This website won the 2006 Museums on the Web conference's Educational Use Category. The information is not that different from any educational website - in the fact the judges considered the content inherently dull - no love for geology with this group. But the creators played with a theme and made the site pretty witty, enough that they wooed over the less than excited judges.
According to the committee: ""Life of a Rock Star" uses the metaphor of a rock band on tour to explore the stories and science behind Canada's first geological survey team, created in the mid- in the nineteenth century to explore and document the country's rich natural resources. "Life of a Rock Star" is a clever demonstration of how to animate learning by bringing brilliance and humor to what is sometimes viewed as a dull subject."
To access the site, go to
http://collectionscanada.ca/rock/index2-e.html.
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