General Resources

On the Earth System Science of North America

Bally, A. W., and A. R. Palmer (eds.), 1989, The Geology of North America: An Overview, Vol. A of The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 619 pp.
National Park Geologic Resources.
United States Geography, by S. S. Birdsall and J. Florin.

Muehlberger, W. R. (compiler), 1992, Tectonic map of North America, scale 1:5,000,000. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK.
Reed, J. C., and C. A. Bush, 2007, Geology: The National Atlas of the United States.
Reed, J. C., and C. A. Bush, 2007, About the geologic map in the National Atlas of the United States of America, US Geological Survey Circular 1300, 52 pp.. [PDF]
Thelin, G. P., and R. J. Pike, 1991, Landforms of the Conterminous United States: Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal, USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2206.
US Geological Survey, 2005, Resources for the Geologic Map of North America.
Vigil, J. F., R. J. Pike, and D. G. Howell, 2000, A tapestry of time and terrain, US Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series 2720, 1 plate scale 1:2,500,000, 1 pamphlet.

American Geological Institute, Earth Comm 2nd edition, Map Resources. (A compilation of online map resources.)
Geologic Maps of the 50 United States, by A. Alden.
Geologic Provinces of the United States: Records of an Active Earth, US Geological Survey.
Google Earth.
The National Atlas of the United States. (Custom-make maps).
The National Map.
The National Map: Historical Topographic Map Collection. (Online historic topographic maps.)
US Topo Quadrangles: Maps for America. (Online topographic maps.)
Vigil, J. F., R. J. Pike, and D. G. Howell, 2000, A tapestry of time and terrain, US Geological Survey, Geologic Investigations Series 2720.

Gradstein, F. M., J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz, and G. M. Ogg, The Geologic Time Scale 2012, 2 vols, Elsevier, NY. [PDF]
International Commission on Stratigraphy.
Janke, P. R., 2013, Correlated History of the Earth Chart (laminated), vol. 8, Pan Terra, Hill City, SD.
The Paleontology Portal.
Walker, J. D., J. W. Geissman, S. A. Bowring, and L. E. Babcock (compilers), 2012, Geologic Time Scale Poster, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.

Allaby, M., 2013, A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences, Oxford University Press, New York, 672 pp.
Bates, R. Latimer, and J. A. Jackson, 1984, Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd edition, Anchor Press, Garden City, NY, 576 pp.
McGraw-Hill Education, 2003, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy, McGraw-Hill, New York, 420 pp.
Neuendorf, K. K. E., J. P. Mehl Jr., and J. A. Jackson, 2011, Glossary of Geology, 5th edition, revised, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, 800 pp.

Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE).
Earth Science World Image Bank, American Geological Institute.
Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction, by Mike Francek, Central Michigan University.
Science in Your Backyard, US Geological Survey. (State-by-state compilation of Earth science-related data, most of which will need to be adapted for education uses.)
SERC (The Science Education Resource Center) K-12 resources. (Hundreds of classroom activities organized by grade level and topic as well as guidance on effective teaching.)
SERC Earth Exploration Toolbook. (Collection of online Earth system science activities introducing scientific data sets and analysis tools.)
Windows to the Universe, National Earth Science Teachers Association.

National Association of Geoscience Teachers. (Focuses on undergraduate geoscience education, but includes active secondary school educators.)
National Earth Science Teacher Association. (Focused on secondary school Earth science education.)
National Science Teacher Association.