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Earth Science Activity Calendar
2006-07 School Year

The Earth Science Week 2006-07 Calendar extends the celebration from one week to the whole school year! Distributed as part of the 2006 Earth Science Week Toolkit, this attractive wall calendar features an exciting classroom activity each month.The publication also provides information about citizen-science activities and opportunities, geoscience happenings, important dates in history, event participation tips, and links to resources on the Web.

Entire Calendar ( 6.0 MB )

Front Cover and Introductory Materials ( 2.5 MB )

August 2006: Monitoring Life in the Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem ( 0.5 MB )
September 2006: How Can You Test Your Soil? ( 0.5 MB )
October 2006: Making Your Own National Park Geologic Tour ( 0.4 MB )
November 2006: Investigating Different Rock Types ( 0.4 MB )
December 2006: Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs ( 0.3 MB )
January 2007: Step-by-Step Weather Observations ( 0.5 MB )
February 2007: Rock Around the World ( 0.4 MB )
March 2007: Seismic Calendar ( 0.4 MB )
April 2007: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude ( 0.5 MB )
May 2007: What Lies Beneath the Upper Crust? ( 0.5 MB )
June 2007: Measuring Permeabilities of Soil, Sand, and Gravel ( 0.4 MB )
July 2007: Map-Making Basics ( 0.4 MB )

Back Cover ( 0.4 MB )

Many of the images used in the 2006-07 Activity Calendar are available through the Earth Science World Image Bank (see below). The Earth Science World Image Bank has photographs of all aspects of Earth Science available to the public, educators, and the geoscience community.

Blacks Beach near La Jolla California
(Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics)
Scripps Beach in La Jolla California
(Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics)
Point Sur, California
(Copyright © Michael Collier)
School children learn about soil during an NRCS educational event in Missouri.
(Copyright © Charlie Rahm, NRCS)
NRCS soil scientists evaluate the depth of sand deposited on cropland by
floodwaters.
(Copyright © Charlie Rahm, NRCS)
Grand Canyon
(Copyright © Larry Fellows, Arizona Geological Survey)
Crater Lake in Oregon
(Copyright © Larry Fellows)
Thor’s Hammer in Bryce Canyon National Park
(Copyright © Larry Fellows)
Golf ball sized hail
(Copyright © Abi Howe, American Geological Institute)
Snow Survey measurements by NRCS employees.
(Copyright © Ron Nichols, NRCS)
Seismic Data processing in one of the WesterGeco worldwide processing centers. (Copyright © WesternGeco)
Bridge received this damage from an Alaska earthquake in 1964.
(Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics)
Imaging data using the WesternGeco Omega seismic data processing system. (Copyright © WesternGeco)
Soil profile.
(Copyright © NRCS)
Soil Scientist mapping soils.
(Copyright © Jeff Vanuga, NRCS)

Links to previous Earth Science Activity Calendars:
2005-06 School Year Calendar

For more information on these and other Earth Science-themed activities, visit: http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html.