Resources
This section is intended to be useful to a range of website visitors; from a Keystage 2/3 student, to their school teacher, but also containing some material that undergraduates will find helpful.
Supporting Materials
The Rock Cycle (KS3) A web-resource aimed at UK KS3 science students, using animations and images to how surface and deep Earth processes produce the rocks we stand on, and use to build our homes.
Recommended texts Details of recommended geology textbooks for GCSE and A-level, along with specifications of exam boards.
The Earth in our hands A series of 12 downloadable A4 (colour) information PDFs aimed at policy makers, journalists, teachers and students, each highlighting the way geoscientists' work benefits society.
Discovering the Arctic Discovering the Arctic is a new online education resource for schools. Explore the Arctic and how it is changing with the help of the people who live and work there.
Oh no, not rocks for dinner again! (KS2/3) Information on how rocks are used for all our meals from crockery to cutlery, and how minerals are present in many of the things we eat and drink.
Geological Photographs
The Geological Society photo library The Society's photo library consists of a number of geologically themed galleries. The images are free for anyone to use with acknowledgement.
Podcasts
The Geological Society podcast series A new series of podcasts featuring our Shell London lecturers, as well as other geoscientists speaking about their latest discoveries.
Planet Earth Podcasts See how examples of NERC Earth science, with existing and potential uses, are brought to life in Planet Earth podcasts.
Ask a Geologist
Ask a Geologist If you have any Earth science related questions buzzing around in your head, the Society's '"Ask a Geologist" could be just the service for you!
Field Work
Fieldwork resources A list of resources for working in the field including the 'Code for Geological Fieldwork, information on geological timescale, and magnestic declination calculation.
Gower field guide A field guide to the solid geology of the Gower Peninsula on the south west coast of Wales, by Ted Nield.
Papers and Reports
Flood basalts, mantle plumes and mass extinctions
Report by Steve Self and Mike Rampino, with additional information on the crust and lithosphere.
Super-eruptions A downloadable report on super-eruptions, global effects and future threats from a Geological Society Working Group.