Web Sites
- AGI’s Education website
- AGI’s K-5 GeoSource website
- AGI’s Critical Issues website
- AAPG’s YEA resources
- American Petroleum Institute’s educational materials
- Earth Science Week
- Earth Science Image Bank
- K-5 GeoSource
- Offshore Energy Center
- NASA’s Earth Observatory
- National Science Education Standards
- Benchmarks for Science Literacy
- USGS Educational Resources
- Benbow, Ann; Mably, Colin. (2002) Science Education for Elementary Teachers. Wadsworth Thomson Learning. Australia
- Benchmarks for Science Literacy. (1993). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Oxford University Press. Washington, D.C.
- Hassard, J., 2005, The Art of Teaching Science, New York, The Oxford University Press.
- Hassard, J., 2000, Science as Inquiry, Parsippany, New Jersey, Good Year Books.
- Hassard, J., 1988, Adventures in Geology, Alexandria, Virginia, American Geosciences Institute
- National Research Council (1996). National Science Education Standards. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
- Smith, Michael J.; Southard, John B. (2002) EarthComm: Earth System Science in the Community. It’s About Time, Inc. Armonk, NY
- Smith, Michael J.; Southard, John B.; Mably, Colin, (2003) Investigating Earth Systems. It’s About Time, Inc. Armonk, NY
- Akerson, Valerie L.; Hanuscin, Deborah L. (2007) Teaching Nature of Science through Inquiry:Results of a 3-Year Professional Development Program Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 653–680
- Appleton, Ken (1997) Analysis and Description of Students’ Learning during Science Classes Using a Constructivist-Based Model Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 303–318
- Ault, Jr, Charles R. (1998) Criteria of Excellence for Geological Inquiry: The Necessity of AmbiguityJournal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 189–212
- Colburn, Alan (Sep/Oct 2000) Constructivism: Science education's "grand unifying theory" The Clearing House; Vol. 74, No. 1; Education Module pp. 9-12
- Crawford, Barbara. (2007) Learning to Teach Science as Inquiry in the Rough and Tumble of PracticeJournal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 613–642
- Donovan,S., Bransford, J. and Pellegrino, J. (editors). (1999). How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 78 pages. The report is also available on-line.
- Association of American State Geologists (AASG). Good resource for rocks and minerals
- Earth Science World Image Bank. Good resource for Earth science images.
- Water Cycle Poster USGS
- Why Earth Science Brochure
- NASA teaching materials
- USGS teaching materials
- EPA teaching materials
- Paleontology Portal
- Bringing Science To School. A Guide to Assist Scientists in Bringing Their Research Into K-12 Classrooms by Marti Canipe, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow 2009-2010
- Your Planet Earth. Find a growing library of talks on earth sciences and evolutionary topics that may be of interest to earth sciences and education professionals as a basis for engagement and outreach shows in schools.