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This guide can help you find Geology materials from various OER providers.
Please visit the Open Educational Resources Subject Guide to learn more about the following:
A free textbook for college-level introductory Geology courses.
An Introduction to Geology by Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, Cam Mosher is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
A free online textbook for Historical Geology courses. This online textbook is being actively constructed by Callan Bentley, Karen Layou, Russ Kohrs, Shelley Jaye, Matt Affolter, and Brian Ricketts.
The Story of Earth: An Observational Guide
This is a lab manual for a historical geology lab focused on student observations.
The Story of Earth: An Observational Guide by Daniel Hauptvogel and Virginia Sisson is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Physical Geology - 2nd Edition by Steven Earle
Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.
Physical Geology by Steven Earle licensed under CC BY 4.0
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology
This textbook is a comprehensive lab manual for the core curriculum Introductory Geosciences classes with both informational content and laboratory exercises. Topics include basic laws and theories in Geology, the Earth's interior and plate tectonics, water and climate change, igneous rocks and volcanoes, and earthquakes.
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology by Bradley Deline, Randa Harris, and Karen Tefend is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
These textbooks are open education resources (OER) that are free to use without first seeking permission from the author. However, how they may be used is determined by their licensing .
Geology online course book developed by SBCTC in conjunction with Lumen Learning putting together material from various open educational resources.
"This courseware includes resources copyrighted and openly licensed by multiple individuals and organizations. Click the words "Licenses and Attributions" at the bottom of each page for copyright and licensing information specific to the material on that page." -Lumen Learning
Earth Science online course book developed by Lumen Learning in conjunction with Claire M. Coyne (Santa Ana College) putting together material from various open educational resources.
"This courseware includes resources copyrighted and openly licensed by multiple individuals and organizations. Click the words "Licenses and Attributions" at the bottom of each page for copyright and licensing information specific to the material on that page." -Lumen Learning
The purpose of these discipline specific pages is to showcase content that might be of interest to faculty who are considering adopting open educational resources for use in their classes.