Drone Footage and Landscape Simulations

November 12, 2025

Virtual Outcrop Models as Teaching Tools

Themes

Experiential Learning

Data Visualization and Technology/Human Interface

Saskatchewan glacier

Mt Yamnuska

East Coulee

3-D models

Saskatchewan Glacier: https://skfb.ly/6BXQy

East Coulee Drumheller: https://skfb.ly/6BXQI

Yamnuska: https://skfb.ly/6BXQV

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References

Glenn Dolphin

I focus in three main areas of within geoscience education: 1. Using the history and philosophy of geoscience to teach geoscience concepts and about the nature of science. 2. Using virtual outcrop models for teaching geoscience concepts and geoscience process skills. 3. Identifying the role of metaphor use in teaching and learning

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