Issues in Earth Science

Our Issue 9 stories, teacher resources, and essay are up!

We have two new stories this issue, both using geological fingerprinting to solve problems.  In Pele's Tears by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Alana uses geochemical fingerprinting to try to clear her name after she's accused of stealing a volcanic stone on her tour of Mauna Loa in Hawaiʻi .  In The Rock Hound by Paula E. Young, Julie uses fossil fingerprinting to figure out who attacked her friend Josh and stole his tickets to the baseball game.

 Find both stories in Fiction for the Classroom.  Teacher resources for middle and high school earth science classes are included.

Anthony Larson, science teacher in the Twin Cities Metro Area in Minnesota, brings us his thoughts on teaaching science in the essay Teaching Science Through Curiosity and Discovery.

Check it out in Topics for Debate.

Get your copy of Learning to Read the Earth and Sky--a book especially for science teachers or anyone interested in Earth Science and Education.

Check out the free online course materials for Earth Science Essentials, an advanced refresher course for science teachers or others interested in earth science.

Interested in fun brain puzzles?

Help Alwan Stagor hide from the Empire, and engage in other adventure puzzles, in our Earth Science Challenge. 

This website is dedicated to raising awareness of the science of our world and our place in it.  It provides essays, challenges, a forum for discussion, and fictional stories related to the Earth and Space Sciences.

More than any other science, Earth and Space Science is about what happens around us every day, the sky that we see above, the weather that we experience, the land that we walk on. Yet most American's know less about Earth Science, and have more misconceptions about it, than any other science.

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS, 2013) have reaffirmed the importance of Earth and Space Science for all students, as was already affirmed by the NGSS predecessor, The National Science Education Standards (1996). Even so, in the United States, Earth Science is rarely taught at the high school level and remains one of the least understood of all the sciences. Even in science fiction, Earth Science is typically relegated to the backdrop, the deadly volcano that erupts wherever it's convenient, the cave to the Earth's core, the weather that can change into a deadly killer in an instant.

We want to change all that! Join us in exploring the universe around us!