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City University of New York

Virtual Geology: Maps Home Page: Topic and Quiz Menus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection of resources cover map topics and includes quizzes for improving map and globe usage skills.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: An Investigation Into Geologic Mapping: Quarry Park

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this geology field lab, students will map an area around Quarry 12 and Quarry 13 in Quarry Park. Using a field notebook, students will take field observations to later produce a basic geologic map, topographic map, and a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Topographic and Geologic Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic and geologic maps.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps and Groundwater

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to understand how water shapes the land- and is stored within the land- in part of the Grand Canyon.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps & Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to assess the likelihood and location of a particular natural hazard- earthquakes- in California.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What's Under My Feet? Learning to Use a Geologic Map

For Students 6th - 8th
Students use geologic maps to learn about rocks and minerals.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Geology Map Observations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In jigsaw groups, students construct the Earth's tectonic plates using geologic maps. Skills such as careful observation, presentation, and synthesis are used to create a map that shows the type and location the plates.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: North Cascades National Park Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource explores the history and geology of the Cascade Mountains. Content includes a geologic story, virtual field trip, a look at plate tectonics and the rocks & minerals found in the Cascade Mountains, geologic maps, and more.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Geologic Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a good description of what this particular type of map represents. It also explains the colors and letter symbols, faults, and strike and dips.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Map Projections

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Reading Geological Maps: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces geological maps and explains how to use a key to read the maps. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Reading Geological Maps."
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Geology Map [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A black and white outline map that can be colored in, using the key provided, to show the geologic periods in Texas history. A full color map is available in the Texas Almanac, which is free to download from the main website.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use topographic, bathymetric, and geologic maps.
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Other

Usgs: Geology in the Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
Details regarding the geology of national parks in the United States.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
A "research and service" organization, the ISGS's "programs encompass geologic mapping, water and mineral resources, environmental and engineering geology, geochemistry, and education." Read articles, view maps, study old aerial...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: My Geologic Address: Locating Oneself in Geologic Time and Process

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars find a local location on a series of geologic maps (local,regional,and global) working from small to large scale. Map keys and map features are consulted in order to compose a "geologic address" from the most specific to...
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Quaternary Glacio Fluvial History of the Upper Midwest Using Anaglyph Stereo Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the anaglyph stereo map and use textures to generate a surficial geology map of the Upper Midwest. They can then interpret the textures in terms of landforms, geomorphic features, and earth-surface processes, as well as...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Geologic Time and Correlation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazing interactive tutorial you will learn about what methods are used by geologists to learn about the history of the Earth. Investigate a geologic time scale and learn about how scientists have developed and organized a record...
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Geologic Provinces of the United States: Records of an Active Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what geological treasures abound all around the nation. The United States has been organized into provinces based on geological features. Click on a province on the map, or on the links below it, to view a page of information...
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Pocket Texas Geology

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The interactive map from the USGS, along with the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) and the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, provides satellite images of Texas' rock units, members, faults, and map sheets. Explore Texas...
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Geological Survey reports on the latest news affecting the earth today, as well as providing a wealth of data, reports, and information.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Texas Rocks

For Students 6th - 9th
For this investigation, students start exploring the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) online version of the geologic map of Texas. The geologic time scale shown will help them figure out how old the rocks are in various parts of Texas.

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