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As the back-to-school season commences, Geology.com has a variety of new resources to serve teachers and students of geology, geography and earth science.
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Date: 9/18/2006
Geology, Geography and Earth Science Resources for Students and Teachers at Geology.com 

Students and teachers looking for help with geology, geography and earth science lessons can now find a geology dictionary, printable geologic time scale, printable mineral identification chart, reference maps and satellite images for 50 US states and 100 counties at Geology.com.

As the back-to-school season commences, Geology.com has a variety of new resources to serve teachers and students of geology, geography and earth science. 

The Geology Dictionary (http://geology.com/geology-dictionary.shtml) provides definitions for over 500 of the most commonly used terms in geology, hydrology and earth science. It is a quick look-up tool for students engaged in reading and research. 

Geography students and teachers might use Geology.com’s new reference maps for all fifty states (http://geology.com/state-map/). These include: shaded relief maps, elevation maps, river and lake maps, county maps and road maps with major cities.  Reference political maps are also available for over 100 countries (http://geology.com/world/).

Over 200 Landsat images with country and state boundaries overlain can also be viewed, along with 70 Landsat images of US major cities that have been composed to show the city with its surrounding environment.  For those who are new to viewing Landsat, a beginner’s tutorial is provided 
(http://geology.com/satellite/).

Geology.com also includes a news page that is updated several times per week, printable geologic time scale, printable mineral identification charts, guide to careers in earth science, links to top earth science sites and much more. 

About Geology.com
Geology.com serves as a portal to geology and earth science information across the Web. It is published by Hobart M. King, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Geology at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and a licensed professional geologist.  Dr. King can be reached at 570-662-4615 or via 
geology.com

URL: http://geology.com
 

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