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Earth Science Week: Houston Puts City Celebration in Spotlight

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the first city-specific celebration of its Earth Science Week campaign, Earth Science Week Houston, which takes place October 13-19, 2013.

AGI is collaborating with the Houston Geological Society (HGS) and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to extend the reach of the successful Earth Science Week campaign throughout the Houston area with special events, educational materials, online resources, and activities in schools and other settings.

To support this celebration, AGI is donating an Earth Science Week 2013 Toolkit to each of HISD’s approximately 280 schools. Each kit contains dozens of study guides, posters, disks, and other resources for Earth science education, which school district officials are working with teachers to use in inspiring activities in the classroom.

In addition, AGI recently launched the official Earth Science Week Houston web site (http://www.earthsciweek.org/eswhouston/) to provide educators, students, and families with links to additional educational resources as well as art, essay, and media/photography contests for Houston students.

Special events taking place throughout the Houston area include:

  • Annual Family Energy Festival, October 12: The Houston Museum of Natural Science is celebrating with maps, hands-on activities, and guided tours.
  • Energy Day, October 19: This free downtown festival, hosted by Consumer Energy Alliance, highlights various energy technologies.
  • Geology Field Trip, October 20: HGS sponsors this student-friendly field trip to Whiskey Bridge, where participants learn about geology and collect fossils.

For more information on Earth Science Week Houston, visit the event web site or HGS online (http://www.hgs.org/education_Earth-iC).

Reaching over 50 million people annually, Earth Science Week has been led by AGI in cooperation with its sponsors and the geoscience community since 1998. To learn more, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/. Earth Science Week will be celebrated October 13-18, 2013. 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.