A cohesive unit that develops the understanding that visible light is composed of a spectrum of colors of light from red to violet, that extends the concept of a spectrum to include non-visible light through discovery, and that develops tools and strategies for student inquiry. Full description.

This product is the teachers guide. to a program that allows educators to borrow lunar samples and provides activities and a slide set to support lessons on lunar exploration, geology and history. These educational materials are loaned as a package or the guide and slides are available separately. Full description.

An ocean-science web site for students, teachers, faculty, and the general public. Visitors can learn about many important ocean processes, linked to teaching material and sources of real-time ocean data. The site also has complete college-level and graduate courses and textbook (which can be freely downloaded) in oceanography and physical oceanography. Full description.

This homepage for an introductory physical oceanography course provides the class syllabus, an outline of clearly defined learning goals, and an interactive lecture schedule with links to text and graphics for each topic. Homework assignments, links to PDF and online versions of class text, and a detailed semester review including sample exam questions are also provided. Also featured is a list of ... Full description.

This homepage for a freshman astronomy class provides a detailed syllabus and clearly defined learning goals for students, not only about astronomy and the universe, but about how we make choices, as individuals and communities, in the face of risks. The page also features links to lecture topic "enhancers" in the form of text and graphics that augment in-class learning. Full description.

This site provides the syllabus for Dr. Barb Dutrow's class, taught at Louisiana State University, entitled Earth Materials and the Environment. The course examines minerals and mineral dusts as both problems and solutions to environmental issues, as well as public policy. The syllabus includes direct links to required readings in the current literature, in-class overheads, and practice exams. The ... Full description.

Sedimentation and Stratigraphy is a course resource that accompanies an upper level geology class. In conjunction with a brief syllabus are links to class preparatory notes and the lab schedule. The notes page lists the reading assignments and directs one to key questions and terms for almost all of the class lectures. Instructions for one lab on fluid flow and sediment transport are available. Guidelines ... Full description.

This is the course syllabus for an upper level class in stratigraphy. Each schedule item features a link to lecture materials for the particular class date. These materials include lecture notes and outlines, class exercises, definitions, and links to supplemental materials on other websites. Full description.

This website is the online course guide for an undergraduate course entitled Water and Society. The class studies the processes that influence formation, circulation, composition, and human use of water. A major focus is the human influence on water quality through agricultural, industrial, and other land-use practices. International case studies are utilized to examine human interaction with the ... Full description.

This website houses the syllabus and reading list for an intermediate soil science class. The class objective is for students to gain a basic understanding of soil forming processes and relationships among soils and other Earth systems. By the end of the course, students should be able to undertake basic field description of soils, interpret the environmental history recorded in soil profiles, and ... Full description.