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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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Leanne Thomas
Five elementary science-based card games: Rock-On, the Rock Cycle card game; Silence! a game about Sound; States of Matter, the card game; Who's Got the Bones; and Kingdoms (of living things). These games can be used as a hands-on tool to complement a science unit. They can also be used to...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the structure of the atmosphere.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the big marine converyor belt.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the greenhouse effect.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Using elevation and image data returned by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this animation takes the viewer on a virtual tour of the Moon. The viewer flies over the lunar terrain, coming in for close looks at a variety of interesting sites. Sites were chosen to illustrate a wide variety of lunar...
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
USA.gov
In this video for elementary and middle levels, NASA engineer Acey discusses his job and building the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The video highlights similarities and differences between the JWST and its predecessor, the Hubble telescope, and presents interesting facts like what a clean...
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the climate system.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This downloadable image from the Max-Planck Institut f├╝r Meteorologie details the water cycle.
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDANRCS)
NRCS hydrologists manage a comprehensive network of manually-measured snow courses and automated Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) monitoring sites throughout the West, manage the data collection process, and estimate the runoff that will occur when it melts.
Resource Type: Data Sets, Teaching Media
Analog Astronaut
An analog astronaut is a person who conducts activities in simulated space conditions. Ground-based studies involving analog astronauts are conducted by many laboratories, facilities, and research centers around the world. Analog astronauts engage in a wide range of research such as human...
Resource Type: Career Information, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA is the hub of all astronomy science knowledge. This is a visual collection of all their space research -- from the moon landings to the outer edges of the Kuiper Belt. This is the NASA Visualization Explorer -- the coolest way to get stories about NASA's exploration of the Earth, sun,...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Goddard Media Studios (GMS)
A fully produced video about planetary evolution and how the Webb Telelscope's ability to see inside dense clouds of gas and dust will help us better understand solar system formation and evolution.
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Presents visualization of remote sensing data with conceptual scientific animations.
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Visualizations created using several layers of remote sensing satellite data ranging from 4-kilometers per pixel to 1-meter per pixel. The viewer is taken on a seamless, cloud free journey from a global view of the Earth down to ground level where buildings, streets, and cars are visible.
Resource Type: Teaching Media, Videos or Animations
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description of geoscience careers supported by NASA links
Resource Type: Career Information, Curricula and Instruction
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The Franklin Institute
Just print out the patterns using a standard printer and, using an X-acto blade or other sharp tool (and preferably a cardboard cutting surface), you can surround your home or classroom with famous scientists and their inventions. WeΓÇÖll be releasing more patterns throughout the season, so check...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
PBS LearningMedia
Students investigate the processes that build volcanoes, the factors that influence different eruption types, and the threats volcanoes pose to their surrounding communities. They use what they have learned to identify physical features and eruption types of several actual volcanic episodes.
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Believe it or not, there are a lot of interesting facts about healthy soil. These informative graphics provide a glimpse of just some of those secrets -, and newspaper and magazine editors are encouraged to download and publish these graphics (royalty-free) to help their readers Unlock the Secrets...
Resource Type: Classroom Activities, Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Malcolm Hall
You depend on rocks for many things, so wouldn't it be nice to know more about them? This app provides a starting point for learning about rocks without being a course in geology. A small collection of common rocks is provided with photographs and descriptions. There are five quizzes of...
Resource Type: Curricula and Instruction, Curriculum Materials
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club (WMGMC)
The White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club was first founded in 1973 and chartered with the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies. The purposes of the club are to: provide a means and the incentive for individuals with a common interest in mineralogy, lapidary, geology and associated...
Resource Type: Geoscience Organizations, Organizations
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