Fieldtrip #3 – Virtual Option – Coastal
Processes along Opposite Coasts: US West Coast versus US East Coast
Two
Virtual Field Trips: San Diego North
County and Northwestern Florida
This pair of voluntary extra credit “virtual” fieldtrips
focuses on coastal processes, including wave action, beach sand source and
movement, coastal bluff and dunes, and human interferences.
Online students need to
return your written responses to the questions of both parts below by 11:55 p.m. on
Sunday November 13th as a response to this assignment in order to
receive extra credit.
Fieldtrip #1:
The first virtual fieldtrip to the San Diego North County beaches can be found
at Chris Metzler’s Coastal Erosion Field Trip Webpage at URL:
http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/cmetzler/field_trip/top.html
Fieldtrip #2: The second virtual fieldtrip to a Northeast Florida
beaches can be found at Joann
Mossa's Coastal Dynamics of Northwestern Florida webpage URL:
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/teacher/science/mod2/resources/coastal.pdf
Click this link to download the worksheet that you
need to complete and submit after taking the virtual fieldtrip:
http://www.oceansci.com/virtual_fieldtrip3_worksheet.doc
or http://www.oceansci.com/virtual_fieldtrip3_worksheet.rtf