GeoScience: K-12 Resources

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The GeoSciences in the Alberta Curriculum

• The Calgary Science Network's All You Need to Know to Teach Rocks and Minerals - at various times - contact, CSN, Making Connections, or (403) 230-1431 to enquire about this or later workshops (at the Viscount Bennet Centre).
• In Calgary Dr. Wayne Powell is offering GEOL 2209: Introduction to Geology - Life and Times of Alberta: A geological Perspective for Teachers. This course is being offered through Mt. Royal College as a credit course for teachers who are interested in gaining background information in geology. At the University of Calgary he is offering GLGY 599.20 - Research Contributing to Earth Science Education.
• The Calgary Science Network will be again sponsoring the "Pet Rock Clinic" at the Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology, in October, as part of the Science & Technology Week.
• From nationally to locally there's the Canadian Rockhound magazine and the Junior Rockhound Magazine , the Western Canadian Gemstone Newsletter, and here there's (AFRC) The Alberta Federation of Rock Clubs, and The Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club.
• The Rock Cycle is introduced by usask , ubc, The BBC, prismet, and ctc.
• Rocks, Minerals and Erosion; many activities from Mrs. Barkhouse's Grade 4 Virtual Classroom in Nova Scotia
• Rock Hounds, sponsored by the Franklin Institute, has many student activities and lesson plans
• Rocks for Kids.com is a very usefull site by an elementary school teacher from Brampton, Ontario.
• The Mineral Gallery: A collection of constantly growing mineral descriptions (including searchable mineralogical data, with an explanation of the physical properties most useful for mineral identification), fabulous images and other information of interest to students and rock hounds!
• Bob's Rock Shop: Greetings from Tucson , Software for Rockhounds , Mineralogical Meanderings , Rocks in the News, The Collecting Sites Catalog, Silver Pick'n, Gallery of Mineral Specimen Images, and The Shop's Link List
• Photographs from the famous Clausthal Mineral Collection : Institut fur Mineralogie und Mineralische Rohstoffe, Technische Universitat Clausthal, Germany
• Catalog of best samples, Musee de mineralogie, Ecole des mines de Paris
• Petrographic Workshop The program consists of detailed textual information and microscopic images of hundreds of rocks and minerals.
• Earth Sciences - Mineralogy and Petrography The (Swiss) NMBE is a regional Museum with a specialized Earth Science collection.
• Testing Rocks is a Lesson Plan by Macro Press. They have many more resources (science articles, and an 'ordered topics') on their server
• Crystallographic Information and Sources has a lot including crystal growing
• Rockman's Trading Post sells reasonably priced Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Videos and Posters to teachers.
• The Virtual Cave has the mineral wonders unique to the cave environment.
• Pierres Dures, Bijoux, Miniraux, Fossiles
• The Mineral Information Institute has mineral information for teachers and students.
• PETROLOGY, the study of rocks and their origins from UBC is advanced, but excellent even for Elementary students, and don't miss the thin sections.
• Jack Rice's Introductory Course on Mineralogy is a good reference for teachers and advanced students.
• Minerals under the (Polarising) Microscope is a Univ. of Bristol course, but still interesting for the younger student.
• Minerals and Metals, and Minerals and Metals: Educational Material, from Natural Resources Canada
• The Mining Association of BC, Education Division has many resources for classroom teachers and students, and The BC Ministry of Energy and Mines has a site for the Identification of Common Rocks
• Links for Mineralogists from the Min.Inst.Univ.Wuerzburg has varied links for teachers, parents and senior students.
• The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame states that the story of mining in Canada can be told in part by describing some of the accomplishments of almost 100 leaders in the industry
• Activities & Lessons on SOILS from the Nebraska Earth Science Education Network (NESEN)

In Calgary, petroleum geologists work exclusively with sedimentary rocks. These rocks are,of course, derived from existing rocks by processes of weathering and erosion, and form by accumulation and consolidation of the transported material. Thus geologists and geophysicists must intimately understand these processes in order to explore for and exploit the oil and gas that is sometimes found in porous rocks.

