Instructional website dealing with the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius

[Fansome]

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From: Steve Carey <scarey@gso.uri.edu>
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We would like to announce the development of a new instructional
website dealing with explosive volcanism and the 79 AD eruption of
Vesuvius volcano in Italy
(http://www.gso.uri.edu/vesuvius/Home/index.html). A principal feature
of this web-based exercise is the coupling of inquiry-based techniques
with a virtual reality field trip using panoramic photography and
eruption simulations to enable a unique level of interactivity between
students and the electronic media. The module follows the NSF-approved
approach of Focus, Explore, Reflect and Apply, which is based on
effective pedagogical research findings. The main objective is to
engage students as explorers and observers, enabling them to learn
about volcanic processes and hazards, collect virtual field
information, and then formulate hypotheses about the effects of
explosive volcanic eruptions and the deposits that they produce. It is
suitable for Introductory Earth Science or Natural Hazard courses.
Feedback about the exercise is welcome (scarey@gso.uri.edu,
haraldur@gso.uri.edu).

Steve Carey and Haraldur Sigurdsson
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett, R.I.
USA

[Pigmeat]

Seeing that you and JTA were there,don't you two have your original accounts on papyrus scrolls you could lend those guys?