Earthquake Hazards Program
Provide and apply relevant earthquake science information and knowledge.
Activities to Explore Acid Rain and Building Stones
This 38-page report provides 12 activities for students to explore the effects of acid rain on building stones.
Table-Top Earthquakes
A demonstration of seismology for teachers and students that can be used to expand lessons in earth science, physics, math, social studies, and geography.
How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
Science project for students.
Hands-on Experiments To Test for Acid Mine Drainage
Experiments.
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center: Education and Outreach
Contains lesson plans, classroom activities, and educational resources
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
A comprehensive overview of the U.S. Geological
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Focuses on hazards, activity, history, and monitoring of volcanoes, with emphasis on volcanoes of the Western United States.
Water Education Posters
Water resource posters with classroom activities.
Lessons on the Lake
Provides lessons and activities that teach students basic water science and environmental issues.
USGS Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Map
Teaching guide to describe the gravity and magnetic fields of the Bay area; discusses how earth scientists use gravity and magnetism to "see" beneath surface of the Earth.
Karst Topography
Illustrates, through computer animation and a paper model, why caves develop in limestone.
Earthquake ABC: A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings
A pictorial glossary for young kids with a complementary parents guide.
Wetland Science Lesson Plans
Provides lesson plans that focus upon topics ranging from wetlands science to microscopy to graphing calculators.
GeoMedia
An earth-science educational tool for students between the ages of 10 and 14.
A Model of Sea-Floor Spreading Teacher's Guide
Make a paper model illustrating the concept of sea-floor spreading.
Park Geology Teacher's Features
Teaching geology with national park examples.
Park Geology Tour of National Parks
Learn geology through online tour of national parks.
Science NetLinks
Connects to a library of online lessons.
Glacier National Park
Take an electronic field trip to the crown jewel of the Rockies.
Museum of Paleontology
Learn about fossils and earth history through background information and collection of fossils. Contains activities for both the classroom and students.
Learning From the Fossil Record
Fun education site about paleontology and earth-science.
The Fragile Fringe
Lesson plans and activities to teach students about wetlands.
Earth Science Classroom Activities
Classroom activities on geology-related subjects for grades k-3.
New Millennium Observatory Education Page
Features a curriculum for high school and middle school students based on the daily reports from expedictions at sea and NeMo results.
Groundwater Basics
Contains information about ground water, glossary, issues, youth program, and ways to conserve and protect ground water. Includes kids section.
Ground Water Basics Kids Corner
Contains home and classroom experiments, question and answering, and puzzles.
IRIS Education and Outreach
Geology education page for teachers self learners.
More Than Skin Deep
A teacher's guide to caves.
Arctic Theme Page
Provides access to widely distributed Arctic data and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decisionmakers and the general public.
Athena, Earth and Space Science
K-12 education page for teachers and students.
Earth Science Activities
Contains classroom activities including creating a model of the Earth's interior, identifying minerals, and more.
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
Booklet designed to help parents stir children's curiosity about geography. The activities, which can be used in classrooms, are designed for children 5-10 years of age.
Earthforce
Informative site about forces that cause eruptions, quakes, and floods.
Science Activities
Science activities for teachers and students. Topics include earth science, bioscience, physcial science, computers, and more.
Wired Antarctica
Learn about the people doing research in Antarctica, what it's like there and how their research is important. Learn also how glaciers work in a series of lesson plans.
GLOBE: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environments Education Program
Teachers and students -- help scientists by sending your scientific data and observations to their data archive.
American Geological Insititute Education
Produce innovative inquiry-based curriculum for K-12 earth science education.
A Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Contains information and classroom activities about plate tectonics, volcanoes, hot spots, mantles, lava, and more.
Echo the Bat
Understand light, remote sensing, and biodiversity.