Educational Outreach

 
 

Bancroft Mineral Collection
Web Site On-line

Outreach
Info
 

The Bancroft mineral collection web site is now on-line. The collection is an international award winning mineral and gem collection donated to the department by Edward Bancroft. The minerals are displayed in a custom case donated by Dr. Peter and Virginia Bancroft. In June, 1999 the collection was updated with 21 new specimens.
     The web site provides a wealth of information on the collection's 67 minerals, including others currently not on display. The information includes a narrative description of the mineral, its complete chemical and physical properties, pictures of the specimen, maps of the specimen's source area, and pictures of the mine.


Wulfenite. One of the 67 minerals in
the Bancroft mineral collection web site.

 The Earth Science Department is committed to enriching geoscience education in our local community. We conduct department tours, present talks to visiting students and travel to local schools if visiting UCSB is not possible.
Email UCSB Earth Science Outreach or call 893-3471 for more information on scheduling a visit.
 

Free Stuff

The Earth Science Department is pleased to bring you a variety of computer software available as freeware for use by teachers in their classrooms.
   The software, including professor Tanya Atwater's plate motion animations, is available on the freeware page. We will be adding additional software as it becomes available, so check back to see what's new.
 

Geology Links

Soon we will have an area of geoscience links maintained specifically for educators. Until then, use our general geoscience links pages.
   


 

 
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