The enormous space and time scales that Geology covers makes teaching it a challenge, one best overcome by field experience, but it’s a rare thing for a school to be able to explore Geological wonders on the other side of the world. So what if someone brought it to you?
Olivier Galland (who we had the chance to interview in December), together with Caroline Sassier, set up an educational project (The Andean Geotrail) centred on their cycling adventures in the Andean mountains. Seventeen schools followed their 8,000 kilometre journey from Lima to Ushuaia, as they blogged their way from one geo-highlight to the next.
The stunning photos from their travels are being exhibited at the General Assembly (Exhibition Gallery on the First Floor, Green Level) – it’s definitely worth dropping in!
Caroline Sassier on the The Andean Geotrail project, lost in the immensity of the Bolivian Altiplano. Photograph: Olivier Galland.
John Rehm
Geotrail, now THAT is a new concept. Like it!