DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON NATIONAL GEOPARK: A case study of the Liujiang National Geopark in Qinhuangdao

The Liujiang National Geopark in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, as a representative of China's national geopark, is significant for its educational resources, which consist of a nature preservation zone and a landscape area. Its educational resources are suitable for practical teaching in certain subjects such as geology, environmental sciences and engineering, forest resources and forestry engineering, water conservancy, aquitic products, oceanography, etc. Due to the need of practice base for the attachment course out of campus, it is necessary to fully develop and utilize the educational resources of geoparks. The distribution of resources, with the establishment of transportation and logistics system, make it possible to use these educational resources.