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Online Toolbox for Physical Geology

Current Toolboxes

Why? Why Now?

• Simple. Students need access to learning resources online - NOW

Web Features

• public, free, 24/7 access

• responsive display for diverse devices (e.g., cellphones to computers)

• in progress - continuous update of contents

Toolbox Uses

• supplement to lecture, lab, subject study

• training aid to practice sample identification

• out-of-class review before quiz/exam

Design Features

• toolbox - collection of components

• copy links to site/page/section into websites/documents/email/etc.

• re-purpose components for different uses

What's in a Toolbox?

• introductory text

• instructions for how to test and/or observe

• simplified classification chart

• short videos demonstrations

• bank of unknown samples for identification

• bank of reference samples