Earth Education Project Sites

Digital Atlas of Ancient Life
× Visit Digital Atlas of Ancient Life » The Digital Atlas of Ancient Life platform includes resources to help students, teachers, and the wider public identify their fossil discoveries and learn about ...

Virtual Petrography
The Virtual Petrography website is an open educational resource that is geared toward educators who teach introductory to intermediate level courses in optical mineralogy and petrology. This web database of ...

Building Strong Geoscience Departments
A project website offering resources and strategies for strengthening geoscience departments through workshops, strategic planning, degree program design, faculty recruitment, student diversity initiatives, and professional preparation, developed by NAGT as part of the On the Cutting Edge program. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Unlearning Racism in Geoscience
Project URGE (Unlearning Racism in Geoscience) is a community-driven initiative providing antiracism resources and strategies for geoscience educators, focusing on actionable practices like developing codes of conduct and using demographic data to foster equity, inclusion, and systemic change within academic programs. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Deep Time Climate and Carbon Cycle
A project webpage for the CO₂ Proxy Integration Project (CO₂PIP) that provides teaching resources and authentic paleo CO₂ data to help educators engage students with deep time climate and carbon cycle concepts, particularly Phanerozoic atmospheric CO₂ fluctuations, through interactive modules and scientific collaboration. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Visionlearning
Visionlearning is a content page within the Teach the Earth portal that curates high-quality, freely accessible STEM educational resources for introductory undergraduate instruction, featuring modular readings on Earth science, the nature of science, scientist profiles, and math concepts, each supplemented with interactive quizzes, audio, and animations, and organized around key themes like plate tectonics and introductory geoscience. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

ADVANCEGeo Partnership
The primary goal of the ADVANCEGeo project is to improve work climate conditions by developing bystander intervention workshops for department heads, chairs, faculty and grad students to appropriately respond to and prevent sexual and other types of harassment on campus and in the field as well as include awareness and prevention training of harassment in the teaching of ethical conduct in research.

Teaching in the Field
This collection of teaching resources, contributed by mebers of NAGT, features information about field trips organized for a variety of purposes across the country. The collection aims to share information about the design of various kinds of field trips as well as to provide easy access to field guides.

Teaching GeoEthics Across the Geoscience Curriculum
Ethics Education is an increasingly important component of the pre-professional training of (geo)scientists. Funding agencies (NSF, NIH) require training of graduate students in the responsible conduct of research, employers are increasingly expecting their workers to have basic training in ethics, and the public demands the highest standards of ethical conduct by scientists. Yet, few faculty have the requisite training to effectively teach about ethics in their classes, or even informally in mentoring students working in their labs.

Teaching Geoscience in the Field
Teaching Geoscience in the Field is an exemplary educational resource page offering comprehensive guidance on fieldwork in geoscience education, covering its role in professional development, benefits for student learning, pedagogical strategies for skill development, design principles for effective field experiences, curated field trip descriptions, related workshops, and opportunities for community engagement through contributions and discussion forums. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Curriculum for the Bioregion Curriculum Collection
Curriculum for the Bioregion engages faculty communities in exploring the complex issues of sustainability - environmental quality, true community health and wellbeing, and social equity and justice - and in building sustainability concepts and place-based learning into a broad array of courses and disciplines.

Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe)
The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environment where they feel empowered to learn and contribute without stifling their identities, and the community recognizes contributions from everyone. SERC leads the professional development of 2 cohorts of faculty change agents empowered to work in their own context to make successive, incremental changes, leading to positive cultural shifts within their home departments with the support of a community of practice made up of local and national peers. The project also raises the visibility of the many other groups working towards an inclusive geoscience discipline through a web-based network to support awareness, recognition, and connectivity of national partner projects working on geoscience cultural change.

Tri-Agency Climate Education Collection
The Tri-Agency Climate Education (TrACE) Catalog is an online directory of climate education projects developed through initiatives funded by NASA, NOAA and NSF.

