Principles and Practice in Palaeontology
- Alternative title
- Systematic Palaeontology: The Phylum ‘Mollusca’
- Synopsis
- CAL module on the basics of invertebrate palaeontology, concerned solely with the phylum ‘Mollusca’ and incorporating a large number of images of fossils. The aim is to introduce the ideal of the organisms ‘behind’ the fossil, how they lived and what they looked like, comparing them with their modern relatives. Approximately 4 hours of teaching material, intended to complement lectures and practicals.
- Series
- UK Earth Science Courseware Comsortium, Tltp Project
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; CD-ROM. PC Windows and Apple Macintosh (separate versions). Computer program. Floppy disk. PC Windows and Apple Macintosh (separate versions).
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £30.00 (floppy disk) 1996 sale: £60.00 (CD-ROM containing all modules)
- Notes
- Available to UK higher education institutions.
- Uses
- 1st- and 2nd-year undergraduate earth sciences.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Keywords
- computer-assisted learning; fossils; geology teaching; molluscs; palaeontology; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme
Distribution Formats
- Type
- CD-ROM
Distributor
- Name
University of Manchester
- ukescc@man.ac.uk
- Phone
- 0161-275 3820
- Fax
- URL: http://info.mcc.ac.uk/geology.html
- Address
- Department of Earth Sciences
Manchester
M13 9PL - Notes
- Contact: Dr W T C Sowerbutts (4/96)
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