{"id":2481,"date":"2020-05-04T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/timpatterson\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2020-05-04T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:40:54","slug":"library-virtual-natural-history-museums-from-unusual-homework-assignments-to-a-virtual-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/timpatterson\/2020\/library-virtual-natural-history-museums-from-unusual-homework-assignments-to-a-virtual-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBRARY\/VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS; From Unusual Homework Assignments to a Virtual Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LIBRARY\/VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS; From Unusual Homework Assignments to a Virtual Museum<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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      THE HOOPER VIRTUAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM<\/p>\n

      www.wf.carleton.ca\/Museum\/lobby.html<\/p>\n

      THREE years ago, Tim Patterson, an associate professor of earth science at Carleton University in Ottawa, started giving his undergraduate students a choice: they could turn in traditional term papers on topics in paleontology, or they could create relevant Web pages. Each year, about half the class has opted for the latter. These classroom assignments are now on the Web as the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum, produced largely by third-year undergraduates majoring in geoscience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n