Additional Resources

(These are included in the Impact Crater trunk available for check-out at the USGS Flagstaff Field Center )

1. Planetary Maps poster, U.S. Geological Survey
2. Once and Future Moon poster, NASA, NW-1999-10-154-HQ (impact cratering activities on back)
3. Exploring Meteorite Mysteries, A Teachers Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences, NASA, EG-1997-08-104-HQ
4. Exploring the Moon, A Teachers Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences, NASA EG-1997-10-116-HQ
5. Impact Cratering on a Rainy Day, in Activities in Planetary Geology for the Physical and Earth Sciences, NASA, EG-1998-03-109-HQ
6. Meteorite!: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Richard Norris, 2000, A Turnstone Ocean Explorer Book, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Company
7. Mars Revealed: A New Look at Forces That Shape the Desert Planet, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., 2001
8. Killer Asteroids, AB Secrets of the Universe fact sheet, card no. 18
9. Ups and Downs in Planetary Science, Carolyn Shoemaker, 1999, manuscript about the field of planetary science as it developed during the lifetimes of Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker, published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27:1-17
10. NASA image of Meteor Crater
11. Putting a New Face on Meteor Crater, Arizona Daily Sun, January 6, 2002
12. Evidence of Space Rock Hitting Earth 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Arizona Daily Sun, August 23, 2002/font>
13. Guidebook to the Geology of Meteor Crater, Arizona, Eugene M. Shoemaker and Susan W. Kieffer, 1974, 37th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
14. Asteroids: Deadly Impact video, National Geographic Society, 1997, 60 minutes
15. The Doomsday Asteroid, NOVA video #2212, 1995, WGBH Boston, 55 minutes. This episode of NOVA investigates the rocky material that circulates in the solar system - comets and asteroids - and considers the likelihood of such an object striking our planet.
16. StarDate Guide to the Solar System, University of Texas at Austin, McDonald Observatory
17. Meteorite Impact Craters on the Earth poster, Jensan Scientifics, LLC, 2002, an informational pamphlet is also included

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