Google Earth geo-education resources: A transnational approach from Ireland, Iceland, Finland, and Norway

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 492, Issue , 2012, Pages 413-418

  Hennessy, Ronán ^a   Arnason, Thorvardur ^b   Ratinen, Ilkka ^c   Rubensdotter, Lena ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY;

EDUCATION RESOURCE; EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; LEARNING CONTENTS; SCIENCE CURRICULUM;

CURRICULA;

CURRICULUM; DIGITAL MAP; EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; GIS; LEARNING;

FINLAND; ICELAND; IRELAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84876801406     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2492(31)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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