Education & Outreach

Please be sure to visit and explore the USGS Education Web Site for extensive educational resources, tools, and information!

News

• Highlights from Sound Waves Newsletter — News from Across the USGS
• Notes From the Field... our most exciting research, brought to you live as it happens
• Earthquake Information
• USGS Newsroom
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Outreach Activities

• USGS Open House in Menlo Park, CA
  Dress Like a Marine Geologist!
  • 2000
  • 2003
  • 2006
  • 2009
  • Next up: Open House 2012
• Shark Festival and Sanctuary Celebration 2001
  Santa Cruz, California
• The USGS's 125th Anniversary Celebration and (former) Pacific Science Center Open House, September 2004

Educational Information:

• Please visit and explore the USGS Education Web Site for extensive educational tools and information!
• Got a question? Ask A Geologist!
   
• Information for Various Audiences
  • Coastal & Marine Geology Posters
  • USGS Newsroom
  • PCMSC on Youtube
  • Social Media at the USGS
     
• Marine Geology
  • Erosion of a Sea Stack over 100 Years
  • Earth Science Dictionaries
     
• Equipment used in our Research
  • Mapping systems
  • Boats/Ships
    • R/V Snavely
  • Cores
  • Dredges
  • Cameras
  • Multi-channel Seismic Data
  • Magnetics and Gravity
  • Navigation
  • Bathymetry
  • Sidescan Sonar
  • Ocean Bottom Seismometers
     
• Other science web sites
  Disclaimer: Links and pointers to non-USGS sites are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement by the USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government, of the referenced organizations, their suitability, content, products, or services, whether they are governmental, educational, or commercial. Some of the documents on this server may contain live references (or pointers) to information created and maintained by other organizations. Please note that the USGS does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of these outside materials.
  • The USGS and Science Education
  • NASA's Quest Project
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online
  • Exploratorium's Learning Studio
  • The Bridge—National Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
  • Yahoo's Earth Sciences index
  • Online Colleges Library, Chemistry for Kids
     
• About the USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center
  • Our web site home page
  • About our science center
  • Center Chiefs, past & present
  • Contacts within the Coastal & Marine Geology Program
  • Our office locations and directions
  • Our personnel