Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Education
See also: This category in other languages: - Educational program using the Adirondack mountains. Includes areas for contributing data, reporting events, discussing observations, and learning from findings. - Educational materials and photographic tours on the formation and occurrence of different types of caves, cave biology, and cave conservation. - Based at Keele University, provides free in-service training to teachers across England, Scotland and Wales, through workshops for schools, teacher meetings and teacher education institutions. - Basic earth statistics from the NSSDC. - Provides a web-centered learning environment for students of Science. Includes Powerpoint presentations and videos. - A division of the Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education at the Colorado School of Mines. The ESRC publishes relevant science-related materials. - Earth science for schools including the rock cycle, plate tectonics, planetary structure and origins, volcanoes, atmosphere, fossil fuels and polymers. - Collaborative undergraduate graduate education program encouraging the development of courses, curricula and degree programs focused on the fundamental understanding and application of Earth system principles for the classroom and laboratory. - Earth science information for both teachers and students. Glossary, lesson plans, extensive links, lists of topics, and other resources. - Earth science workshops for Canadian teachers coordinated by the Canadian Geoscience Education Network. - 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. - 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. - Promotes multidisciplinary research projects of interest to both the geological and geophysical communities. - Ocean drilling research vessel studying Earth's oceans and paleoclimate through scientific drilling. Includes information on the vessel, details of exploratory trips, blogs and teacher resources. - 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 - An educational on-line magazine describing discoveries in planetary and space sciences. Written for teachers, students, and the general public. - Interactive exhibits about planet earth. Utilises the QuickTime, Shockwave and Acrobat Reader plug-ins. - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Polar Discovery provides stories of research in the Arctic and the Antarctic. - Educational resources for the earth sciences from the U.S. Geological Survey. - U.S.Geological Survey site links to reports showing how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to study earth science questions. - Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center.
