LibGuides: Resources for Teaching Hybrid Courses: Environmental Sciences

Advice for moving to Online Teaching

Online Teaching (Ecological Society of America)
"We understand and would like to make things a little easier for you. In response to the mounting pressure for faculty to switch to online teaching within a very short time, we have compiled some resources that have come to our attention. This is not an exhaustive list but is an attempt to help point you in the right direction."
Teaching GeoSciences Online
Join a new community of geoscience educators focused on teaching their students in online environments. Ask questions, share experiences, and find resources that meet the needs unique to educators teaching geoscience online.

Resources for Environmental and Earth Sciences

JOVE Science Education
Collection of videos demonstrating fundamental laboratory techniques. Library subscribes to ten parts: General Laboratory Techniques; Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology; Essentials of Biology 1: Yeast, Drosophila and C. elegans; Essentials of Biology 2: Mouse, Zebrafish, and Chick; Essentials of Neuroscience; Essentials of Developmental Biology; Essentials of Behavioral Science; Essentials of Genetics; Essentials of Cell Biology; and Lab Animal Research.

BLUE Resources
from the Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education.
CLEAN Collection on Climate and Energy
The CLEAN Collection of Climate and Energy Educational Resources A collection of 700+ free, ready-to-use learning resources rigorously reviewed by educators and scientists suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms.
Data Nuggets
When using Data Nuggets students are provided with the details of authentic science research projects, and then get to work through an activity that gives them practice looking for patterns and developing explanations about natural phenomena using the scientific data from the study. Level '4' are appropriate for undergraduate use.
EcoEd Digital Library
From the Ecological Society of America, a forum for scientists and educators to locate and contribute peer reviewed resources for 21st century undergraduate ecology education.

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Education GeoSource
"Everything You Need for Earth Science Education" from the American Geosciences Institute. No 'college' level, but limit to grade 12 to for upper-level materials.
Geologic Time Scale PDF
from the Geological Society of America
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The data sets accessible through GBIF relate to evidence about more than 1.5 million species, collected over three centuries of natural history exploration and including current observations from citizen scientists, researchers and automated monitoring programmes.
Macaulay Library:Cornell
The Macaulay Library is the world's largest and oldest scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video recordings.
Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners Modules
Case studies and learning modules in conservation.
NOAA Photolibrary
Collection of reusable photos from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF NEON Resources for Scientific Data
Includes tutorials, teaching modules, and videos for scientific data analysis using environmental data.
PhET Simulations in Earth Science
PLANTS Database
Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. A product of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Teach the Earth: A Portal to Earth Education Resources
Resources include classroom activities, course descriptions and syllabi, information about pedagogical strategies, topical collections, and more. The Teach the Earth portal is managed by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for the benefit of all geoscience educators.
Tree of Life Web Project
A collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world to provide information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history.
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Of particular note for teaching are the Data & Tools and Multimedia sections.
USGS Multimedia Gallery
The USGS Multimedia Gallery is our one-stop collection of videos, photography, and audio. Includes webcams.
USGS Science Explorer - all topics (includes links to multimedia)
Visible Earth: A Catalog of NASA images and Animations of our Home Planet

Resources for Teaching Hybrid Courses

Advice for moving to Online Teaching

Resources for Environmental and Earth Sciences

See also: Subject LibGuides