Supporting the teaching of Earth sciences at all levels
Registered charity number 1005331
Welcome to the Earth Science Teachers' Association website.The aim of the Association is to advance education by encouraging and supporting the teaching of Earth sciences at all levels, whether as a single subject such as Geology, or as part of Science or Geography or other courses. We are particularly keen to welcome as members, teachers who have no formal Earth science training but deliver an Earth science component in the National Curriculum. There is no qualification necessary for membership, other than a willingness to promote the aim of the Association.If you are considering a career in teaching then please look here.
Association headlinesBGS conference - First details here.The trial of an on-line forum for ESTA members has now finished. The site was closed because too few members used it.GEOTREX - Over 360 files of Teaching Resources available free online for membersSTEGO - Over 60 files of KS3 and KS4 materials available free online for membersTedbury Camp Quarry - Resource materials for this Geological Gem in Somerset, funded by PESGB.Sample 'A' level experiment - One of ninety sent to all ESTA members. Book Reviews pageNews and News Headlines Tomlinson-Brown Trust - promotes and encourages the appreciation, education and public awareness of Earth Sciences.TBT welcomes applications for funding from schools across the age ranges and from other bodies needing financial support for Earth Science Initiatives.
Professor Jon GluyasESTA President
Dr Maggie WilliamsESTA Chairman
Keeping in touch with ESTA membersWe would like to build up an email list of ESTA members. We hope to use this list to contact you by email in order to send you details of ESTA meetings and activities and alert you to other Earth Science activities and events that may be of interest to you.If you would like to added to our mailing list, please confirm by sending a message to David Bailey (ESTA Secretary) here.We promise that mailings will be informal and at irregular intervals (say once or twice a term). (You can ask to be removed from our mailing list at any time)Best wishes,Maggie Williams (ESTA Chairman)
WebmasterThe whole ESTA website has been re-written to make it simpler to maintain. This reorganisation includes a redesign of both GEOTREX and STEGO. Making sure that all the hyperlinks are in place and correct has taken some time. If you find any broken links or connections that go to the wrong location, please let me know here.
GEOTREX openThese files are samples of materials in GEOTREX. They can be used for free for non-commercial use by educational establishments. The copyright remainswith their authors.Cliff section problemField sketches - a PowerPoint presentationfieldsketchesV3 - a freestanding program showing how to create sketchesIntrusion, extrusion sequence problemSedimentary rocks - a PowerPoint presentation Please click outside this box to close it.