Education & Outreach
An important part of the mission of the Bureau is to distribute accurate geoscience information about the resources, water, hazards, and geologic history of New Mexico. We serve a broad audience, from professional geoscientists and university professors to grade-school children and their teachers as well as influential decision makers and the general public.
- School-children and adults alike enjoy visiting the Bureau Mineral Museum (no admission fees) which highlights many of the mineral districts in New Mexico and elsewhere.
- Resources for teachers are available including continuing education opportunities like "Rockin' Around New Mexico" and lesson plans and materials through our Geological Extension Service (GES) and Albuquerque Teacher Resource Center. The Bureau also maintains an Earthquake Education Web site called "Tremor" that should prove informative to both students and the general public interested or concerned about earthquakes in New Mexico.
- Be sure to browse our many publications: while many of our titles are for a technical audience, there are several publications written specifically for the interested general public or amateur geology enthusiast including two free publications: Lite Geology, which is non-technical but informative and fun to read, and Earth Matters, a semi-annual newsletter that contains information about Bureau activities as well as an earth science article of topical importance to our state.
- Decision Makers attend our annual field conferences focused on geoscience issues affecting our state.
- We also maintain a list of scholarships for New Mexico geoscience students.
You may also want to:
- Take our virtual geologic tour of New Mexico.
- Learn about gravity surveys in Taos with NASA astronauts
- Learn about the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field (the site of Rockin' Around NM in 2000 -- an annual geology workshop for K-12 teachers)
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
information: (575) 835-5420
fax: (575) 835-6333
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is a research and service division of:
