USGS Menlo Park Open House 2006

School Preview Day

June 2, 2006: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

USGS Open House exhibit areas for the Open House can only support limited numbers of students at any particular time. To safely accomodate the number of people in exhibit areas, group arrival, tour plans, and departure times need to be scheduled in advance. Teachers interested in bringing classes to the USGS Open House may inquire about making arrangements.

Contact Carol Reiss at creiss@usgs.gov
or call (650)329-4477.

Download a School Preview Flyer <SchoolsFlyer.pdf>

Talk with scientists about their work
See exhibits and displays of USGS research
Learn about the physical environment of the San Francisco Bay Region.
Learn about earthquakes, volcanos, landslides, and other natural hazards
Learn about biological-resource monitoring
Explore real-time digital data on the Internet
Learn how maps are made
Learn about new initiatives to provide geographic data for the nation
Learn to identify rocks, fossils, or minerals from the region
Buy USGS and California Geological Survey earth science books and maps

Talk to USGS Scientists about:

• Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, floods, hurricanes

• Our Bay Area Home: The dynamic physical environment of the San Francisco Bay Region

• Special exhibits about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

• Environment: Climate change, biological-resource monitoring, surface and ground water pollution

• Resources: Oil and gas, minerals

• Landscape: Geologic mapping, coastal and marine science

• Technology: New initiatives to provide geospatial data and science information for the Nation, real-time digital data on the Internet

And much more!