Posters

Map Projections
A two-sided poster showing the frontispiece to "Gerardus Mercator's Atlas sive Cosmographicae" on one side and properties, characteristics, and preferred uses of many historically important projections and of those frequently used today on the reverse side.
96-0201 (folded version)

Fossils Through Time
A poster depicting the diversity and evolution of life on Earth during the last 600 million years, with photographs of fossils and corresponding explanations. Accompanies the booklet, "Fossils, Rocks, and Time."
96-0100

Planetary Maps
A two-sided poster showing a part of a geologic map of the near side of the Moon on one side and, on the other side, the variety of maps available of the Moon and Mars and some of Earth's other neighboring planets and their satellites.
96-0275 (folded version)

This Dynamic Planet
A world map of volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate tectonics. (Complements "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics" booklet.)
$7.00
GIA0023T (flat version)
GIA0022D (folded version)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/planet.html

Landforms of the Conterminous United States - A Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal
A large, digitally produced map illustrating geomorphic and tectonic phenomena of the United States in vivid detail. A 16-page booklet describing the map accompanies it.
$7.00, GI2206

Digital Shaded-Relief Image of Alaska
A large map illustrating the physiographic features of Alaska from the artificial rendering of a digital elevation model. An 11-page booklet describing the map accompanies it.
$7.00, GI2585

Mapping the Solar System
A two-sided poster with colorful airbrush illustrations of the planets and their satellites on one side, and statistical information and geographic feature information on the reverse side.
$7.00, GI 2447T

Geology of the Solar System
A two-sided poster with colorful geologic mapping and low-resolution, shaded-relief airbrush mapping of the terrestrial planets and outer satellites shown on one side and textural geologic information given on the reverse side.
$7.00, GI 2596T

What? Me a Scientist
A poster produced in cooperation with the Association for Women Geoscientists and showing women scientists at work. It may be used to encourage young women to choose scientific careers.
96-0020 (folded)

Each poster listed below was originally available in two versions--grade school and middle school. Several of the posters are currently out-of-print. Six posters of the nine-poster set may be viewed at the following Web site: http://water.usgs.gov/public/outreach/OutReach.html. The front side of each poster has a colorful cartoon graphic depicting the topic of the poster. The back sides of the posters contain educational activities, definitions, and interpretive questions concerning the poster topic. The educational materials on the back determine the appropriate grade level. The posters can be joined to create a wall mural. Black-and-white posters do not have activities printed on the back side and are coloring exercises for children in grades K-5.

• Water: The Resource That Gets Used and Used and Used For Everything!
  Shows 12 uses of water, from mining to transportation. The flow of water is depicted from the mountains through a reservoir, and past urban, rural, and industrial settings where various uses are featured. This poster is also available in Spanish.
  96-0461 (grade school)
  96-0462 (middle school)
  96-0460 (black-and-white version)
  96-0040 (black-and-white Spanish version)

• How Do We Treat our Wastewater?
  Illustrates the process by which wastewater is treated in cities, small towns, and rural areas.
  96-0465 (middle school)

• Wetlands: Water, Wildlife, Plants, and People!
  Defines general types of wetlands, demonstrates how wetlands are depicted, and teaches how wetlands are beneficial. The diversity of plants and animals in wetlands is also shown.
  96-0467 (grade school)
  96-0468 (middle school)

• Ground Water: The Hidden Resource!
  Displays the movement of water in a ground-water system.
  96-0458 (grade school)
  96-0459 (middle school)

• Water Quality . . . Potential Sources of Pollution
  Features human activities associated with different sources of water pollution. It also shows the movement of waters between surface and ground-water systems.
  96-0469 (grade school)
  96-0470 (middle school)

• Navigation: Traveling the Water Highways!
  Highlights the different kinds of vessels, port facilities, structures, and equipment needed for commercial operations on rivers and in coastal harbors. It was designed to introduce students to the many aspects of navigation.
  96-0474 (middle school)

• Hazardous Waste: Clean-Up and Prevention
  Shows various hazardous waste sites, different types of cleanup methods used on these sites, and how hazardous waste moves once it is released into the environment.
  96-0475 (black-and-white version)

• Watersheds: Where We Live
  Depicts three watersheds, identifying different physical features and management options within each watershed. The poster also depicts flooding and the importance of flood plains.
  96-0479 (grade school)
  96-0480 (middle school)
  96-0478 (black-and-white version)

• Oceans-Coastal Hazards: Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Coastal Erosion
  Describes several natural processes or events that can change the shape of the coast and affect nearby environments. Designed as a contribution to the Year of the Ocean.
  96-454 (grade school)
  96-455 (middle school)
  96-453 (black-and-white version)

The USGS is publishing new ecoregion maps of areas of the United States. On one side, these colorful maps show levels II and IV ecoregions of a specific area and provide descriptions and photographs of each ecoregion. The reverse side contains a summary table of the characteristics of the ecoregions and a bibliography. Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. The following four ecoregion maps have been published so far!

• Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota $7.00, EC0001

• Ecoregions of Western Washington and Oregon $7.00, EC0002

• Ecoregions of Indiana and Ohio $7.00, EC0003

• Ecoregions of Tennessee $7.00, EC0004

The USGS and its partners began work on The National Atlas of the United States of America in 1997. The National Atlas is designed to promote greater geographic awareness through products that provide easy-to-use, map-like views of our natural and sociocultural landscapes. It will include products designed to stimulate children and adults to visualize, comprehend, and even marvel at the complex relationships among environments, places, and people. Three published maps are now available. They can also be viewed at the following Web site: http://www.usgs.gov/atlas/atlasmap.html.

• Hydrologic Units
  This map, published at a scale of 1:3,500,000, depicts a hydrologic system that divides and subdivides the United States into successively smaller river basin units. These subdivisions, or hydrologic units, are used for collecting and organizing hydrologic data. They represent natural and manmade stream-drainage areas. $7.00, TUS5681

• Federal and Indian Lands
  This map, published at a scale of 1:7,500,000, is color-coded to represent the lands of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, National Park Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Energy, and Department of Transportation in the United States and Puerto Rico. $7.00, TUS1445

• Principal Aquifers of the United States
  This map, published at a scale of 1:5,000,000, shows the distribution of the major aquifers that supply ground-water to the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each aquifer is classified as one of six types of permeable geologic material. $7.00, TUS5680