geologic map

Clear as Black and White

What are some of the factors that might unnecessarily exclude people from learning about or working in the geosciences? Culture? Ethnicity? Sex? Language? A disability? Where they live? How much they earn? Something else?

Geologic Map Day Resources

To learn more about geologic maps, see:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS/AASG National Geologic Map Database

USGS/AASG MapView

USGS’s Geologic Maps of the U.S. States

Getting Creative - Geologic Map Day Learning Activities

“America the Beautiful” has inspired patriotism in Americans for generations. But few today realize that the song’s lyrics were originally written in the late 1800s by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem — one that she first called “Pike’s Peak.”

What's Under My Feet? Learning to Use a Geologic Map

Try this activity from the Association of American State Geologists!