Additional Offerings
Beyond what’s already hosted inside the Lumen platform, many OER collections contain useful material for Earth Sciences courses. If you have suggestions to add here, please share on the Lumen Community Slack Channel.
| Name | Source | Notes | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Geology | BC Campus | Textbook | CC BY |
| RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) | Rio Journal | An open journal. “Our scope encompasses all areas of academic research, including sicence, technology, humanities, and the social sciences.” | CC BY |
| European Geosciences Union | EGU | A network of Geologic blogs | CC BY |
| Paleos | Paleos | This site covers geologic time (as well as cosmic evolution) | CC BY |
| PhET Interactive | University of Colorado Boulder | Simulations | CC BY |
| Geochronology—Methods and Case Studies | InTech Open | Textbook. This site has other open texts on it. | CC BY |
| Global Warming—Causes, Impacts and Remedies | InTech Open | Textbook. This site has other open texts on it. | CC BY |
| NOAA Site | NOAA | Resources | PD |
| NASA Education: Higher Education | NASA | Resources | PD |
| Science 360 | NSF | Video and resources | PD |
| USGS | USGS | “general interest publications” list of essays and readings | PD |
| Earth Science | Wikibooks | Textbook | CC BY SA |
| Earth Science Concepts | CK-12 | Textbook | CC BY NC SA |
| Earth Science | CK-12 | Textbook | CC BY NC SA |
| Introducing the Environment | Open University | Course | CC BY NC SA |
| Imageo | EGU | Repository of geological images; all images are open, but they vary | Varies |
