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OUR SHARED GEOHERITAGE Earth Science Week OUR SHARED GEOHERITAGE Earth Science Week www.earthscienceweek.org Earth LEARNING ACTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE WEEK POSTER PRODUCED BY CONSIDERING GEOHERITAGE Science There are many places where people go to experience 3. Using the key that tells where each photo was taken, nature, and many reasons why people may go to them. research one place. Consider how the themes of WITH SUPPORT FROM Some places are especially beautiful, or were formed in geoheritage relate to what you learn about that place. Week unusual ways. Other places are attractive for their history, 4. Create a brief description of the place that might go such as sites where people settled or made use of resources. in a travel brochure. Include details about the place SHARING The connections people make with natural places are at that strengthen its status as a geoheritage site. 2017 OUR GEOHERITAGE the heart of the concept of geoheritage. Part II: Make a geoheritage map of a place in your October 9–15 Geoheritage is our shared experience that comes about “Our Shared Geoheritage,” the theme of Earth areas highlighted on special days during community through human interactions with natural places. All the Science Week 2016 (October 9–15), promotes the week, such as National Fossil Day 1. Choose a place that is special in your community, such places on the front of this poster have value as natural awareness of the many ways that science (Wednesday) and Geologic Map Day as a schoolyard, local park, or the grounds around a heritage sites in one way or another (see “5 Big Ideas” helps us understand, appreciate, and make (Friday). library or museum. Try to pick a place you know well sidebar). By recognizing the geoheritage elements of the most of our geoscience heritage, or, as it is Earth Science Organizations (www.earth or can visit. commonly known worldwide, “geoheritage.” various sites, we become more attuned to our relationships sciweek.org/gpn/) provides a nationwide 2. Think about the natural features of the site that a By allowing us to see how the interactions with Earth, its interacting systems, and people of the past. map and database of geoscience agencies, person can visit, like a pond, rock outcrop, or wooded of Earth systems—geosphere, hydrosphere, These relationships are often considered valuable enough companies, and other organizations with area. atmosphere, and biosphere—have shaped Earth science expertise. that people decide to protect the site and the geoheritage 3. Consider the elements of geoheritage in relation to Future Dates our planet, Earth science helps us better it represents. Contests (www.earthsciweek.org/contests/) those features. Ask questions like: October 8–14, 2017 understand the rich natural heritage we enjoy. offers guidelines on the program’s annual October 14–20, 2018 Why have people left this in a natural state? Is it photo, art, and essay contests—plus a new MATERIALS October 3–19, 2019 This year’s theme encourages us to value the because of its beauty, some learning that can take video contest—which award prizes to Earth Science Week 2016 poster front collection of natural wonders, landforms, place there, its value for recreation, or some other students and others nationwide. and resources that have formed over eons Large paper reason? and come to this generation to manage, Computer with Google Maps and Street View available CELEBRATING How have the ways people interacted with this use, and conserve effectively. Geoheritage place changed over time? sites, features, and resources are studied not GEOHERITAGE EVERYWHERE PROCEDURE Wherever you are, the Earth science of Has this place always been used in the way it is only with the five senses, but also through Part I: Identify geoheritage elements using images of geoheritage can be learned, taught, today? How has its use been decided? What parts sciences and technologies such as seismology, different places investigated, experienced, and shared: of the site were changed or left as they are? economic geology, remote sensing, mapping, 1. Look at the front of this poster. Consider one of the Schools and classrooms can hold classroom How can features of this place be studied, measured, computer modeling, and Earth observation. places shown. Describe what you can observe about activities and invite guest geoscientists the place. What can you infer about the place based or described? Have people kept records about the Earth Science Week Program Partners Earth Science Week 2016 learning resources to give presentations. Students can do on the photo? For example, if you can observe snow, site over time, such as the water level or species American Association of Petroleum Geologists National Science Teachers Association Foundation Paleontological Research Institution and activities engage young people and projects, compete in program contests, can you infer that it would be cold there? found in a pond? American Geophysical Union Paleontological Society watch webcasts, and go on field trips to American Geosciences Institute SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational others in exploring geoheritage throughout 2. Consider reasons people might go to the place. For 4. Make a Geoheritage Map of the site. Include the American Institute of Professional Geologists Development) museums or local parks. AmericaView Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration the Earth systems, including the geosphere, fun? To see impressive sights? To do work? To learn features that you have been considering. Make a Archaeological Institute of America Society of Exploration Geophysicists Association for Women Geoscientists Society of Petroleum Engineers hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Colleges and universities can encourage something about the planet? Other reasons? Often key that relates those features to the elements of Association of American State Geologists Soil Science Society of America Critical Zones Observatories Student Energy This theme promotes public understanding Earth science departments, professors, there are several reasons to visit a place. How might geoheritage. Esri UNAVCO ExxonMobil U.S. Bureau of Land Management and stewardship in many areas, including and students to host an open house or the reasons of people today differ from those of Geological Society of America U.S. Department of Energy Google U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Earth science, energy, paleontology, water conduct an event that educates the public people in the past? Howard Hughes Medical Institute U.S. Geological Survey Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration quality, conservation, and climate science. about the geosciences. BIG IDEAS OF Minerals Education Coalition U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric National Earth Science Teachers Association Administration Geoscience companies and other AMERICA’S GEOHERITAGE National Energy Education Development (NEED) U.S. National Park Service 5 Project U.S. National Weather Service CONNECT ONLINE organizations can reach out to AGI Member Societies America’s geologic landscape is an integral part Ready to get started? Simply go online and communities by obtaining Earth Science AASP—The Palynological Society International Medical Geology Association of our history and cultural identity, and we have American Association of Geographers Karst Waters Institute explore some of the electronic resources Week Toolkits for local classrooms, hosting American Association of Petroleum Geologists Mineralogical Society of America a proud tradition of exploring and preserving our American Geophysical Union Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland Photo Credits available through the Earth Science Week an open house, or sending a geoscientist American Institute of Hydrology National Association of Black Geoscientists to visit a local school. geoheritage. American Institute of Professional Geologists National Association of Geoscience Teachers Poster Front, left to right: Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona © National Park Service; Mount website: American Rock Mechanics Association National Association of State Boards of Geology Kukenan, Venezuela © Petr Perepechenko/iStockphoto; Ruby Beach Olympic National Park, Washington Association for the Sciences of Limnology and National Cave and Karst Research Institute State © Kubrak78/iStockphoto; Elk in Great Sand Dunes Wilderness, Great Sand Dunes National Park & America’s geoheritage, as shaped by geologic Classroom Activities (www.earthsciweek. Museums and science centers can shine a Oceanography National Earth Science Teachers Association Preserve, Colorado State © National Park Service; Expedition Denali © NOLS; Mammoth Cave National processes over billions of years, is diverse and Association for Women Geoscientists National Ground Water Association Park © Courtesy Gary Berdeaux, National Park Service; China’s Dragon’s Teeth © Liufuyu/iStockphoto; org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html) spotlight on geoscience-related exhibits Association of American Geographers National Speleological Society Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah © Kara Bake, National Park Service; Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Acadia extensive. Association of American State Geologists North American Commission of Stratigraphic National Park, Maine © Selitbul/iStockphoto; Everglades National Park © Terry J. Alcorn/iStockphoto; allows you to search a collection of more or create a program especially for Earth Association of Earth Science Editors Nomenclature Petroglyphs at McKee Springs, Lava Beds
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