Educational Resources

The mission of Western Michigan University’s CoreKids K-12 Outreach Program is to empower students, teachers and parents with the knowledge and resources they need to increase their understanding of Earth sciences. To this end, we have put together a compendium of resources, including posters, PowerPoints, virtual museums and other compelling links that we hope you will find both useful and inspiring.

Educational Resources by Subject

• Climate change
• Evolution
• Geology and geologists
• Geology and natural resources
• Michigan geology
• Petroleum geology
• Rocks and minerals
• Sands, beaches and coastlines
• Water resources

General Educational Resources

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Project 2061
• American Museum of Natural History: Learn and teach (programs and resources for educators and learners of all ages), Explore(special exhibitions, articles, videos and scientific news, news and blogs)
• Chicago Field Museum: Field trips, learning resources, blogs and videos
• Cochise College: Best geology videos on YouTube, virtual geology museum
• University of California Museum of Paleontology: Geology Wing exhibit,K-12 teacher resources, Understanding science 101
• University of Nottingham: Periodic table videos
• Wikipedia: Dynamic periodic table