• National Science Education Standards
• Kentucky Earth Science Core Content
• Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century - Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education conducted by TERC for NOAA, Posted June 11, 2007. (PDF, 1.1 MB)

• The Science Education Resource Center at Carlton College
• Digital Library for Earth Systems Education
• Lesson Plans (from the Maine Geologic Survey)
• Earth Science Classroom Activities (from the Kentucky Geologic Survey)
• Earth Science Educational Resources (from the American Geological Institute)
• Virtual Courseware - online activities related to earthquakes, global warming, hydrology, and geologic dating (from California State University)
• K-12 Earth Science Education Committee's Home Page - online K-12 classroom activities from the Society for Sedimentary Geology
• Education and Teacher Resources -K-12 lesson plans and resources from the Geological Society of America
• Learning from the Fossil Record - book originally published by the Paleontological Society. Includes a collection of classroom activities keyed to national science content standards (courtesy of the University of California at Berkeley)
• Deep Earth Academy - classroom activities, professional development activities, student scholarships, and more from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership
• Schoolyard Geology - This website is filled with activities and examples of what to look for to turn your schoolyard into a rich geologic experience.
• Earthlearningidea - "Innovative, Earth-related teaching ideas" - A new earth-science related classroom activity is posted every week.
  
  
• Groundwater and Water Resources - water-related classroom materials, lesson plans, and other reference tools from the National Ground Water Association
  • Classroom materials
  • Lesson plans
  • Lesson plans from NGWA

• Key Earth Science Links - Important links to earth science topics (i.e., dinosaurs, volcanoes, etc.) on the World Wide Web are arranged alphabetically (from the Kentucky Geologic Survey)
• A primer on Plate Tectonics - from UC Berkely Museum of Paleontology
• American Geological Institute - News and Resources for geoscientists and teachers
• National Park Service Teacher Resources - educational resources and links for teaching geology with National Park examples
• Geology Tours of National Parks - provides information on the geology of national parks and related resources
• NeMO Explorer - virtual tour at the New Millennium Observatory, a seafloor observatory at an active underwater volcano
• USGS Educational Resources - highlights USGS geologic information helpful for the public, educators, students, scientists, businesses, and government agencies
• Tapestry of Time and Terrain - unites the geology and topography of the United States. Includes descriptions of major geologic and topographic features and an explanation of the geologic time periods
• Geology Subject Guide at the U-Mass Amherst Library
• News and Current events in Earth Science on Geology.com
• 2008 - The International Year of Planet Earth
• Blogs by Geologists
  • Highly Allocthonous
  • Ron Schlott's Geology Blog
  • State Geologist of Arizona Blog (Lee Allison - UMass Amherst Alum)
  • All of my faults are stress related (Kim Hannula at Fort Lewis College, CO)
  • RealClimate - Real climate scientists blogging about climate science and climate change
  • Clastic Detritus - Blog by a sedimentary geologist
  • GeoTripper
  • Google Earth Blog
  • The Accretionary Wedge
  • List of geology and science blogs on About.com
• Earthquakes in New England
  • The New England Seismic Network
  • Recent New England Earthquakes
  • Recent New England Earthquakes - Map

• Pratt Museum of Natural History at Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
• Harvard Museum of Natural History (home of the Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University) (Cambridge, MA)
• Great Falls Discovery Center (Turner's Falls, MA)
• Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA)

• Roadside Geology of Masssachusetts - by James W. Skehan (2001 - Mountain Press)
• Written In Stone: A geological history of the northeast United States - by Chet and Maureen E. Raymo (2001- Black Dome Press)
  
  

• Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents: the Geohistory of the Connecticut Valley - by Richard D. Little (2003 - Earthview LLC. ISBN: 9616520-7-1)
• THE FLOW OF TIME - 500 Million Years of Geohistory in the Connecticut River Valley - 45 minute video by Richard D. Little (2000 - Earthview LLC)
• THE RISE AND FALL OF LAKE HITCHCOCK - New England’s Greatest Glacial Lake - 45 minute video by Richard D. Little (2000 - Earthview LLC)

• Guidebook for Field Trips in the Five College Region, edited by John B. Brady and John T. Cheney, New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 95th Annual Meeting, 2003. (Can be obtained from Smith College Department of Geology)
• Guidebook for Field Trips in the Connecticut Valley Region of Massachusetts and Adjacent States. (1992). 2 volumes. 84th Annual Meeting New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC). Part of U-Mass Geoscience Contribution Series #66.
• The Dynamic Digital Map of New England by Chris Condit (U-Mass, Amherst)
  
  

• NEIGC - A low-cost autumn weekend of fieldtrips highlighting the geology of a different part of New England every year
• School of Rock - Opportunity for Earth Science Teachers to work alongside geologists doing ocean drilling

• Position Statements from the Geological Society of America Geology and Society Division
• Fact Sheets From the Association of American State Geologists

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