Education Resources at the South Carolina Geological Survey

Education and Outreach

Earth Science CD

The S.C. Geological Survey has developed the Earth Science Education Series to meet the 2005 South Carolina Science Academic Standards set forth by the Department of Education.

Multi-slide presentations are available as PDF's (requires Acrobat Reader ) and Powerpoint's (requires Microsoft Office). Page-size handouts and Posters are in PDF format.

This information is also available on CD, by request.

The Classroom Posters listed below are free for teachers, please inquire.

EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION SERIES

Presentation Title	Download PDF (size)	Download Powerpoint (size)
Earthquakes and Seismic Waves	1.7mb	6.7mb
Identification of Earth's Features from maps	1.5mb	4.0mb
Earth's Natural Resources and Human Impacts	1.4mb	4.3mb
Weathering, Erosion, and Mass-Wasting Processes	7.7mb	6.2mb
Geologic Time and Earth's Biological History	1.8mb	5.7mb
Minerals	3.6mb	3.6mb
Igneous Rocks and the Rock Cycle	4.9mb	5.3mb
Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle	4.3mb	5.0mb
Sedimentary Rocks and the Rock Cycle	5.4mb	7.9mb
Plate Tectonics	2.7mb	9.4mb

Right-click and "Save-Target-As" or "Save-Link-As" to download to your computer

Page-Size Handouts (PDF format):

GEOLOGIC MAP OF SC	TIME SCALE
EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY BY COUNTY	FOLDS 1
EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY SCALE	FOLDS 2
MINING	THE ROCK CYCLE
PLATE TECTONICS	VOLCANOES
FAULTS	LIQUEFACTION

Poster Graphics (PDF format):
Classroom posters are available for teachers, please inquire

CAREERS IN GEOSCIENCE	Geologic Map Examples (Available on CD version only)
THE ROCK CYCLE	FOLD SYSTEMS
FAULT SYSTEMS	PLATE TECTONICS
GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR SC	STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMN OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF SC

For Information about on-site classroom presentations or to obtain a CD of this information please contact Gary Taylor at taylorg@dnr.sc.gov or call (803) 896-7708