• Wind Erosion Research Unit Kansas State University
• Terrain Analysis and Erosion Modeling Indiana University
• The Wind: Our Fierce Friend (TFI/SLN)
• Weathering and Erosion in the Parks of the Colorado Plateau, a small part of The Geology of (US) National Parks
• Gradation Activities on soil, porosity, permeability,running water, stream tables and wind erosion from soest.hawaii.edu.
• Classroom Compass with general hints, The Physical Setting, Mud Slide and Stream Works
• Erosion Resources: from "The Explorer" (ukan); a network data base system for contributing, organizing and delivering educational resources.
• A series of lesson plans on Erosion by glacier, wind & water [G.4-6] by "Galileo"
• Exploring Satellite Oceanography has a set of lesson plans for high school science students. While the reading level may be high it has a very good explanation of meandering streams, and images of the Gulf Stream.
• This image of the Mississippi River in Mississippi and Louisiana shows regions of the southern United States that are prone to flooding.
• Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World has some text and images about glaciers that point out noticeable changes over shorter periods.
• Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati.
• geologylink.com - inside Geology has specific links to Weathering and Sculpting the Earth.

• Planet Earth, three workshops, from the Calgary Science Network, for new Grade 7 science unit (Rocks and Minerals, Mountain Building and Plate Tectonics, and Focus on Fossils)

• The Science Alberta geology crates to book for Grade 8 are "Quakes & Quartz" and "Bedrock Basics". Call 260-1996 or litebulb@saf.ab.ca A workshop linking geology and technology (for Div.III teachers) is "Earth Science and the Internet". Contact Scott Petronech at 260-1930 or spetro@saf.ab.ca
• A good starting point for explanations and many images is Earth Introduction: The Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics with The Lithosphere & Plate Tectonics, Oceanic Lithosphere, Continental Lithosphere, Plate Tectonics, References , and up to Additional Earth Resources.
• If you're interested in what an Oceanic Ridge (ie. a spreading centre) looks like, then Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has a lot of images amd movies.
• This Dynamic Earth, is a short publication from the USGS
• Plate Tectonics from UMich is well organized, illustrated and informative.
• Earthquake Information from seismo in Nevada, includes info on Plate Tectonics, their cause, Seismic Waves from earthquakes, and the Earth's Interior.
• SSA Seismology Resources for Teachers
• Two Lessons on Earthquakes!, and Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes from Berkeley
• VolcanoWorld
• Lithoprobe Alberta Basement Transects provides general information on the Alberta transects, with some good references,images and links.
• Lithoprobe at the University of Calgary (LSPS) has an informative brochure. Lithoprobe at UBC has Lithoprobe Slide Sets: the Earth, Growth of Canada & Tools and Methods , and Earthquake Information at the GSC - Pacific Geoscience Centre has western Canadian information.
• Steven Schimmrich's Structural Geology on the Web and Exploring Geology on the World-Wide Web are well organized.
• HyperStudio Stacks: Fiveteen lessons (for 5th -8th graders) on Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Cones, Eruptions, and Pyroclasts, Rocks and Minerals and the Prehistoric Earth, by Scott Johnson
• Chevron has a Petroleum Prospecting Primer, the Colorado School of Mines has an Intro to Geophysical Exploration and Western Geophyisical has a Seismic Tutorial

• Information on Plate Tectonics has some good photos,maps and links, by the USGS
• The Princeton Earth Physics Project:Main PEPP Curriculum Page has classroom materials, and activity and research ideas that put basic physics concepts into a seismology context.
• Plate Tectonics and the Dynamic Earth has some earth images, earthquake and volcano links, and a Oceans, Hurricanes and Sea Surface Temperature section.
• The PaleoMap Project illustrates the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. Teaching material also.
• Activities on Folds and Faults and Volcanology from soest.hawaii.edu
• Understanding our Planet Through Chemistry is a U.S.Geological Survey HTML Poster Session
• From NASA, The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere shows one of the everchanging Fields that we live in.
• PaleoNet: Places To Go and Hoopers Virtual Paleontological Museum are two starting points to the changes in life over time.
• The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a mandatory field trip for any southern Alberta Grade 11 class. Apart from a section on Continental Drift and The Changing Earth, they have wonderful displays and explanations on Palaeontology, the study of ancient life, and evolution. These fields are based on the study of fossils, which are the remains of organisms that inhabited the Earth long before we did. It is a science that teaches us about our own lives and our relationship with the planet we call home. The first phase of a new up-comming exhibit is the Devonian Reef.
• The Paleo Ring is a collection of Websites and Pages that are devoted primarily to the promotion of Paleontology, Paleoanthropology, Prehistoric Archaeology, The Evolution of Behavior, and Evolutionary Biology in general.
• Another very good journey is through the Jurassic Reef Park from the Stuttgart Reefgroup.
• Thomas Kuhn,or Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, approaches the multi-dimensional nature of any model and change in any Scientific field through reference to the notion of a paradigm. A simple view of the changing views of the "geological" history of the Earth is also worth looking at.
• There are many lesson plans from Explorer: one is that a basic concept of Earth Sciences is that the earth's crust is continually changing
• The Changing Earth Exhibit reminds us that our Earth is constantly changing: from the Franklin
• Global Change and Canadians, Teachers Guide
• Earthweek -- A Diary of the Planet uses maps and symbols to highlight the location and type of natural and manmade events in the environment. Links to other sources give you the background information you need to put this news of an evolving earth into perspective.

• Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Control
• Canadian Global Change Program and The Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
• The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is an electronic information service covering global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and related issues.
• the US Global Change Research Program, NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD), NASA/GISS Spotlight on Global Warming, ARM-The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program and a NOAA/GFDL Weather and Climate Facts
• Usenet news group:sci.energy
• Usenet news group:sci.environment
• BRAINFOOD with Energy (limited petroleum resources), Climate Change, Sustainability, & Economics, sections.
• In Alberta, where you stand in the debate on hydrocarbons and Climate Change almost depends on where you start. Two ends are: The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers which represents petroleum companies that produce 95 per cent of Canada's crude oil and natural gas, and the Alberta Environmental Network
• Two omnibus sites with a "US" point of view are PACE GLOBAL WARMING RESOURCE CENTER, and Carnegie Mellon's Global Warming and Climate Change
• ICLEI to International Energy/Climate Change agencies for local governments.
• Green Links: Index of Canadian & International Environmental Organizations
• Concepts of Global Change are a series of classroom activities that the USGS has prepared to assist in teaching about time, change, cycles, and Earth as home.
• Causes of Climate Change: a Geological Perspective, from a Carleton Univ. 67/242 course, outlines all the factors (including plate tectonics) that have resulted in a complex set of interactions that have caused fluctuations in our climate.
• Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change: Introduction and Overview
• Milutin Milankovitch developed one of the most significant theories relating Earth motions and long-term climate change.
• Paleo-oceanographic data show that climatic changes have occurred in the geological past and were associated with changes in the thermohaline circulation from CLIVAR
• The Kid's Page from the US DOE Energy Information Administration
• CIESIN's Thematic Guides on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change.
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
• The Earth Times ... on the environment and sustainable development, and such interrelated concerns of the international system as population, conflict-resolution, governance, human-rights, trade, and women's and children's rights.
• One side of a local Alberta topic - Electricity Deregulation - as presented by IASA, another side as given by - The Power Pool of Alberta(PPoA) - and a third by - The Alberta Government

