Geoscience Education Resources

Note: as of September 2023, this page is undergoing edits to improve the quality and quantity of GeosciEd Resources provided to you by COGE. As such, please be patient if not all links are in working order. If you have suggestions for additions or edits to this page, please contact our webmaster: Liliana Corona (contact_iugscoge@iugscoge.org).

GeosciEd Resources in English and Other Languages are categorised as mainly useful for Primary teachers (P), Secondary teachers (S), Tertiary teachers (T), and/or General Public outreach (G). Some resources may have more than one category.

GeosciEd Organizations

GeosciEd Journals

GeosciEd Resources (English)

GeosciEd Resources (Non-English)

GeosciEd Organizations

IGEO – International Geoscience Education Organisation

AGU Education Section – American Geophysical Union

AOGS Education Webpage – Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

EGU Education Committee – European Geosciences Union

GSA Geoscience Education Division – Geological Society of America

GSSA Careers (Education) Webpage – Geological Society of South Africa

NAGT – National Association of Geoscience Teachers (USA and Canada)

NESTA – National Earth Science Teachers Association (USA)

Teacher Earth Science Education Programme (Australia)

UNESCO Open Science Initiative

GeosciEd Journals

Episodes (IUGS)

Geologicamente (Italian Language, Italian Geological Society)

Journal of Geoscience Education (NAGT)

Enseñanza y Comunicación de las Geociencias (Spanish Language, Centro de Geociencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

GeosciEd Resources (Non-English)

Websites

Earth Science Magazine (P, S, in Spanish)

Planeteando (in Spanish)

Experiments to Understand Earth (P, S, T, G in English, Italian, French, German, Chinese, and more)

YouTube Channels

Sociedad Geológica de España (in Spanish)

IAPG Peruvian Section (in Spanish)

LAIGEO (in Spanish)

Mate geológico y paleontólogico (in Spanish)

Textbooks and Coursework

“Exploring Geoscience across the globe” (by Chris King): in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Turkish (P, S, G)

“Exploring Geoscience across the globe” (by Chris King): italian version

“Geologic literacy for civic education” (by Hector Lacreu): (in Spanish)

Groundwater (Freeze and Cherry + Hydrogeologists without Borders): (English, Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese) (T)

Online Diploma in Earth science education – UNAM (in Spanish)

Motivation for Learning Geosciences: The Teaching-Learning Process – Analysis, Evaluations, and Proposals (by Susanna Occhipinti) (in English) – from the volume Motivation in Learning

Podcast

“Geología 3D”, by Luis Ayala: A Spanish podcast exploring concepts of geology for educators and general public.

“Ge ología para Contar”, Spanish-language discussions on key geology topics in a simple and accessible tone by Geology Students at The National University of the Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB).

“Mate geológico y paleontólogico” (in Spanish), by Francisco Lugo: A podcast where the author shares his personal experiences in the field, and discussions on various topics within the discipline.