Open Educational Resources by School

Open access textbooks on Earth Systems, Plate Tectonics, Geothermal Energy and GIS are available at no cost to teachers and students.

Ecosystems, Conservation, Ocean Studies, GIS, Hydrology - you can download free digital textbooks on all this and more from the Earth Science section of National Academies Press. Price listed is for delivery of paperback copies.

MIT's Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences department offers an extensive series of online courses. Courses generally include lecture videos, assignments, exams, and more.

The Geology 1 course is composed of three parts dedicated to general knowledge of the system Earth, tools for the 3D geometric representation of geological objects and methods and techniques for the recognition of fundamental minerals and rocks.

An animated, video, html, lesson about plate tectonics that includes Wegner's hypothesis, the Theory, the driving forces, the three plate boundaries, convection curreents, hot spots, and plate tectonic reconstruction.

Blogs, images and videos highlighting local geological news, history and places of interest. Constantly updated.

The entire run of Calfornia Geology Magazine is available online from the California Department of Conservation. Great information for those teaching or studying local geology.

Hosts over 3,100 maps, 1,400 reports and 600 Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets representing over 150+ years of history. Digital copies (in pdf format) are available for free download.

The Mineralogy Database contains 4,714 individual mineral species descriptions with links and a comprehensive image library. Tables devoted to crystallography, crystal structures, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification, and Strunz classification available.

From molten mass to snowball Earth, see continents grow and shift as you scroll through billions of years. Explore data on atmosphere, climate, and biosphere. Created by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Combines earthquake data from over a dozen sources including the USGS to create current, interactive seismographic ESRI map. Toggle map layers such as topographic, terrain and ocean bathymetry. Filter by depth, magnitude, distance and date. Push notifications.
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