Earth Science Week
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Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized this national and international event to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth. This year's Earth Science Week will be "Earth Science Everywhere," aiming to help us understand Earth's materials and the rapid or long-term environmental changes
Lucy in the ground, permineralized? Why yes, our 3-million-year-old greatx100 grandma was indeed named after the Beatles song! 💎🎶
When the “Lucy” specimen was first discovered, the researchers just so happened to be listening to that song at the digsite, so it was obviously what this famous fossil had to be named!
You can learn more about this Fossil Friday Feature at bit.ly/pliocene-hominin, and don’t forget - we’ll be highlighting a different fossil from the Paleontological Research Institution’s (Museum of the Earth) 3D model collection each week! So be sure to tune back in next for more 🦴
In the meantime, feel free to peruse their collection and let us know in the comments which fossils you’d like us to feature 👉 www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/VC/
06/11/2026
Teachers — this one's for you! 🎓 Join the Earth Science Information Partners-ESIP July Meeting K-12 Teachers Workshop on Thursday, July 30.
Explore curricula, play with 3D data, and connect with fellow educators — in person or online. Implement something you learn and you could snag a $100 classroom stipend for the 2026–27 school year! 💸
✅ $20 gets you access to the K-12 Workshop + an 8-hour PD certificate
✅ In-person attendees get breakfast & lunch
✅ Materials are aligned with NGSS & TEKS
➡️ See the agenda, and register at the July 2026 site: https://buff.ly/5Kbep0H
06/08/2026
Today is World Oceans Day, and this year’s theme says it all: Reimagine 🌊🐟🦀🐬🦑🦈🪼🪸🏝️
The ocean isn’t something distant—it’s part of our daily lives, from the air we breathe to the food we eat to the climate balance that makes life possible! It’s time to stop being just beneficiaries and start being guardians 🪸
This year’s action focus is Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet — pushing to turn global commitments into lasting ocean protection!
Join the global movement at 🔗 worldoceanday.org, coordinated by The Ocean Project, and take action however you can, from beach cleanups to choosing sustainable seafood to simply spreading the word 🐋
All images from NOAA’s Photo Library
06/06/2026
🦇🌑 It’s Cave Week and there’s still time to go underground!
Stalactites, ancient fossils, rare creatures found nowhere else on the planet, aquifers that supply our drinking water… caves are doing a lot out there in the dark 🌊💎🦎
Whether you visit a local cavern, take a bat walk, dress up like a speleothem (yes, really — it’s on the official list of ways to celebrate), or just spend some time marveling at what’s beneath your feet, there’s no wrong way to mark the occasion!
🔗 Get resources, toolkits, and more at the Cave Week page (https://nckri.org/cave-week/), organized by longtime Earth Science Week Partner, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute ().
And shoutout to the National Speleological Society () for all they do to connect cavers, scientists, and cave-lovers year-round! 🧗
06/03/2026
Sound waves 🔊, rock layers 🪨, subsurface secrets 🤫 — oh my!
The June calendar activity challenges middle and high school students to interpret seismic profiles using the same techniques geophysicists use to find energy resources and carbon storage sites deep underground 🌎
Huge thanks to our , the Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ EVOLVE program for making this real-world geoscience accessible in every classroom.
👉 Dig in here: www.earthsciweek.org/resources/june/
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