Earth Science Week 2012 Toolkits Available for Order

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is now accepting advance orders for the Earth Science Week 2012 Toolkit. The Earth Science Week 2012 Toolkit contains educational materials for all ages that correspond to this year’s event theme, “Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences.”

Materials include the traditional program poster and school-year activity calendar, as well as exciting materials from distinguished program partners such as the National Park Service, NASA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Esri, and professional geoscientific societies. This year’s Toolkit provides students with the opportunity to learn about careers in the geosciences, the geologic time scale, GIS, climate science, and much more!

Earth Science Week is an annual event led by AGI along with its sponsors and the greater geoscience community. Each year, community groups, educators and interested citizens organize celebratory events across the country to service and 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, the American Geophysical Union.

Earth Science Week 2012 will be celebrated October 14-20. 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.