EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 2012: Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences, October 14-20
Earth Science Week is a national project sponsored by the American Geological Institute. Numerous other individuals,
organizations and businesses also sponsor activities during the week.
Click in the left menu to see photos from previous years. For a list of classroom activities and a planning kit, contact AGI, 4220 King St., Alexandria, VA 22302. Interested in becoming a geologist? Click here (Vermont Geological Society page) to see why people have chosen careers in geology and why they love it.
GEOLOGIC MAP DAY, EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 2012
Date: October 19, 2012
Information: Use our maps on-line and the new bedrock map of Vermont to do a geologic map activity - What's Under Our Feet?
Geology books recommended by the Vermont Geological Society members.
For an introduction to Vermont geology, please see
The Geology of Vermont by Barry L. Doolan (7.4 mb pdf) published by
Heldref Publications in 1996 in Rocks & Minerals Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 4.
WINNING POSTERS FOR 2010 ARE POSTED ON THE EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 2010 page