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Outreach Programs

Center for Inland Waters - A Resource for Students, Teachers, Researchers, Decisionmakers, and the General Public.

Community College and Departmental Field Trip - Field trips designed to give new college students exposure to the geological sciences.

Digital Geophysical Analysis - A web site developed to help visualize digital and spectral geophysical analysis.

Dynamics of the Earth - Web based general geology course used at SDSU and other schools.

Geology Park - This geological park is unique in the California State University system. Except for the grass, all species are living representatives of land-dwelling plants whose ancestors extend back at least 150 million years in the fossil record.

Google Earth Geology - Educational resources using Goggle Earth to explore geology.

Great Books Touching on Geological Sciences and Oceanography - A web site developed for the general reader, providing them a list that illuminate aspects of Geological Sciences or Oceanography while focusing on other issues.

How Volcanoes Work - A web site developed as an educational resource that describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes.

Indigenous Earth Sciences Project - A project designed to bring together Native Americans and Earth Scientists.

Mission Trails Regional Park Seismic Station - The MTRP strong motion sensor is located under the display, allowing people to jump, stamp feet, and otherwise create seismic waves that appear almost immediately on a computer monitor.

Overnight Sciences Excursions - A field course taught with UCSD that provides teachers with Earth Sciences content knowledge and curricular development through a minds-on, hands-on approach to teaching and learning.

Pacific Section of SEPM - Comprehensive information center for the pacific section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology.

Peninsular Ranges Batholith Rock Suites - Order suites of rock samples that represent the Geology of San Diego County. Designed for Universities and K-12 schools.

Planetary Geology Speaker Service - Presentations that lie within the field of Planetary Geology for any nonprofit gathering interested in science.

RP Oceans Lab - Hands on Oceanography lab, designed for students of all ages. Live Web Cam.

SAGE (Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience) - A field based program in applied geophysical methods for advance undergraduates, graduates, and professionals.

Seminar Series - A free weekly series of speakers in relation to the Earth Sciences.

Show Me Geology - Geological Science education program for K-12.

Visual Structural Geology - Freeware programs developed for classroom lectures involving various aspects of structural geology.

Written in Stone - Video series is to unite city dwellers with their urban landscapes.

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AAPG Online Subscription Data Available to Students and Faculty

This online subscription is provided through the AAPG Foundation
Digital Products Fund, through an endowment by San Diego State alumnus

Len Eisenberg
in honor of
Dr. Don Ptacek
Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences
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The Subscription includes all of the collections below

AAPG Bulletin
AAPG Special Publications
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (CSPG)
Journal Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
Palaios (SEPM)
Environmental Geosciences (AAPG)
Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies Transactions (GCAGS)
Lafayette Geological Society (LGS)
New Orleans Geological Society (NOGS)
East Texas Geological Society (ETGS)
Ardmore Geological Society (AGS)
Panhandle (Amarillo) Geological Society (PGS)
Oklahoma City Geological Society (OCGS)
Others to follow

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