State Rock: Petoskey Stone (Hexagonaria percarinata)

State Fossil: Mastodon

State Gem: Greenstone (Chlorastrolite)

The following brochures are available for you to view and download.

American Geological Institute brochure:

“Why Earth Science?” (.pdf files) provides basic information as to why Earth Science is such an important subject. Need help convincing your administration or department head or Board of Education to keep Earth Science courses, or to start a new one? This brochure will help.  The brochure is available in both English and Spanish versions.

===> Access the English version here

===> Access the Spanish version here

Earth Science Literacy brochure:

Earth Science Literacy Principles (a series of 11 .pdf files) provides an overview of Earth Science literacy and nine big ideas (with supporting points) that Earth Science courses should address.  Each file contains a full-color page from the brochure originally published at the web site:   www.earthscienceliteracy.org. The files are fairly large, so they will take a moment to come up on your screen - please be patient!

===> Access the Earth Science Literacy overview page here

===> Access Big Idea #1 here (repeatable/testable observations)

===> Access Big Idea #2 here (Earth is 4.6 billion years old)

===> Access Big Idea #3 here (complex system of interacting parts)

===> Access Big Idea #4 here (continuously changing planet)

===> Access Big Idea #5 here (we are a water planet)

===> Access Big Idea #6 here (life evolves and continuously modifies Earth)

===> Access Big Idea #7 here (we depend on Earth for resources)

===> Access Big Idea #8 here (natural hazards pose a risk to humans)

===> Access Big Idea #9 here (human significantly alter the Earth)

===> Access the Earth Science Literacy wrap-up page here

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