Field Trips and Local Resources and Sites

• The Calgary Science Network's All You Need to Know to Teach Rocks and Minerals, Geology of Calgary field trip, and Planet Earth, three workshops, from the Calgary Science Network, for new Grade 7 science unit (Rocks and Minerals, Mountain Building and Plate Tectonics, and Focus on Fossils) - contact CSN, or 230-1431 to enquire about these or later workshops.
• GEOSCIED IV will be in Calgary in August 10-14, 2003. The aims of the IGEO are: to promote geoscience education internationally at all levels; to work for the enhancement of quality in the international provision of geoscience education; to encourage developments that raise public awareness of geoscience, particularly amongst younger people.
• The Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary) Bookstore now has a GEOSCAPE CALGARY POSTER available at (403) 292-7030 or gsc_calgary_gsc.nrcan.gc.ca
• The CSPG has many publications and many CSPG members have interesting field trips like The Building Rocks of Calgary Geological Walking Tour for anyone who is interested in examining the unique geology associated with the city of Calgary's buildings and structures
• In Calgary Dr. Wayne Powell is offering GEOL 2209: Introduction to Geology - Life and Times of Alberta: A geological Perspective for Teachers. This course is being offered through Mt. Royal College as a credit course for teachers who are interested in gaining background information in geology. At the University of Calgary he is offering GLGY 599.20 - Research Contributing to Earth Science Education.
• The Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club - meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Friday of the month (September to June) at Spruce Cliff Community Centre, 608 Poplar Road SW.
• The Energeum, "is all about Alberta's energy resources - oil, natural gas, oil sands, coal, and hydro-electricity. Curriculum-based programs, hands-on activities, and computer games help students discover the amazing role energy playes in our lives." 297-4293 for further info.
• Geo-Help Inc has a "Self-led Field Trips" list around southwestern Alberta and a History of Canadian Oil Industry
• PMB Communications Ltd has text files of various Canadian Oil & Gas Histories.
• The Glenbow Museum and their Grade 3-6 Program: From Geodes to Gems, will offer a colourful glimpse into the depth and diversity of Glenbow's Mineralogy collection and into the rich variety found in the mineral world.
• "Geology of the Calgary Area", Edited by L.Jackson & M.Wilson, various field guides, and a Geological Highway Map of Alberta are available from the CSPG. As they say, "To explore the geological history of the Calgary area is to embark on a mental voyage through space and time."
• GSC, Calgary the 'former' ISPG , is an important source of information and expertise on the geology, geophysics, geochemistry and resource potential of sedimentary basins in western and northern Canada. Also see their Education and Outreach and Educational Material and News. As a 'National Science and Technology Week' special the GSC will hold their annual PET ROCK and FOSSIL CLINICin October.
• The Department of Geology and Geophysics @ The University of Calgary has six informative topics. Also Terry Gordon has two good pages on Web Teaching Resources and Learning Links to good advice
• The Science Alberta Foundation - 260-1996 - or - litebulb@saf.ab.ca - "has addressed itself to providing innovative science activities, travelling exhibits and devising clever competitions throughout the province", in addition to funding other groups, and, with the help of teachers from across Alberta, produced "Let's Do Science". Their geology crates to book for Grade 8 are "Quakes & Quartz" and "Bedrock Basics". A workshop linking geology and technology (for Div.III teachers) is "Earth Science and the Internet". Contact Scott Petronech at 260-1930 or spetro@saf.ab.ca
• The Science Hotline - 263-6226 - or scihot@cadvision.com can help with information on most anything.
• The Calgary Science Network, or 289-3583 - published the booklet "Science Fun Guide" - a guide to Calgary's science-related activities, runs The Science Hotline scihot@cadvision.com, coordinates societies and individuals in "National Science and Technology Week", and brings trained volunteers into schools to help teachers in a variety of ways.
• The Calgary Youth Science Fair Home Page has all the info you need ...
• The Calgary Public Library has modem access (265-5325; with full duplex, 8 bit, 1 stop, no parity, to14.4bd.), full on-line seach capabilities, and you can find out if the book is signed out and which branches it's in.
• Science Is... is a Calgary source for Science related educational and fun materials - call (403) 547-4422 or fax 547-0235 or pastirik@science-is.com
• The greatest store-house of (soft-rock) systematic geological information in the world is in the AEUB Core Research Centre - 3545 Research Way N.W. One hour 'walk-through' tours can be easily arranged ( Michael Schaeffer: 297- 6997). A much more valuable time can be spent there if you find a parent or a friend who is a geologist, or a sponsoring oil company with a friendly geologist, who is willing to do some preparatory work and then show you what a petroleum geologist actually does.
• The Petroleum Communication Foundation is an easily accessible information source on Canada's petroleum industry
• The Canadiaan Petroleum History Bibliography by Doug Cass at the Glenbow Museum
• The Calgary Mineral Exploration Group fosters a recognition of the importance of mineral exploration and the development of mineral resources to the province of Alberta. The society offers monthly lunchtime presentations, short courses, and hosts the Calgary Mining Forum

