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ONLINE RESOURCES FOR HOFSTRA GEOLOGY STUDENTS

Students currently enrolled in geology courses should login to the My.Hofstra.edu Portal and click on the link to Canvas for information and materials relating to their specific courses.

Degrees, Course Offerings, and Class Schedules
For information about geology degrees and course offerings, please consult the official Hofstra University Bulletin. Current course schedules can be accessed through the my.hofstra.edu Portal (currently enrolled students).

Materials for Introductory Geology Courses
Students enrolled in Planet Earth 001 and other introductory courses will find the following resources useful:

GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Geology of Long Island and New York City

Paleontology and Paleoecology

Other Topics Farther Afield

TEACHING RESOURCES

Geology of Long Island and New York City

Paleontology and Paleoecology

Petrology and Mineralogy

Panoramas and Virtual Field Trips

Misc. Topics and Resources

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR GEOLOGISTS AND K-16 TEACHERS


EARTH SCIENCE LINKS

Looking for more information? Here is a list of some of our favorite Earth-Science-related links to get you started.

Featured Links

Links to Web Sites by Physical Geology Topic (courtesy of McGraw Hill Publishing)

Open Directory Project - Earth Science Links (over 4000 links by category)

Environmental Science and Hydrogeology Job Search (ejobs.org)

General Geology / Earth Science

Useful Geological Links
US Geological Survey Home Page
Geological Society of America
AGI American Geological Institute
AGU American Geophysical Union
The Geological Survey of Canada (Natural Resources Canada)
British Geological Survey

Regional / New York State Geology

New York State Museum (excellent geological resources / displays)
Long Island Geologists - Conferences/Resources
Nearby Seismic Events from Columbia/Lamont
New Jersey Geological Survey
Pennsylvania Geological Survey

Paleontology

The Paleonet Pages

Oceans of Kansas - Fossil marine reptiles and more.
British Geological Survey Fossil Focus - Basic information about different fossil groups.

Planetary Geology / Astronomy

JPL Directory (Jet Propulsion Laboratory web pages)
NASA Clementine Moon Images
Mars Global Surveyor
NASA Galileo at Jupiter
NEAR Mission to Asteroid Eros
NASA's Planetary Photo Journal
NASA's Planetary Photo Journal (a large collection of planet images)
NASA's Spacelink - Earth images from space (a large collection of links to images)

Environmental Science / Hydrology

Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs (has a good environmental links page)
Pollution Online
Solid Waste Online
Water Online

Geology Education

National Association of Geoscience Teachers
National Center for Science Education (anti-creationism group)
National Science Teachers Association
How the Weather Works

Useful sites for finding images and diagrams for teaching
NASA's Planetary Photo Journal (a large collection of planet images)
NASA's Spacelink - Earth images from space (a large collection of links to images)

Other Useful Sites

Newsday Series on Long Island's History
Science
Nature
Duke Geological Laboratory (home of our own Charles Merguerian!)