Earth Science Day 2007 Exhibit List

**Please refer to the campus map for station locations. 
An updated list will be made available upon arrival if there are any changes to the information below.

Station A

Our Micro-World: Students look through microscopes at shells of various marine organisms, and handle equipment used to collect and analyze them.

Dive into Marine Geology: Geology of plate tectonics and video of spreading ridges (hydrothermal vents)

Topo Salad Trays (Landforms in 3D)
Watch landforms take shape in 3D as you stack clear plastic trays with a contour line drawn on each. Also view shaded-relief maps and
3D images of the sea floor.
See: http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/topo_instructions.html
See: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/

Earthquake Ride
The exhibit is designed to accommodate kids from K-6.  Older kids do not comfortably fit.  Exhibit illustrates the magnitude of earthquakes and the energy released by them.

Fault stress buildup and earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/stress_trig/index.html

The Earthquake Machine
See: http://ncweb-menlo.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/gps/auto/SFBayArea/
See: http://ncweb-menlo.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/eqmodel.html

Tsunami: When the World Waves Back
See: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/

Make Your Own Earthquake –Hands-on activity.

Station C

Real-time Seismograph Display

 Pipelines to Resist Earthquake Faulting
See: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2003/fs014-03/

Earthquake Fault Model
                  
RED CROSS – Youth Services
See: http://redcrossbayarea.org/pba/

San Francisco Zoo
See: http://www.sfzoo.org/

 Station D

Good Times - An interactive timeline of natural science events.
See: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod

Find a Hidden Ore Deposit – Use a geologic model to explore for a hidden ore deposit.
See: http://education.usgs.govhttp://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/common/primary.htm#rocks

The Lean, Mean, Landslide Machine –
See: http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/landslide

Submarine Landslides Can Cause Destructive Tsunamis - Students create tsunamis using a large tub of water and a brick (hands-on).

 Station E

USGS Teacher Resource Table – See what fun and exciting educational materials the USGS has for teachers and parents!  Free handouts, posters, bookmarks, postcards will be available for teachers. 
See: http://education.usgs.gov/

Why is CO2 Hazardous? - Watch dry ice experiments

Kilauea lava – examine the rocks and sand
See: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/

Rebuilding Mount St. Helens – Touch the rocks and float the pumice

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory - Caldera experiment; Learn about monitoring and research at Yellowstone.
See: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/

Identify Volcanic Rocks – Rocks with magnifying lenses for viewing.

Station F

How Clean is Clean? – Using a salinity meter, students try to guess which water is which (ocean, bay, tap water, bottled water, high-purity lab water). 
See: http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/solutetransport/index.htm

California Academy of Sciences - Many things for students and teachers to enjoy! 

 Station G

 PG&E - Gas and electric safety at home.
See:  http://www.pge.com/safety/gas_electric_safety_home/

Station H

California Geological Survey / Map Sales - Earthquake simulations
See: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/

Station I

Movies from computer simulations of the 1906 San Francisco and 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquakes  
See: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/simulations/
 
Where are you? - Earthquake activity

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer: WESP Webserver Team
URL: /EarthScienceWeek/exhibits.html
Last modification: 10/10/2007