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My 11 year old loves rocks, crystals and all that he can dig up and identify. Does anyone have any favorite geology resources we shouldn't miss?
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Jen - I am going to watch the replies with interest. I am getting ideas together for some kind of geology rabbit trail/unit study. I have a lot of rock hounds in my house. I have a crazy day - but when I get a chance I will list some of my initial books and ideas.
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I did see this thread - I have tons of ideas and no time to collect them and post, but I will soon I hope.
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Great! I'm looking forward to some ideas. I have a cart going at amazon, but I was hoping to get some ideas from someone who has studied this subject.
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I'll be watching this thread with interest, as my dd has been asking to study geology for a while now.
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All About Our Changing Rocks is a good start for an 11 yo. My 12 yo boy snags this one of this set of books off of our shelf often just to browse. We're impressed with how thorough and child-friendly this series is.
For younger kids, Rocks All Around Us is nice. I didn't link the cheapest one here, but the one with the picture attached.
If you have any questions about either of these books, please pm me or post it here.
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Rock Hunter is a fabulous book. Very user friendly - great pictures/info, and fun activies/experiments. (I love this whole series)
The Jack Challoner books are all good - I like the experiments and demos. The titles I have from our library I think have changed and been renamed. The titles I had were Rocks & Minerals and Rocks, Minerals, and the Changing Earth.
And Janice VanCleave's geology books are great, as are all her science books. Very complete.
There are many well-done picture books about famous fossil hunters. My 11 year old daughter enjoyed them though you may be past the picture book stage. There are also a number biographies of the same folks that are for a little older reader.
Mary Anning
Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon
Rare Treasures: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
Stone Girl Bone Girl
Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter
Fossil Girl
Barnum Brown
Barnum Brown, Dinosaur Hunter
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
Earl Douglass
Dinosaur Mountain: Digging into the Jurassic Age
Another helpful idea is find gem and mineral location guides for your area and visit those taht you can. This is one series -Treasure Hunters Gem & Mineral Guide
There are two series from Mountain Press called Geology Underfoot and Roadside Geology. For Illinois it looks like there is only Geology Underfoot in Illinois
One of the absolute best things you can do is go to your local Rock and Mineral show. We went this past fall and it was a fabulous resource. Great displays and demos, lots of knowledgeable rock hounds. I realize what is offered in every location will be a bit different. I found that there is one in Chicago on Memeorial Day weekend.
I have got to run - state baseball playoffs for my son the next two days. I'll add more when we return.
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I am still in the process of writing my unit study. But it is going to take a little while - so I will share the outline:
Reference Books
-DK Eye Wonder Rocks and Minerals
-Usborne Spotters Guide Rocks and Minerals Sticker Book
-Peterson First Guides Rocks and Minerals
-Geology Rocks (Cindy Blobaum) - 50 Hands On Activities to Explore the Earth
- Rocks and Minerals by Dr.R Symes (Natural History Museum in London)
Fiction:
- How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
Various topics to cover:
- Rocks and minerals - tied into the earth and physical science (more fiction and reference to add)
- Volcanoes (will add to book lists above)
- Fossils - (will add to book lists above)
- Earthquakes
- Crystals
Rock collections, Experiments etc
- we love the Classroom Collection of Rocks and Minerals from Rainbow Resources with reference card and organization into igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary
- Geode kits
- Gem hunter kit
- Smithsonian crytal growing kit
- Smithsonian Giant Volcano kit
- Rock tumbler
- Young Scientist Kits #7 and #8
Videos
Bill Nye the Science Guy has a couple (will post names later)
Magic Schoolbus has a couple (will post names later)
Field trips
Natural History Museum in DC
Websites
Lots - need to post
Hope this helps. I am off to get ready for the twins'FHC this weekend.
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