Online Courses, Lectures, and Labs

• John Winter's PowerPoint Lectures! Mineralogy and Petrology Presentations

 

• Frank Potter's Science Gems
Earth Science I
K-12 Science Lesson Plans

• Clay Mineralogy Resources at the University of Georgia
• Lecture Notes for Clay Mineralogy  University of Georgia, Prepared by Paul Schoeder
Lecture #1 What is a clay
Lecture #2 Crystal Chemistry
Lecture #3 X-ray Diffraction Analyses
Lecture #4 X-ray Diffraction Principles
Lecture #5 Treatment of X-ray Diffraction Data
Lecture #6 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates
Lecture #7 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 1:1 structures
Lecture #8 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 structures
Lecture #9 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 structures continued
Lecture #10 Classification of Hydrous Layered Silicates 2:1 with interlayer charge of 0.6 < X < 0.9
Lecture #11 XRD identification of discrete clay minerals
Lecture #12 XRD identification of discrete clay minerals continued
Lecture #13 XRD identification of mixed-layered clay minerals
Lecture #14 XRD identification of mixed-layered clay minerals continued
Lecture #15 XRD Quantification of clay minerals
Lecture #16 XRD Quantification of clay minerals - Internal Standard Method
Lecture #17 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals
Lecture #18 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Determination of activity coefficients
Lecture #19 Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Equilibrium Adsorption and Ion Exchange
Lecture #19b Geochemistry of Clay Minerals - Adsorption Isotherms
Lecture #22 Chemical weathering and clay mineral formation
Lecture #23 Chemical weathering and clay mineral formation continued
Lecture #24 Electron-Optical methods in clay science
Lecture #25 The Reciprocal lattice
Lecture #26 Electron-Optical methods in clay science continued
 
• Introduction to Soil Science University of Minnesota, Prepared by Terry Cooper
Lecture Notes for Basic Soils
Laboratory Units for Basic Soils
• Soils 101: Study Guide and Lab Manual Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Agronomy
• Soil Science Brigham Young University, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Aghrt 282 Class Lectures Introduction to Soil Science
Aghrt 514 Class Lectures Advanced Soil Lecture Series
• Department of Tropical Plants and Soil Science, University of Hawaii
Environmental Soil Chemistry

• Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin #388 Mineralogy & Charge Properties of Readily-Dispersible Colloidal Fractions form Selected Soils and Sediments

• Teaching and Education in Crystallography International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) - Lots of GOOD stuff
(IUCr) CPD Commission for Powder Diffraction Homepage - Educational
Growing Crystals Set at the High school level
Crystal Growing for Students
Crystallography 101
Crystallographic Topology 101 

• edHelper.com  All Sorts of good resources and lesson plans here!
• Chemistry-4-Kids
• Popular Geology Index for Scientists, Non-Scientists, Teachers, and Students Gibson Consulting

• Science of Soils (SOS) Teaching Online
• Denver Earth Science Project K-12 curriculum
• Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
GSC Educational Resources

• Milwaukee Public Museum K-12 Education Page
• The Virtual Geosciences Professor John Butler Site - All sorts of stuff here
• Iowa State University The World of Scanning Electron Microscopy
How Does the SEM Work Elementary, High School, and College Level Explanations
SEM Images Cool Pictures!

• Ask an Earth Scientist - University of Hawaii Got a Question?
• Ask a Geologist - USGS See how the Answer Compares with that from Above
• Ask a Volcanologist Some Like it Hot!

Societies and Organizations

• Soil Science Society of America
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
MSA K-12 Educational outreach
• Minerals Information Institute
• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• National Science Teachers Association
• USGS - The Learning Web
• NASA Home Page

Other Link Lists

• NSCSS: Teaching Soils K-12 and college soils courses
• Bob's Rock Shop Great links for the Amateur and Professional alike
• Bret's Link List Rather Comprehensive

Interesting / Fun Sites

• Challenger Center OnLine Educational Resources on Planets and Space
• Earth and Moon Viewer Cool Views of the Earth
• The Great Globe Gallery Map Images of the Earth
• The Nine Planets A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
• Views of the Solar System Hawaiian Astronomical Society
• MTU Volcanoes Page
• UND Volcanoes Page
• Understanding Earthquakes University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Virtual Cave Browse the Cave Environment from the Comfort of your Keyboard
• The Canadian Rockhound Canada's Internet Magazine for Rockhounds
• Gemology and Lapidary Pages
• University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) Dinosaurs!
• The Microbe Zoo Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology
• MINDAT.ORG  Mineralogical Reference Source on the Internet
• Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures  Great Photos of minerals in thin section!