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USGS Mineral Resources Program color by number for the critical mineral graphite.

USGS Mineral Resources Program coloring page for cassiterite and the critical mineral tin.

The mineral cassiterite, chemical formula SnO₂, is the most important mineral source for the critical mineral tin. Fun facts: tin is one of the earliest metals used by humans! The chemical symbol for tin, Sn, comes from its Latin name, stannum.

Critical Mineral Crossword Puzzle: Manganese

Manganese is listed as a "critical mineral". Learn about where we get manganese and how we use it by solving the crossword puzzle clues!

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USGS Mineral Resources Program coloring page for the critical mineral barite.

Barite, chemical formula BaSO₄, is a critical mineral. Fun fact: barite is one of the heaviest minerals that isn't a metal.

Critical Mineral Crossword Puzzle: Rhenium.

Rhenium is listed as "critical mineral". Learn about where we get rhenium and how we use it by solving the crossword puzzle clues!

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USGS Mineral Resources Program Critical Mineral Word Scramble Puzzle: Tantalum

Nautiloid paper model as part of the Elementary Geology paper models activities.

Triceratops paper model as part of the Elementary Geology paper models activities.

Pterosaur paper model as part of the Elementary Geologic paper models activities.

Lees Ferry streamgage and cableway downstream on the Colorado River, Arizona

A scenic view of an Alaskan mountain range seen from a high vantage point.  In the lower right corner in an inset of a scientist wearing silly googly eyes.  In the lower right corner in a grey circle containing the text, "Oh, the places you will go!  What it's like to be a hydrologist."

USGS Education paper models collection includes dinosaurs and other fossils, and geologic processes like volcanoes and sand dune formation.

USGS Education has several paper models learners can color, cut out, and build. This photo shoes a stratovolcano, trilobite, nautiloid, triceratops, and pterodactyl

View from camp

Despite the high evening temperatures, some campers still set up tents to spend the night in. Removal of the rainfly material helped keep it cool.

View of launch site from the Hite Overlook, UT

On day 2 of the trip, Team G was delayed by strong winds and a broken motor. The boats remained stationary in a cove as we awaited the arrival of a replacement motor.

The sun sets over camp at Lake Powell

View from Panorama Point in Capitol Reef National Park

Sunset at camp

Rock formations throughout Glen Canyon