Useful Websites

Argentina	Spain
Australia	United Kingdom
Germany	United States
New Zealand

www.geoed.com.au/IUGSeducation/indexcomm.html : International Union of Geological Sciences : Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer

International Earth Science Olympiad

http://earthlearningidea.com/ : Earthlearningidea plans to put up a new idea for learning about the Earth every week during 2008 – the International Year of Planet Earth. More info here.

Argentinian geo-websites

www.fcen.uba.ar/aulagea : Resources for learning and teaching earth sciences

www.conae.gov.ar : Satellite images

www.segemar.gov.ar : Geological and Mining information about Argentina

www.igm.gov.ar : Topographic maps, satellite images

Australian geo-websites

www.gsa.org.au : Geological Society of Australia

www.ga.gov.au : Geoscience Australia

www.minerals.org.au : Australian Minerals Council

German geo-websites

http://www.geowissenschaften.de/

http://www.planeterde.de/

http://www.icdp-online.org/

http://www.vulkaneifel-european-geopark.de/index1.html

http://systemerde.ipn.uni-kiel.de/projekt.html

http://www.geotechnologien.de/

http://www.geo-union.de/

http://www.geo-naturpark.de/

http://www.femo-online.de/geopark.html

http://www.lung.mv-regierung.de/umwelt/geologie/geopark/index.html

http://www.erdgeschichte.de/www-geopark-schwaebische-alb-de/index.html

http://www.marum.de/

http://www.dgg.de/ : German Geological Society

http://www.geo-top.de/ : Fachsektion Geotop of the German Geological Society

New Zealand geo-websites

Educational

http://www.minedu.govt.nz : Ministry of education site

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz : Qualifications authority

http://www.tki.org.nz : Educational issues site closely linked to nzqa and minedu

http://www.nzcer.org.nz : NZ council of educational research

http://www.stats.govt.nz/ : Useful data on NZ plus more

Earth Science

http://www.igns.govt.nz/ : Institute of geological and nuclear sciences (important) :

http://www.gsnz.org.nz : Geological Society of NZ. Gives the societies programmes and links to other ES sites

http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/seismology/Quake_Trackers/ : Interactive school site on earthquakes :

http://www.geonet.org.nz : Natural hazards site with live earthquake drum recordings and volcano watch

http://www.niwa.cri.nz/ : National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Science (very good with links to other sites)

http://www.rsnz.govt.nz : The Royal Society -gateway to NZ Science with access to online journals

http://www.med.govt.nz/crown_minerals/index.asp : Very good site on NZ mineral resources

Spanish geo-websites

www.aepect.org : Resources for learning and teaching earth sciences

UK geo-websites

http://www.esta-uk.org/main.html - The Earth Science Teachers' Association

http://www.ase.org.uk/ : The Association for Science Education

http://www.gees.ac.uk : Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/ : BBC Education - The Essential Guide to Rocks - Home page

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ : The British Geological Survey

http://www.earthworks-jobs.com : Earthworks is a world leading portal of job and career opportunities

http://www.earthscienceeducation.com : The Earth Science Education Unit, Keele University

http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ : The Geological Society (London)

http://www.petroleum.co.uk/ : The Institute of Petroleum

http://jesei.org : The Joint Earth Science Education Initiative

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ : The Natural History Museum (London)

http://www.oilandgas.org.uk : The UK Offshore Operators’ Association (UKOOA)

USA geo-websites

Associations and Societies

http:// www.agiweb.org : The American Geological Institute is the umbrellas organization for societies in the US and has links to all of the major geological groups. It is a good portal. AGI also supports the www.earthscienceworld.org site which has images, earthscience week information, etc.

http://www.usgs.gov : is the Geological Survey's homepage and links to more than anyone wants to know about geology in the US.

http://dlese.org : Digital Library for Earth Science Education

http://cet.edu/essea : Earth System Science Education Alliance

http://agu.org : American Geophysical Union

http://geosociety.org : Geological Society of America

http://nestanet.org : National Earth Science Teachers Association

http://nagt.org : National Association of Geoscience Teachers

http://coreocean.org : Consortium for Oceanographic Research

http://www.ccsso.org/ : Council of Chief State School Officers (Track student achievement)

http://www.joiscience.org/USSSP/education.html : Joint Oceanographic Institution

http://64.55.87.13/amsedu/ : American Meteorological Society Education Programs

http://www.iris.edu/ : Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology