{"id":63,"date":"2017-06-20T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-rockland-coursesupport\/chapter\/earth-sciences\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:42:57","slug":"earth-sciences","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-rockland-coursesupport\/chapter\/earth-sciences\/","title":{"raw":"Earth Sciences","rendered":"Earth Sciences"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\nThank you for joining in the effort to use, expand, and share OER Earth Sciences\u00a0materials! We hope the following resources and ideas will help you in your own efforts to adopt or adapt OER for your courses.\n<h2><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2100\/2017\/06\/20195412\/5678872701_d4a6401a05_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three small seated figurines posed as if in conversation. Two sit on a sugar cube on the left, one on a sugar cube on the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Let's Talk!<\/h2>\nWe invite you to share in the collaboration and wisdom-sharing of the OER community.\u00a0Slack is a free, easy-to-use tool for communication and collaboration. It offers channels for group conversations on specific topics, including\u00a0<strong>Science-Natural <\/strong>and<strong> Earth-Sciences<\/strong>.\n\nYou can also send direct messages to individuals or groups. Use it from any computer or mobile device.\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/info.lumenlearning.com\/join-slack\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to request to join the Lumen community Slack<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n<hr \/><h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Lumen Courses<\/h3>\nLumen offers several template courses that can serve as starting points for your own development. You can mix, match, and adapt anything from the courses below quite easily.\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h4>Courses<\/h4>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geology<\/a>: This course focuses on the essentials of Geology, providing more depth of coverage.\u00a0This course is available both as a Candela course or a Waymaker course.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscience\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Science<\/a>: This course covers a broad range of topics from minerals to the solar system.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geophysical\/\" target=\"_blank\">Physical Geography<\/a>: This course approaches Geography from a geological perspective\u2014focusing on the earth and earth systems.<\/li>\n \t<li>Natural Disasters\u00a0is\u00a0currently under development<\/li>\n \t<li>Human Geography\u00a0is\u00a0currently under development<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<h2>ATD\u00a0Information<\/h2>\nThis section provides support for faculty and course developers involved with the <a href=\"http:\/\/achievingthedream.org\/resources\/initiatives\/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative\" target=\"_blank\">Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative<\/a>.\n\nCurrently <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">#<\/span>\u00a0institutions have included earth sciences\u00a0courses in their course plans.\n<h3 \/>","rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you for joining in the effort to use, expand, and share OER Earth Sciences\u00a0materials! 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