Earth Education Project Sites

This set of project websites has been recognized by Teach the Earth as relevant and useful for Earth Educators.


Integrating Research and Education
This website contains educational modules and digital library technologies that can be used to translate exciting new scientific discoveries into effective instructional practice.

Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences
This website provides information on the issues involved in teaching quantitative literacy, reasoning, and skills and methods for doing so as well as additional resources and a community of other faculty who are all attempting this challenging task.

Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science
This site examines the role of geoscience departments and faculty in preparing preservice teachers and supporting practicing teachers who teach Earth science at all pre-college levels. Information is drawn from the participants and outcomes of the 2003 On the Cutting Edge workshop

Climate Change Collection Homepage
This collection includes background materials, high-quality web portals, classroom activities, and reseach on misconceptions about weather and climate.

REBUS
Good pedagogy begins with an understanding of how people learn. This project establishes a faculty-to-faculty network with the goal of providing a rich resource of innovative, inquiry-based environmental field experiences and course materials.

Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences
This project synthesizes existing knowledge and articulates unanswered questions in critical areas of research on cognition and learning relevant to the Geosciences.

Coalition for Climate Literacy
Part of the Climate Literacy Network, a virtual community working to promote climate literacy.

Research on Learning in the Geosciences
This site has many important lessons that can improve teaching in the geosciences and brings together resources for faculty, teachers and curriculum developers working in the geosciences including

Mud Ed
× Visit Mud Ed » Mud Ed! A resource for educational activities in Limnology and Paleolimnology About Mud Ed! With the need for science outreach and education in schools and communities increasing, more ...

Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum: The Geology of National Parks Collection
A resource of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum modules for the introductory geology course, Geology of National Parks, at the University of South Florida.

AccessData Workshops
AccessData Workshops bring together earth science data providers, data access and analysis tool experts, scientists, curriculum developers, and educators to explore and address issues regarding data use in education.

E-STEM
The Environmental STEM (E-STEM) field experience reimagines the traditional undergraduate geology field course as a field and career preparation program for first- and second-year students interested in ...

Advancing Scientific Ocean Drilling IMPACT
× IMPACT Workshops Collectively, the Scientific Ocean Drilling IMPACT workshop series strives to chart the future course of science communication and outreach for scientific ocean drilling. The summer 2021 ...

Humanities Education for Anti-Racism Literacy in the Sciences and Medicine
The Humanities Education for Anti-Racism Literacy in the Sciences and Medicine (HEAL) project seeks to provide models and examples of transformative higher education by drawing on humanities research to advance ...

Geodesy Curriculum Inventory
The UNAVCO community is committed to the development of a modern and meaningful undergraduate curriculum for geodesy, and providing substantive information about modern geodetic methods and results.

DataTools
DataTools prepares you to use scientific data and data analysis software with your middle and high school students and helps you develop strategies that promote student inquiry, analysis, and dialogue - processes that are key to working with data.