FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Geoff Camphire (gac@americangeosciences.org)

6/17/2014

 

Alexandria, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is now accepting advance orders for the Earth Science Week 2014 Toolkit. The Toolkit contains educational materials for all ages that correspond to this year’s event theme, “Earth’s Connected Systems.”

 

Materials include the traditional program poster and school-year activity calendar, as well as resources from distinguished program partners such as the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, the National Park Service, Esri, ExxonMobil, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and professional geoscientific societies. This year’s Toolkit provides students with the opportunity to learn about the dynamic interactions of the planet’s natural systems.

 

Earth Science Week is an annual event that has been led by AGI along with its sponsors and the greater geoscience community since 1998. Each year, community groups, educators, and interested citizens organize celebratory events across the country to educate the public. Activities allow participants to discover the Earth sciences and engage in responsible stewardship of the planet.

 

Earth Science Week is supported by the U.S. Geological Survey; the AAPG Foundation; NASA; the National Park Service; Esri; the American Geophysical Union; the Geological Society of America; the Association of American State Geologists; National Geographic Education; the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration; the Archaeological Institute of America; and others.

 

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Earth Science Week 2014 will be celebrated October 12-18. To learn more, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/. To order your Toolkits, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html. You may also call AGI Publications to place your order at 703-379-2480.

 

The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 49 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society’s use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.