Student Created Virtual Field Trips for Sustainability Education
Student / Teacher Produced Virtual Field Trips
Arizona State University researchers from the Center for Exploration Through Education, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the School of Sustainability, and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism have collaborated on a number of student and teacher produced virtual field trip projects.
The resulting VFTs are listed below:
Wellness
This VFT was created during the Spring 2019 semester and explores the disparities of health and wellness in various metro Phoenix neighborhoods.
Snigdha Nautiyal
Pallavi ChandraIrina IbanezHeather Harrenstein
Metro Phoenix Agriculture
This VFT was created during the Spring 2019 semester and explores the relationships between water and food in southern Arizona.
Casey RapackiHeather MollIvy Davis
Colorado River
This VFT was created during the Spring 2019 semester and looks at the relationship between Rocky Mountain snowpack and the amount of water in the Colorado River
Addison GrieseAspen PhillipsJames Ruberto
Garfield Historic District
This VFT was created by high school students during a 2019 Summer Camp at the Cronkite School of Journalism and explores gentrification versus revitalization.
Summer 2019 Digital Media Camp High School Students and James Ruberto
The JOIDES Resolution
This iVFT was created by Dr. Sian Proctor while aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution and explores the circumpolar currents and climate change.
Dr. Sian Proctor
Solar Energy Lab
This iVFT was created during the Fall 2019 semester by Dr. Sian Proctor and her assembled team and teaches the physics of solar energy, and looks at solar energy applications on Earth and in space.
Dr. Sian ProctorDon BalanzatJames RubertoWill Eggert
Behind the Bones
This iVFT was created during the Spring 2020 semester and explores fossils and features the Museum of Natural History in Mesa, Arizona
Cathy CullicotHeather MollMelanie NarishDon Balanzat
Seeing Through a Telescope
This iVFT was created during the Spring 2020 semester and explores how telescopes work and features the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Morgan ChidesterKieren SmithKaran Patil
Media Coverage of Workshops
ABC Family News
ASU pilot class creates immersive ‘virtual field trips’ as teaching tool.
January 25, 2019.
ETX
Creating immersive experiences in SDGs through Student-Produced Virtual Field Trips – Phase 1
June 25, 2019.
