Subscribe to “Our Planet”

This MOOC is brought to you by a team from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) on the Fun MOOC platform. It invites you to discover, or rediscover, the geological history of the Earth in the solar system. This year, its content will be enriched by new documents that update the subjects covered in the heart of the MOOC. We’ll also be encouraging interaction between learners taking the course and IPGP specialists on the issues covered, firstly via the MOOC discussion forum, but also with live chat sessions broadcast on the IPGP Twitch channel created for the occasion!

Together, we’ll look at the scenarios favored to explain the formation of our planet over 4.5 billion years ago. We’ll then take a look at the geological Earth, which has been cooling since its birth, which is why our planet is still active today, as well as the witnesses to this activity: earthquakes, volcanism, but also the Earth’s magnetic field, and finally our planet’s geological activity, which reflects the action of the considerable forces that have shaped the Earth as we know it. We’ll also be looking at the Earth beneath the oceans, and the ocean floor, which harbors a wealth of biological activity that raises questions about the possible appearance of life in the first few kilometers of solid Earth.

This MOOC is aimed at anyone with an interest in Earth sciences, who wants to expand their knowledge and understanding of the planet we live on. It is also perfectly suited to high school students, and students on a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Earth Sciences who wish to reinforce their knowledge of the subject.

The introduction will go online on Monday June 9. Each week, you’ll be able to discover a new chapter from Monday morning. At the end of each chapter, you’ll be able to take a quiz that will earn you a badge certifying your completion of the MOOC. Please request your badge as soon as you register. For reasons of personal data processing, it is necessary and compulsory to request a badge in advance if you wish to obtain one for this MOOC. We also invite you to introduce yourself in the forum so that you can familiarize yourself with this discussion mode and get to know each other. You can also send us your questions via this forum.

Enjoy your MOOC experience!

The Our Planet MOOC teaching team