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Maps, Data, Publications, and Resources

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Revolutionizing Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century - Report and Recommendations from a 50-State Analysis of Earth Science Education conducted by TERC for NOAA, Posted June 11, 2007. (PDF, 1.1 MB). at <http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/noaa_terc_study_lowres.pdf>
Recent USGS Publications for Massachusetts. at <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/#search:advance/page=1/page_size=100/title=Massachusetts:0>
Recent New England Earthquakes - Map. at <http://quake.bc.edu:8000/quakes_recent.htm>
Recent New England Earthquakes. at <http://quake.bc.edu:8000/cgi-bin/NESN/recent_events.pl>
Reading Maps with a Critical Eye: Becoming an Informed Map Reader. at <http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/mapuse/informed/informed.htm>
Quantum GIS. at <http://qgis.org/>
A primer on Plate Tectonics - from UC Berkely Museum of Paleontology. at <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html>
PostGIS. at <http://postgis.refractions.net/>
Position Statements from the Geological Society of America Geology and Society Division. at <http://www.geosociety.org/positions/>
Outside the Loop . at <http://geoheat.oit.edu/otl/index.htm>
OpenJUMP. at <http://www.openjump.org/>
Northeast States Emergency Consortium. at <http://www.nesec.org/>
News and Current events in Earth Science on Geology.com. at <http://geology.com/news/>
The New England Seismic Network. at <http://quake.bc.edu:8000/index.htm>
New England Intgercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC). at <http://w3.salemstate.edu/ lhanson/NEIGC/index.html>
New England Geothermal Professional Association. at <http://www.negpa.org/>
NeMO Explorer - virtual tour at the New Millennium Observatory, a seafloor observatory at an active underwater volcano. at <http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/explorer.html>
NEIGC Fieldtrip guidebooks for various parts of New England. at <http://w3.salemstate.edu/ lhanson/NEIGC/Guidebooks.html>
National Science Education Standards. at <http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/edustand.htm>
National Park Service Teacher Resources. at <http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/education/index.cfm>
National Geologic Map Database. at <http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/>
National Geodetic Survey Data Explorer. at <http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NGSDataExplorer/>
National Earthquake Information Center, Earthquake Hazards Program. at <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states.php?regionID=21&region=Massachusetts>
Massachusetts earthquake information from the USGS.
National Earth Science Education Standards. at <http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/edustand.htm>
NASA WorldWind. at <http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/>

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