As part of a series of multimedia courseware modules being developed for the undergraduate Earth Sciences curriculum at La Trobe University, the palaeontology module designed for the the first year geology course is intended to increase student understanding of the major geological applications of fossils. This module is integrated within a traditional teaching structure involving lectures, practicals and tutorials. It has simple interactive aspects and simulations that provide a dynamic graphics based framework in which basic principles of biostratigraphy and palaeoecology are portrayed.