GEODE: Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education
Project page for GEODE (Google Earth for Onsite and Distance Education), an NSF-funded initiative enhancing geoscience education through virtual globes, featuring interactive teaching modules, plate tectonic reconstructions, virtual specimens, and tutorials on Google Earth applications. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

UTD Geoscience Studios Youtube channel
A content page promoting the UTD Geoscience Studios YouTube channel, featuring educational animations and videos on geoscientific processes, departmental activities, and public outreach, aligned with teaching themes like visualization, data, simulations, and video-based instruction for audiences from middle school to higher education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Tri-Agency Climate Education Collection
The Tri-Agency Climate Education (TrACE) Catalog is an online directory of climate education projects developed through initiatives funded by NASA, NOAA and NSF.

Compass: Advancing Earth Education Resource Discovery
The Compass project page outlines an initiative to enhance discovery of high-quality Earth education resources by improving SERC's infrastructure, understanding educator search behaviors, and expanding access to partner-hosted materials, featuring updates on DEIJ resources, accessibility, navigation tools, and activity classification. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

CLEAN - a Collection of Climate and Energy Education Resources
Homepage for the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), featuring a curated collection of free, high-quality, peer-reviewed educational resources, teaching guidance, professional development tools, and community engagement opportunities focused on climate and energy education across K-12 and higher education, aligned with NGSS standards. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Disseminating access, understanding, and innovation in the use of augmented and virtual reality for earth science education
The goal of Teaching with Augmented and Virtual Reality (TAVR) is to enhance the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in earth science education. Virtual reality presents a new opportunity for engaging students in geoscience field experiences, which are known to support student learning. TAVR aims to develop best practices for integrating VR into geoscience education and to support adoption of those practices in college classrooms.

Oceans in the News
Interpreting scientific data is one of the most challenging skills students face today. Students are overloaded with information from various media sources, and often lack both the technical skills to analyze data and the ability to recognize the overarching story the data support. The Oceans in the News course uses polar science examples to address these technical and narrative challenges. Students will develop proficiency in data visualization and its application to the analysis of news stories about polar regions.

TIDeS: Teaching with Investigation and Design in Science
Project website for TIDeS (Teaching with Investigation and Design in Science), an NSF-funded initiative aimed at transforming undergraduate science education by promoting inquiry-based learning and engineering design, offering teaching materials, research insights, workshops, and resources for educators and future K–12 teachers. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Know Soil, Know Life Educators Guide
Educator guide page offering soil science lesson plans and hands-on activities aligned with NGSS standards, designed to accompany the "Know Soil, Know Life" textbook for high school and introductory college courses, covering soil formation, properties, conservation, and societal impact. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two-Year Colleges
Project page for SAGE 2YC, an NAGT Exemplary Site offering resources for two-year college geoscience faculty on student support, professional development, institutional change, workshops, and inclusive STEM education practices. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Geo-Needs: Stakeholder Needs Assessment for Broadening Participation in the Geoscience Workforce
Project webpage for Geo-Needs, an NSF-funded initiative assessing stakeholder needs to broaden participation in the geoscience workforce, with focus on underrepresented students at two-year and minority-serving institutions, featuring an ideal model, workforce pathways, and strategies for institutional change. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

About the EDDIE: Earth and Ecosystems Project
Project EDDIE: Earth and Ecosystems is an educational initiative developing data-driven, flexible curricular modules using large public datasets to enhance undergraduate quantitative reasoning in environmental and Earth sciences, supported by NSF and focused on research, assessment, and professional development. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Hawaiian Volcanoes and Hazards Education
Educational resource hub offering interactive, multi-hour geoscience modules on Hawaiian volcanology, volcanic hazards, and disaster management, featuring jigsaw activities, role-play simulations, and petrology labs for undergraduate instruction. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

EarthScope ANGLE
Through a grant from the EarthScope Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF), ANGLE offers educator professional development workshops and helps teach student academies for the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP). EarthScope ANGLE contributes to increasing Alaskan resilience to geohazards through education and the development of an action-oriented statewide learning community.

Geophysics Tools for Societal Issues
Project website for GETSI (GEophysics Tools for Societal Issues), providing open-access undergraduate teaching modules that integrate geophysical data analysis into instruction on natural hazards, climate change, environmental management, and urban planning, with materials categorized by introductory, majors, and field collection levels. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Project EDDIE
EDDIE (Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry and Exploration) is a suite of education projects composed of STEM disciplinary and educational researchers. We develop flexible classroom teaching modules using large, publicly available, sensor-based datasets to engage students in STEM and improve their quantitative reasoning.