Geosciences
Book Collections & Textbooks
Analytical Methods in Geosciences
(missing first chapter) [CC BY-SA]
Essentials of Geographic Information Systems
“integrates key concepts behind the technology with practical concerns and real-world applications. Recognizing that many potential GIS users are nonspecialists or may only need a few maps, this book is designed to be accessible, pragmatic, and concise; illustrates how GIS is used to ask questions, inform choices, and guide policy; provides introduction to the use and application of digital maps, mapping, and GIS.”
LibreTexts Geosciences Bookshelves
a collection of GeoScience titles from the LibreTexts project
Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS
covers technical skills of using software and managing a database, and how to develop research skills for collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results; provides the background for understanding the concepts in GIS as applicable to urban and regional planning; authored by Assistant Professors of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University.
Repositories & Research
Videos
- IRIS Earthquake Science - YouTube: Animations & videos that clarify Earth-science processes for non-scientists and scientists; awareness and understanding of seismology & Earth science while inspiring careers in geophysics. By Education and Public Outreach | IRIS funded by National Science Foundation; [governmental agency]
- GeoScience Videos - YouTube: “These videos describe content featured in college-level introductory geoscience courses but may also be applicable to other disciplines and to high school curricula. Most videos are approximately 6 minutes long but we have recently started posting shorter, mini-videos that deal with a single concept. We use the longer videos as part of our flipped-class teaching model and the shorter videos as learning supplements.”
Images
Interactive
- Geosciences LibreStudio: H5P embeddable interactive content; openly-licensed; learning activities include:: image sequencing, multiple choice, drag & drop, fill in the blanks, interactive book, true/false, question sets, interactive video, sort the paragraphs, collage, and more.