• The many CSPG Publications (Geology of the Calgary Area, CSPG Geological Highway Map of Alberta, Landforms of Alberta and Field Trip Guides) are an excellent source of information. They also sponsor many public events like the October Talk at the Jubilee and the January Invent an Alien at the C.S.C.
• The Royal Tyrrell Museum has a multitude of educational programs, and downstream, Dinosaur Provincial Park has the badlands, the endangered riparian (riverside) habitat with its towering plains cottonwoods, as well as one of the highest concentrations of palaeontological resources with the fossils of the late Cretaceous period.
• The Provincial Museum of Alberta in Edmonton has a Geology section, and an Education section with Grade 3 & 8 School Programs. They have also published A Traveler's Guide to Geological Wonders in Alberta - Ron Mussieux and Marilyn Nelson detail over 100 geological sites to explore with photos, maps, diagrams and cross-sections.
• The Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) has many Publications on geological sites throughout the province. They also publish Rock Chips, that is of interest to the general geoscience community. The AGS has also made the Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin available on the Web.
• (AFRC) The Alberta Federation of Rock Clubs is a good starting point for the local collectors.
• The Edmonton Science and Technology Hotline at 448-0055 or hotline@oanet.com
• The Edmonton Geological Society has produced a very clear, interesting and useful booklet called "Edmonton Beneath Our Feet". It can be purchased from Greenwoods Bookstore or a larger order from Don Scafe at scafe@enr.gov.ab.ca.
• For information on K-12 Geoscience & Edmonton contact Edwards@enr.gov.ab.ca.
• The Praxis Hotline - Medicine Hat - 527-5365
• The Grande Prairie Hotline - Peace Country Network - 539-9847 or susanne5@agt.net.
• Leduc No. 1... The Oil Well that made (Alberta) HISTORY! Aimed for grade 4's, who study Alberta resources in Social Studies. Lots of info on ...
• The Canadian Petroleum Interpretive Centre and Hall of Fame also has Black Gold a Teacher's Guide
• The Alberta Women's Science Network AWSN publishes a Resource Guide and Newsletter. Mail then at awsn@aswn.com, or P.O. Box 6912, Station D, Calgary, AB T2P 2G1
• Alberta Learning is the government ECS-12 site
• ATA Science Council is a good teacher's staff room.
• The Oil Sands Discovery Centre presents the history, science and technology of the oil sands industry
• Jim Reed's Geology Bookmarks are only a small part of his Alberta Grade 7, 8 and 9 Science Bookmark file.
• Canmore Museum and Geosciences Centre helps in educating the public about the geology of the Bow Valley
• The Geological History of the Canadian Rocky Mountains from Rocky Mountain Hiking in Jasper
• PeakFinder is the source of information on the peaks of the Canadian Rockies

• The GSC ( Geological Survey of Canada): has many, many resources including SchoolNet and Educational Material, "Ask-a-Geologist", and their Geology in the Classroom Subject List Answers to Questions.
• The National Atlas Information Service NAIS is responsible for the development and maintenance of an authoritative synthesis of the geography of Canada. Products, in both digital and conventional form, include base maps, geographical names and thematic maps (like the Geological Map of Canada) that reflect the social, economic, environmental and cultural fabric of Canada. Other sites with images are Images of Canada , and the GSC's Terrain Sciences Division with Canadian Landforms.
• GCNet is an information service that assists users in locating Canadian remote sensing data and products. It also provides access to the Canadian node of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) International Directory Network. (Remember that down-town Calgary is at 51d.03m.N. 114d.04m.W.). The Geomatics Canada - Quick List can take you to any map in Canada.
• CGEN's Earth Science Resource Catalogue and EdGEO Activities are sponsored by the Canadian Geoscience Council and is again, well worth visiting.
• U. of Waterloo has a GeoScience Career Guide, and WAT on Earth a laymans K-12 GeoScience newsletter (with archives) 'on technical topics' and Canadian GeoScience issues.
• "The world's most important animal fossils" can be viewed via the The Yoho-Burgess Shale Research Foundation or Burgess Shale fossils in Yoho National Park , a few hours west of Calgary
• The Image Gallery from EOS at UBC is a search engine for GeoScience images
• Mineral World & Scratch Patch in Sidney-by-the-Sea, Vancouver Island, BC, a popular spot for classes or tourists to hunt gemstones, pan gold, and dig fossils
• An address of interest to teachers is the National Association of Geology Teachers
• Canada's SchoolNet has a multitude of resources including Environment and Geology links.
• Canadian Oil and Gas: The First One Hundred Years
• In the "hard rock" world The Northern Miner is the authoritative info source. It's also got lots of links.
• The Coal Association of Canada has a Teachers' Coal Kit and other information on the Canadian coal industry.
• Educational Resources from Newfoundland.
• geolink.com's virtual field trips-NA:Canada
• Quirks & Quarks , Equinox, discovery.ca and ScienceWeb are four excellent science tele-communicators.
• Great Canadian Scientists, with 10 Nobel laureates, 150 profiles, but only three geoscientists, but The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame states that the story of mining in Canada can be told in part by describing some of the accomplishments of almost 100 leaders in the industry

