure to read about the system requirements before you load it.
• GeoWind - A java based geospatial viewer based on World Wind. In addition to many of the same features as Google Earth and World Wind, GE features 3-D viewing, a terrain profiler, and the ability to choose air photos and satellite images from a variety of government sources.
• Virtual Ocean - Another java based geospatial viewer. Also based on World Wind. This one is a lot like GeoWind but has far more imagery that you can overlay on the globe (e.g. geologic maps, links to deep sea photos, etc.). Warning this extra capability comes at a price. It is more complicated to use.