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This database is for educators who would like some inspiration for teaching across the geosciences. It has a wide range of resources spanning a variety of subjects that may be covered in the curriculum or in informal learning. Anyone is free to search and upload a link to a resource they have found useful, or their own lesson plans under a creative commons licence.

We would also recommend that educators check the lectures given at past GIFT workshops, which are also helpful tools in the teaching of Earth, planetary and space sciences.

While we check the content of the third-party resources listed here, they are not peer-reviewed nor necessarily endorsed by the EGU.

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Using big data to map forests, tree by tree

Understanding how hurricanes affect forests is a task that cannot be tackled by one scientific discipline alone. In Columbia University in New York City, this recognition has led to a unique collaboration between a data scientist and a tropical ecologist. Get your students thinking about big data, AI and machine …

What if raindrops could help us understand climate change?

Raindrops are fascinating but how much do we know about them and what part do they play in the air-sea boundary layer - the area where rain meets the sea? Dr Xinan Liu is investigating the physics behind raindrops and the air-sea boundary layer to find out what this layer …

What can past incidences of climate change tell us about future climate change?

The Earth’s climate is a dazzlingly complex system and predicting how it will change is no easy task. There is a huge array of factors to consider: not only greenhouse gas emissions, but many other variables such as deforestation, ocean chemistry and melting ice, to name a few. Dr Alan …

How do nutrients and pollutants travel from rivers to the sea?

Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is composed of incredibly small particles of solid matter that are suspended in the water. This matter can include fine grained mineral sediment, such as clay and silt, as well as organic matter from decaying plants and microbes. A high concentration of SPM is major cause …

What if we could repair wind turbines with aerospace engineering and computer science?

What happens when wind turbines break down? Repairing wind turbines can be costly and take a long time. Can aerospace engineering and computer science help reduce these costs and time? Get your students thinking about questions like these and more with this article and activity sheet. Included is a summary …

Virtual geology experience

I have recently developed a virtual geology experience on a website. This website works perfectly using google chrome or Mozilla Firefox. It's a first test experience, but visual outputs are online and available for all without subscription.

Bringing the Earth to life

Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much of its subject matter is deep underground. Dr Glenn Dolphin, of the University of Calgary in Canada, is committed to tackling this challenge, through connecting teachers and students with …

Make it rain: the science behind altering the weather

Whenever humankind believes it has control over the natural world, the weather likes to prove us wrong. Storms, floods and droughts are just some of the weather patterns that can complicate or even threaten human life. We have increasingly sophisticated techniques for weather forecasting, but now scientists are looking even …

Interrogating the technopolitics of China’s waterways

Dr Michael Webber, based at the University of Melbourne in Australia, is part of a team that is assessing China’s South-North Water Transfer Project. Show your students how researchers are scrutinising the impacts of major geographical and technopolitical initiatives such as this. Included is a summary of a current research …

Geology forum

Geology Buzz is the only comprehensive Geosciences forum that is currently active. The Geology forum covers multiple disciplines of Earth Sciences including Geology, Geophysics, Paleontology, Hydrology, Gemology, Petrology, Mineralogy, Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, and many more subjects. The online forum has discussions ranging from courses, career opportunities, internships, and reviews of …