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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:
- Geology 001 Field Trip Information (download pdf)
- Geology 001 PowerPoint Presentation Assignment Instructions (download pdf)
GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Geology of Long Island and New York City
Paleontology and Paleoecology
- Cretaceous Paleoecology of the NJ Coastal Plain
- Cretaceous Plant Fossils from Long Island
- Quantitative Paleoecology
- Fossil Trackways
Other Topics Farther Afield
TEACHING RESOURCES
Geology of Long Island and New York City
- Digital Elevation Model of Long Island, NY (images and QTVR movie)
Paleontology and Paleoecology
- Virtual Reality Images of Fossils (QTVR movies)
- Marine Microfossils (teaching resources and Power Point presentation)
Petrology and Mineralogy
- Rotating Petrographic Thin Sections (QTVR movies)
Panoramas and Virtual Field Trips
Misc. Topics and Resources
- Starry Night Astronomy Labs (MS Word files)
- QuickTime Virtual Reality Multimedia for Teaching Geology
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
- General Geology / Earth Science
- Regional / New York State Geology
- Paleontology
- Planetary Geology / Astronomy
- Environmental Science / Hydrology
- Geology Education
- Other Useful Sites
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
Oceans of Kansas - Fossil marine reptiles and more.
British Geological Survey Fossil Focus - Basic information about different fossil groups.
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
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)
Newsday Series on Long Island's History
Science
Nature
Duke Geological Laboratory (home of our own Charles Merguerian!)