Earth Science Week is a public outreach campaign of the American Geological Institute (AGI), reaching millions of people every year with resources, activities, and information about the importance of the geosciences to society. Celebrate Earth Science Week each October! As a member of AGI, SSSA is pleased to participate in the annual AGI Earth Science Week by providing materials for the Kit and a lesson plan in the calendar. Below are links to the Earth Science Week site and materials that SSSA has provided:
The American Geoscience Institute (AGI) has released a compilation of new factsheets for each of the fifty states. The factsheets provide the tangible contributions of geoscience (earth science) to the economy, environment, public health and safety of each state. Click here to find the factsheet for your state!
2022 - Earth Science for a Sustainable World - Order Your Kit
Calendar Activity - Sustaining Living Soil with Composting | Supplemental Worksheet
2021 - Water Today and for the Future
Calendar Activity - Erosion in a Bottle | Supplemental Information
2020 - Earth Materials in our Lives
Calendar Activity - Nature's Water Filter
Supplemental Materials - Student Video (Soils Clean and Capture Water) | Teacher Video | Teacher Prep
2019 - Geoscience is for Everyone
Calendar Activity - State Soil Booklets | Booklets
2018 - Earth as Inspiration
Calendar Activity - Painting with Soil
2017 - Earth and Human Activity
Calendar Activity - Liquefaction |Supplemental Document
2016 - Our Shared Geoheritage
Calendar Activity - Rain and Soil | Supplemental Document
2015 - Visualizing Earth Systems
Calendar Activity - Soil Moisture
2014 - Earth's Interconnected Systems
Calendar Activity - Earth's Interconnected Systems: Nitrogen
2013 - Mapping our World
Calendar Activity - Mapping Your Soil | Supplemental Worksheet
(grade level 5-12)
2012 - Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences
Calendar Activity - Finding Slope | Supplemental Worksheet (slope finder)
(grade level 5-12)
2011- Our Ever-Changing Earth
Calendar Activity - Soil Color and Redox Chemistry
(grade level 9-12)
2010 - Exploring Energy
Calendar Activity | Supplementary Worksheet (Excel) | Biofuels Overview
(grade level 9-12)
2009 - Understanding Climate
Calendar Activity - Climate and Temperature
(grade level 5-8)
2008 - No Child Left Inside
Calendar Activity - Dig Into Soil!
(grade level K-4)
2007 - The Pulse of Earth Science
Calendar Activity - How Much Soil is There on Earth?
(grade level K-5)
2006 - Be a Citizen Scientist!
Calendar Activity - How Can you Test Your Soil?
2005 - Geoscientists Explore the Earth
Calendar Activity - Soils and Agriculture (AGI activity)
(grade level 5-8)