• IGEO - The aims of the International Geoscience Education Organization are to promote geoscience education internationally at all levels; to work for the enhancement of quality in the international provision of geoscience education; to encourage developments that raise public awareness of geoscience, particularly amongst younger people.
• With Earth Viewer You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit. Images can be generated based on a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth.
• EarthRISE: The Earth Observation Research and Imagery for Science and Education has many interesting geographic, geological and other images that are well documented.
• Visible Earth is a searchable directory of images, visualizations and animations of the earth - from NASA
• The U.S. Geological Survey has their own Learning Web with classroom resources, partnership with Cedar Lane High School, and many other Educational Resources.
• Earth Science Week, in October is sponsored by the AGI
• The SEG has a few geophysics and petroleum exploration and production slide sets and Earth science links for Kids
• The NEW YORK EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER has useful suggestions, projects and ideas for the GeoScience classroom
• Welcome to Our Earth! - dozens of projects from the Pattie Elementary School in Dumfries, Virginia
• A virtual tour of a few geological sites around the northern Champlain Valley by Shawn Sexton.
• Geology Central has a good set of Virtual Geology Field Trips and Links
• NESEN The Nebraska Earth Science Education Network has general info, lesson plans, exchanges and links.
• The World Lecture Hall contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide. See Earth Science and Geology for course and Web reference material. Also Steven Richardson's illustrated glossary of geologic terms.
• 362 Journals: from Japan, links to 272 Earth Science journals.
• GeoLogic, Terra NOVA from the UK has many articles of interest. See R.B's review of "Plate Tectonics on a CD Rom".
• GeoMedia, a commercial site that sells the CD's EarthVisions I, II, and III, EarthPower(TM): Volcanoes (Edutainment), and Earthquakes (Edutainment)
• The UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium (UKESCC) has produced courseware (computer-aided learning material) on a variety of subjects., and the TCU Mac Geological Software Page has links to many useful applications, CD's and HyperCard Stacks.
• Geologie et geophysique: Les sciences de la terre ont une belle place sur le WEB.
• NAGT the (US) National Association of Geoscience Teachers, and their Geoscience Web Index
• SEPM - ( Society for Sedimentary Geology ) K-12 Education
• The World Data Center-A for Marine Geology & Geophysics says the ocean floor is a natural archive of information on how Earth works and has worked for millions of years.
• The Science of Our Planet: EARTH MAGAZINE covers our world like no other magazine.
• NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's program of Earth-science research give a view from way overhead.
• Museum Geological Tours and Exhibits
  • The Smithsonian presents Hologlobe, Crossroads of Continents and Ocean Planet.
  • The Third Planet Exhibit A New View of Continents, Oceans, and Life in Motion from Milwaukee
  • Earthquake, from the St. Louis Science Center

General K-12 GeoScience Resources

• Earth Science lessons and activities from the Explorer data base.
• University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, with their list of K-12 resources in Geoscience Education
• The Earth System Science Education Server by the USRA . It also leads to many other links.
• EarthEd: Earth Science Education Resources. Many useful links to varied resources.
• DINO RUSS's LAIR: THE EARTHNET INFO SERVER by Dino Russ with Paleontological and extensive EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOLOGY LINKS-BY CATEGORY...well worth many visits.
• Covis Geoscience Resources and Projects and Mike's Earth Science Web Pointers
• Popular Geology Index for non-scientists, teachers & students
• The Geology Starters Kit from the Netherlands
• Links from the NORWEGIAN ROCKHOUND has a hard-rock/mining perspective.
• Jim Reed's Geology Bookmarks are only a small part of his Alberta Grade 7, 8 and 9 Science Bookmark file.
• The Joint Education Initiative (JEI), Begun in 1990 at the U.S.G.S., in cooperation with NASA and NOAA, JEI is the interface between the Government, Academic, and Industrial Science Communities and the K-12 Education Environment. The fundamental basis of JEI is that the best way to learn science is by actually doing science.
• Ralph Kugler's 13 pages of varied Geological Resources, starting with Scanning Electron Micrographs of Clays ... to ... software.
• Evolutionary/Geological Timeline by Niel Brandt, and the UCMP Web Time Machine
• Earth Science HotList from the Franklin
• Frank Potter's Science Gems - Earth Science: organized by general topic and grade level.
• A Geology dictionary
• geologylink.com, a public forum for all matters geological: the latest geologic events, geology in the news, learn more about basic concepts in geology, the virtual classroom and field trips ...
• Exploring Geology on the World-Wide Web was developed by Steve Schimmrich to provide links to resources mentioned in the columns of the Journal of Geoscience Education.
• John Butler's Geology Course Resources on the Internet, Arranged By Course Title.