As part of diverse education and outreach programs, the IGWS provides educators with free curriculum support materials including lesson plans, demonstrations, and activities. Users can modify lessons to meet the specific goals and objectives set forth for a particular audience.
Lesson Plans
Comparing Ice Age Mammals
Cookie Mining
Cupcake Drilling
Demonstrating Geologic Time
Tracking Dinosaurs
Dissolving Limestone
Foldable Fault Blocks
Folded Mountains
Identifying 3-D Fossil Prints
Fossil, Not a Fossil
Geo-Gelatin
Human Geologic Timeline
Mapping Earthquake Intensity
Modeling Liquefaction
Modern and Ancient Tides
Reconstructing Pangaea
Rock or Mineral
Toothpaste With a Twist
Which Came First?
Distance Learning Webinars
Exploring Ancient Environments
The Rise and Fall of Lake Michigan
Preparing for Hoosier Earthquakes
Making Topographic Trail Maps
Introduction to Rare Earth Elements
3-D Files
Comparing Ice Age Mammals (3-D Models)
Identifying 3-D Fossil Prints (3-D Models)
Activities
Fossil Identification Chart
Fossil Origami
Growing Crystals
Mineral Origami
Rock Cycle Activities
Rock Identification Chart
Specimen Observation Guide
Summer Reading Program