{"id":2393,"date":"2022-05-07T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldwork.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2393"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T10:17:25","slug":"glen-roy-virtual-field-trip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fieldwork.wp.worc.ac.uk\/wordpress\/glen-roy-virtual-field-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Roy Virtual Field Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glen Roy Virtual Field Trip<\/h1>\n

Site overview<\/h2>\n

Located in the Western Grampians, Glen Roy is internationally renowned for its visually impressive ice-dammed lake shorelines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Produced during the Loch Lomond (Younger Dryas) Stadial (12.9\u201311.7 ka BP), these shorelines played an important part in the development of the glacial theory in the 19th<\/sup> century, and they continue to be studied today.<\/p>\n

Other features present include gravel fans, moraines, slope failures, and a range of fluvial features.<\/p>\n

Glen Roy is a popular fieldwork destination for schools, colleges, and universities.<\/p>\n

Glen Roy<\/p>\n

Virtual field trip location<\/p>\n

About the Glen Roy virtual field trip<\/h2>\n

This is an immersive, self-guided virtual field trip.<\/p>\n

In other words, it is based on 360\u00b0 imagery and provided without interpretation. The latter means it can be used flexibly for a wide range of educational purposes, although educators need to develop learner activities (e.g., worksheets) to suit their own requirements.<\/p>\n

The virtual field trip comprises 42 locations, with the first being slightly ‘out on a limb’ at the Commando Memorial just northwest of Spean Bridge. This site, which provides a good view of the surrounding mountains, is used by some universities to provide context on ice flow directions during the Younger Dryas before proceeding to Glen Roy.<\/p>\n

There is a video of the drive between stops 1 and 2, although at the time of writing you will still need to click on the yellow hotspot icon to load the second site.<\/p>\n

Within Glen Roy itself, most sites have environmental audio, and some have short video clips (usually of rivers).<\/p>\n

A map of all the stops is available within the virtual field trip.<\/p>\n

Imagery acquired: April 2022<\/p>\n

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