In the framework of the International Year of Planet Earth in 2008, the
Andean Geotrail was an original outreach project with a simple goal:
leading a nine-month bike adventure in the Andean Cordillera, from
Ushuaia to Lima, to discover the Earth through the experience of two
geologists. Lead by two young geologists Caroline Sassier and Olivier
Galland, the adventure and geological investigations have been shared
with about 600 school pupils and students in France and in Norway.
The Andean Geotrail team has returned from South America last September
and will be present at AGU Fall meeting 2009 to share their
extraordinary experience and present the pedagogical results of this
atypical popular geoscientific project. From wild regions to erupting
volcanoes, from giant ore deposits to breathtaking geological sceneries,
and from extraordinary stories with the local people to the bike theft
and the end of the adventure by foot, they shared their geological
knowledge with the pupils and the public through their blog during the
adventure. Notably so, they aimed to show (1) how the natural resources
form, (2) the origins of the volcanological and seismic hazards and
their impact on the populations, and (3) the origins of the Andean
sceneries and glaciers.
The Andean Geotrail will be presented as posters in Education sessions
on Monday 14^th and Tuesday 15^th .
Further information about the Andean Geotrail project:
www.georouteandine.fr/English <http://www.georouteandine.fr/English>
http://georouteandine.blogspot.com <http://georouteandine.blogspot.com/>
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