Earth Sciences Education
Below are some useful links about Education on Earth Sciences:
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| Adirondack Science Online - Educational program using the Adirondack mountains. Includes areas for contributing data, reporting events, discussing observations, and learning from findings. |
| California Underground: Our Caves and Subterranean Habitats - Educational materials and photographic tours on the formation and occurrence of different types of caves, cave biology, and cave conservation. |
| Earth Fact Sheet - Basic earth statistics from the NSSDC. |
| Earth Science from Moorland School - Earth science for schools including the rock cycle, plate tectonics, planetary structure and origins, volcanoes, atmosphere, fossil fuels and polymers. |
| Earth Science Resource Center - A division of the Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education at the Colorado School of Mines. The ESRC publishes relevant science-related materials. |
| EarthNet - Earth science information for both teachers and students. Glossary, lesson plans, extensive links, lists of topics, and other resources. |
| Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere - Detailed non-mathematical introduction to the research on the Earth's magnetic environment in space and its history. Contains master directory of more than 70 related text files. |
| Geology Postgraduate Research Supervision Survey - Survey of geoscience research students, focusing on the quality of supervision and problem areas experienced by students doing their research. |
| International Geoscience Education Organisation - Goal is to work for the improvement of education within the earth science fields, especially in K-12 grades. Page includes newsletters and conference schedule. |
| Museums Teaching Planet Earth - Educational earth science resources and software produced by Rice University in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science, funded by NASA under the Office of Earth Science |
| NASA Planetary Science Research Discoveries - An educational on-line magazine describing discoveries in planetary and space sciences. Written for teachers, students, and the general public. |
| Our Dynamic Earth - Interactive exhibits about planet earth. Utilises the QuickTime, Shockwave and Acrobat Reader plug-ins. |
| Science for Everyone - Collections of recent articles on topics related to the science of planet Earth. From AGU. |
| Understanding our Planet Through Chemistry - U.S.Geological Survey site links to reports showing how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to study earth science questions. |
| USGS Learning Web - Educational resources for the earth sciences from the U.S. Geological Survey. |
| Water Science for Schools - Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center. |