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ReaL (Regional and Local) Earth System Inquiry, a project in New York
State, http://people.colgate.edu/ddugganhaas/real/real.html, is the
brainchild of Don Duggan-Haas at Colgate University.  I learned about it
from his presentation at a recent Geological Society of America meeting.
He has teachers creating virtual field trips and posting them to access
with Google Earth.  One interesting collaborative application has been
that apparently two classes at opposite ends of the state got on the
phone and each class narrated their local trip and answered questions as
the other class was looking at it, so each class got to be the local
expert and to learn from experts about something that wasn't local to
them.

I love their guiding question - "Why does this place look the way it
does?"  

Dave Smith

David L. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of Professional Development
Da Vinci Science Center, Allentown, PA 
http://www.davinci-center.org

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> Hello all,
> We are looking for an interesting project to run over Google 
> Earth which will involve our visitors and maybe other 
> museum's visitors as well.
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> If you have any idea or a common wish I would love to hear from you.
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> Sharon Yanai
> IT Manager
> Israel National Museum of Science
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