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This web site was constructed by
Roger M. Wells Jr., a second year graduate student at the
State University of New York, College at Cortland, pursuing
a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Science, with New
York State Certification in Earth Science and General
Science.
It was constructed during the Fall
semester of 1998 on the campus of SUNY Cortland. The purpose
of constructing the site was to fulfill the course
requirements for SCI 690 - Independent Study in Science
Education. SCI 690 is a required course for graduate
students pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching
Science.
The project was supervised by Dr.
Rena Janke, the M.A.T. Coordinator of Secondary Education in
Science, and Dr. Christopher McRoberts, Assistant Professor,
Paleontology & Sedimentology.
The goal was to create a web site
companion to the Invertebrate Paleontology course offered at
SUNY Cortland (GLY 363). Primarily, the web site would
provide the students enrolled in GLY 363 with an additional
source for studying the laboratory materials when the
laboratory is not accessible. In addition it would be a
useful source for anyone searching for information about
invertebrate paleontology on the World Wide Web.
The benefit to Mr. Wells was to
strengthen his knowledge in Invertebrate Paleontology while
at the same time learn a variety of new skills that were
required to create the site. The acquisition of these new
skills will hopefully better prepare him for the challenge
of becoming an effective teacher of science.
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