Presents a variety of science projects on the topic of rocks and minerals and offers tips on project presentation.
This captivating book introduces children to hands-on science with fun activities like starting your own impressive rock collection and how to stay safe on your rock finding missions.
Introduces the different types of, and uses for, rocks and minerals, and discusses how they are formed.
There are many different kinds of rocks.
From molten lava to glittering crystals, there's so much to learn about rocks and minerals. Show Me Rocks and Minerals has more than 100 facts and definitions about these amazing substances.
Shows and describes different kinds of rocks and minerals, and tells how to identify rocks by testing for hardness, streak color, and density
The text provides descriptions of 200 minerals (including 20 classified as gemstones) and 40 rocks, as well as descriptions of the natural environments where they occur.
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
This book introduces the fundamental properties of rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils and provides a captivation insight into a variety of geological processes.
Formerly titles "Rocks and Minerals" this handbook includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and descriptions of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks ...
A whimsically illustrated survey of the earth's rocks and minerals explores some of the many ways they have been transformed into usable materials from talcum powder to silver jewelry, in a reference complemented by a bonus activity ...