Magazine

Teaching Earth Sciences is the ESTA in-house magazine. It contains articles on classroom, laboratory and field teaching, news and resources, curriculum updates, book and website reviews and more. We aim to publish two issues per year. If you want to check the contents of past issues (2003 - to date) click on either of the following icons:

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Teaching Earth Sciences: Guide for Authors

The TES Editorial Team welcomes original articles on topics related to Earth science education, sent to tes.esta@gmail.com with the author’s full name, title and address and email address.

Copy Deadlines:

30^th June for September publication and 31^st December for March publication.

Word length:

Up to approximately 2,500 words.

Graphics:

·         Please ensure all graphics are of a high resolution (at least 300dpi).

·         It is also important to remember that images will be reproduced in black & white, so please do not send us images where colour is important to it making sense. (For example, there is no point using a graph with a colour key for a black & white print)
Please do not use scanned images.
Please send all graphics as separate files.
Figures, tables and photographs must be captioned and referenced in the text. 

 Scientific units:

Please use SI units throughout, except where this is inappropriate (in which case please include a conversion table). 

  Format:

·         Abstract of approximately 100 words (unless the article is a review).
Appropriate headings to signpost the structure of the article.
 References.

References:

Please use the Harvard Referencing System. Examples below:

Articles:

Mayer, V. (1995) Using the Earth system for integrating the science curriculum. Science Education, 79(4), pp. 375-391.

Books:

McPhee, J. (1986) Rising from the Plains. New York: Fraux, Giroux & Strauss.

Copyright:

·         There are no copyright restrictions on original material published in Teaching Earth Sciences if it is required for use in the classroom or lecture room.
Copyright material reproduced in TES by permission of other publications, rests with the original publisher.
Permission must be sought from the Editor to reproduce original material from Teaching Earth Sciences in other publications and appropriate acknowledgement must be given.