General Resources

On the Earth System Science of North America

Books

• Bally, A.W., and Palmer, A.R., eds., 1989, The Geology of North America—An overview, v. A of The Geology of North America. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, 619 pp. Maps (printed)
• 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., & C. A. Bush. 2007. Geology: The National Atlas of the United States 32 x 28”.
• Reed, J. C., & 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.
• Thelin, G. P., & R. J. Pike. 1991. Landforms of the Conterminous United States—A Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2206.
• USGS. 2005. Resources for the Geologic Map of North America.
• Vigil, J. F., R. J. Pike, & 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.

Maps (online)

• American Geological Institute’s Earth Comm, 2nd edition, Map Resources. (A compilation of online map resources.).
• Geologic Maps of the 50 United States, A. Alden, About.com.
• 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.).

Geologic Time Resources

• Gradstein, F. M., J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz, & G. M. Ogg, The Geologic Time Scale 2012, 2 vols, Elsevier, NY.
• 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.

Dictionaries

• Allaby, M. 2013. A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
• Bates, R. L., & J. A. Jackson.1984. Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd edition. Anchor Press, Garden City, NY.
• McGraw-Hill Education. 2003. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Earth System Science Organizations

• American Association of State Geologists.
• American Geological Institute. (An umbrella organization representing over 40 other geological organizations.).
• American Geophysical Union.
• Association for Women Geoscientists.
• Geological Society of America.
• Natural Resources Conservation Service. (NRCS helps US farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners conserve soil, water, air, and other natural resources.).
• Paleontological Research Institution (publisher of this volume).
• The Paleontological Society.
• US Geological Survey.

General Earth Science Education Resources

Websites

• Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE).
• Earth Science World Image Bank, American Geological Institute.
• Resources for Earth science and geography instruction, M. 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.

Science Education Organizations

• National Association of Geoscience Teachers. (Focused 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.