******************************************************************************************************* The Andean Geotrail at AGU From: Olivier Galland <olivier.galland@xxxxxxxxxx> ******************************************************************************************************* 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://georouteandine.blogspot.com ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
