Educational Resources

Educational Publications

• Rocks and Minerals of Pennsylvania  ES 1
• Common Fossils of Pennsylvania  ES 2
• The Geology of Pennsylvania's Groundwater  ES 3
• The Geological Story of Pennsylvania  ES 4
• Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign  ES 5
• Pennsylvania and the Ice Age  ES 6
• Coal in Pennsylvania  ES 7
• Oil and Gas in Pennsylvania  ES 8
• Landslides in Pennsylvania  ES 9
• Earthquake Hazard in Pennsylvania  ES 10
• Sinkholes in Pennsylvania  ES 11
• The Nonfuel Mineral Resources of Pennsylvania  ES 12
• Reading and Using Maps ES 13
• Environmental Geology for Land-Use Planning  EG 2
   

Page-Sized Maps

Most of the numbered maps listed below are available in classroom quantities.

Contact Jody Rebuck 717–702–2073 to order copies.

• Geologic Map of Pennsylvania  Map 7
• Oil and Gas Fields of Pennsylvania  Map 10
• Distribution of Pennsylvania Coals  Map 11
• Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania  Map 13
• Limestone and Dolomite Distribution in Pennsylvania  Map 15
• Glacial Deposits of Pennsylvania  Map 59
• Earthquake Epicenter Map
   

"Trail of Geology" Park Guides

• Pennsylvania's Trail of Geology
   

Other Sources of Information

• Pennsylvania State Museum — Hall of Paleontology and Geology
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History
   

Links to other web sites with educational materials

For an Earth Science Week Information Kit contact the American Geological Institute, sponsor of National Earth Science Week.