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Search for geoscience education resources from a variety of organizations that provide credible and accurate Earth and Space Science resources for all ages. The Education GeoSource database has thousands of free resources, from lessons to outreach and teacher professional development, for use in classrooms, scout programs, or at home.

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University of California, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY and Evolution is an activity about the evolution of three species of lizards on the Canary Islands. It is designed for high school biology students. Its purpose is to demonstrate to students that evolutionary problems are complex, and solutions may involve data from various...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
ENSI
These lessons are intended for use in any high school biology course. However, many can be used in middle school / junior high school life science and earth science classes, possibly with slight modification depending on teacher's style and approach, and the experience and level of students....
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
University of California, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
One of the basic tenets of geology is the present is the key to the past . In the present context this simply means that if we document the distribution of organisms today, and have some degree of understanding of what combination of environmental variables controls those distributions, then we can...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center for Education and Teaching Excellence
Provides information on available workshops.
Resource Type: Professional Resources, Teacher Professional Development
University of California, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
This particular set of dino-facts is based upon work done by Jack Horner and other associates of The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The data has been used in order to theorize about the behavior of dinosaurs in that area. Students should have some working knowledge about the three...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
Get ready to do a virtual shift, a fun way to use computer software to look at the same cloud from below and above. But first, let's review some common cloud classifications. Clouds are given Latin names corresponding to their appearance and height. Meteorologists further differentiate clouds...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
The idea of using successive satellite observations of clouds to determine wind direction and speed was pioneered by Professor Suomi of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This module provides an explanation of how this is accomplished. While the concept is simple, the procedure is rather complex...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
Technological breakthroughs in the 1990's paved the way for incredible remote sensing capabilities for the 21st century. These enhanced capabilities are utilized by dozens of satellites continuously collecting data from multiple vantage points, allowing scientists from different countries to...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
University of California, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
"This exercise allows students to manipulate scientific data, plot the data and then interpret their results. You might query the students as to what is the """"cause"""" and what is the """"effect"""" in this...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 7, 8
American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
Biomass is organic material made by plants and animals. Biomass contains stored energy from the sun. At the bottom of the food chain, plants absorb solar radiation through photosynthesis. They then convert it into chemical energy in the form of glucose, or sugar. The chemical energy in plants gets...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12

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United States Geological Survey (USGS)
The Global Seismographic Network is a permanent digital network of state-of-the-art seismological and geophysical sensors connected by a telecommunications network, serving as a multi-use scientific facility and societal resource for monitoring, research, and education.
Resource Type: Data Sets, Teaching Media
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Includes an earthquake intensity location map of North America. Allows searches for specific earthquakes by city and state, so you can look up the intensity of historic earthquakes in your community.
Resource Type: Data Sets, Teaching Media
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Magnitude and Intensity measure different characteristics of earthquakes. Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake. Magnitude is determined from measurements on seismographs. Intensity measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location....
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Did You Feel It? (DYFI) collects information from people who felt an earthquake and creates maps that show what people experience ad the extent of the damage.
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
2014, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
This video will help you learn to read seismograms.
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
2009, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
Locating where an earthquake occured using the P-and S-wace arrival times of seismic waves to three different seismographs stations.
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
2008, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Volcanoes have been erupting in the Cascade Range for over 500,000 years. During the past 4,000 years eruptions have occurred at an average rate of about 2 per century. This chart shows 13 volcanoes on a map of Washington, Oregon, and northern California and time lines for each showing the ages of...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
This downloadable poster presents a picture of Mount St. Helens and 30 cool facts about it.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
This on-line edition contains the text from the original book in its entirety.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
It's About Time
Could the effects of a volcano be felt 50 kilometers away? 500 kilometers away? 5000 kilometers away? Could life on the other side of the world be effected by an eruption? Could an earthquake occur where you live? Can buildings or people survive an earthquake? Is there a common cause for volcanoes...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
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