Under construction! We are just getting started on this page. Hopefully these links will give you a place to start as you begin connecting earth science content to social issues.
Who are these resources helpful for? Middle and High school earth science teachers, high school and college geology teachers and those teaching related fields.
This is currently a resource for teachers to learn about these links between their science topics and social issues so that they can incorporate that link into their class in their own way. In time, we plan to add teaching resources, such as lessons, worksheets, labs, or other activities. We will also be adding a secure forum (membership required) so that teachers and content experts can discuss these topics with one another.
Links for general help connecting social issues to the earth science curriculum:
- Healing Earth Textbook
- UN Development Programme’s Sustainable Development Goals
- North American Association for Environmental Education’s JEDI page
Table under construction! Common earth science topics are listed in the first column of the table. The next column lists one or more social issues that relate to that topic. The third column lists resources to learn about the link between the science topic and the social issue.
| Science Topic | Social Issue(s) | Resources |
| Hydrology, maps | Socio-Hydrology | Socio-hydrology, flood risk, water scarcity |
| Weather/Climate Change | Social inequity of extreme weather (heat) | Socioeconomic Temperature inequity, Age Temperature inequity in Europe |
| Pollution, atmosphere, air movement, maps | Social inequity of air pollution | Pollution inequity, pollution inequity based on use |