Academic Integrity

Every lesson, sourced.

Facet's curriculum is built entirely from peer-reviewed, government, and open-educational sources. No content is generated from guesswork or unverifiable material. Every lesson closes with a citation list you can inspect and trace.

Our content principles

· Every factual claim is traceable to a named, reputable source
· Government (public-domain) and open-licensed (CC-BY) content preferred
· Copyrighted material is paraphrased and properly attributed, never reproduced
· Sources appear on the lesson completion screen, not buried in a footer
· Lessons are reviewed against primary sources before publication

Our source institutions

USGSFederal Agency · Public Domain

U.S. Geological Survey

usgs.gov

ContributesRocks, minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes, tectonics, water resources

NASAFederal Agency · Public Domain

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

science.nasa.gov/earth

ContributesPlanetary science, climate data, Earth observation, atmospheric research

NOAAFederal Agency · Public Domain

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

noaa.gov

ContributesOcean circulation, weather, climate, atmospheric dynamics

NSFFederal Agency · Public Domain

National Science Foundation

nsf.gov

ContributesResearch-grade curricular resources, field programs

AGINonprofit Federation

American Geosciences Institute

americangeosciences.org

ContributesGlossary of Geology, career resources, workforce data

PRINonprofit · Earth@Home

Paleontological Research Institution

priweb.org

ContributesDigital Encyclopedia of Earth Science, fossil records, deep time

OpenStaxCC-BY Licensed Textbooks

OpenStax (Rice University)

openstax.org

ContributesPeer-reviewed introductory textbook material

UCARNSF-Funded Consortium

UCAR Center for Science Education

scied.ucar.edu

ContributesAtmospheric science, clouds, weather systems

SI-GVPSmithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

volcano.si.edu

ContributesVolcano databases, eruption records

EarthScopeNSF-Funded Consortium

EarthScope Consortium (IRIS)

earthscope.org

ContributesSeismology data, geophysics education

Partnership inquiries

Facet partners with educational institutions, government agencies, and research organizations to develop and review curriculum. If you represent an earth-science organization, reach out to partnerships@facet.academy.