Earth Sciences: Education

Earth science information for both teachers and students. Glossary, lesson plans, extensive links, lists of topics, and other resources.

Interactive exhibits about planet earth. Utilises the QuickTime, Shockwave and Acrobat Reader plug-ins.

Educational program using the Adirondack mountains. Includes areas for contributing data, reporting events, discussing observations, and learning from findings.

An educational on-line magazine describing discoveries in planetary and space sciences. Written for teachers, students, and the general public.

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.

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

Collections of recent articles on topics related to the science of planet Earth. From AGU.

Digital image collection focused on earth science subjects, and geared toward educators.

A division of the Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education at the Colorado School of Mines. The ESRC publishes relevant science-related materials.

Basic earth statistics from the NSSDC.

U.S.Geological Survey site links to reports showing how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to study earth science questions.

Educational materials and photographic tours on the formation and occurrence of different types of caves, cave biology, and cave conservation.

Survey of geoscience research students, focusing on the quality of supervision and problem areas experienced by students doing their research.

Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center.

Earth science for schools including the rock cycle, plate tectonics, planetary structure and origins, volcanoes, atmosphere, fossil fuels and polymers.