Chapters Include:

	Planet Earth
	The Ground We Stand Upon
	The Earth's Surface
	Geological Processes and Rates
	Ways to Date the Entire Earth
	Great Geological Events of the Past
	Questions People Ask
	The Future Earth

Rock Cycle-Hands-on Science - Myrna Martin

Lessons Include:

 

Add the three basic rock type kits below for $26.00 each (includes shipping)

 

I can’t tell you how many parents have asked me, “Now that I have allowed my son or daughter to bring home a ton of rocks, what do we do with them?”  Here is a kit that will help put the real fun into geology.  I think geology is really enjoyable when you can begin to tell the type of rock you have found by recognizing the minerals and crystal formations within the rocks.  This kit comes with a 6-page rock and mineral laminated identification guide, Rock Types explanations and activities, a minerals key, four flow charts for identifying rock types, a hard plastic storage case, Myrna Martin’s Rock and Mineral Identification Guide and 72 rocks and minerals.  With a little practice and identification activities, you can become quite proficient at identifying basic rock types.

 

Ever wonder what was in those rocks your kids bring home from their journeys here and there?  Now you can know!  This kit is designed to teach the student about the minerals formed in the rocks.  You will get 16 rock samples representing the 3 rock types and over 30 mineral samples representing the minerals contained in the most common rock types displayed on 8.5 x 11 laminated cards, explanations and descriptions all in a handy hard plastic storage case.

Every kit is different.  Every arrowhead and scraper is authentic!  A variety of specimens all displayed in an attractive display case.  These items display the various rocks and minerals the Native Americans used to create their tools.

If you are looking for a complete basic geology course especially to satisfy a high school science credit requirement, this is it.  In addition to the three text/workbook features for the student, there are three DVDs featuring the author giving the instruction. Myrna is a wonderful and enthusiastic science teacher.  She will add much to your home school efforts.

	Three spiral-bound text and workbooks each with 15 hands-on activities quizzes
	Three teaching DVDs presenting instruction by the author
	30 rock samples (10 from each of the rock types featured)
	12 minerals representing the Rock-forming Minerals group
	10 minerals representing the Bowen's Chart
	Large attractive plastic storage box

For the more serious student here is an excellent science history book written by a geologist that traces the history of geological thought up to Charles Darwin.  This is fascinating reading for grasping the historical roots of modern geology.  I could not put this book down.  Great reading!  Large  paperback; 272 pages

 

Flash cards, rock and mineral identification games, and 28 rocks and minerals designed to test your knowledge and retention of the basic elements of geology.  A great game suitable for grades 3 - 12.

 

This kit features rocks and minerals that are characteristic of each of the Western States from Arizona to Wyoming.  This is the comprehensive kit.  In the future there will be a series containing each of the 11 Western States.  The first in this series is California (located under New Kits, Earth Science, and Minerals).  Here is a great way to learn something of the geology of each of the Western States, so rich in mountains, minerals and mining!  This kit includes:

 

	A 59 page color overview of the geological highlights of each of the Western States
	A list of interesting facts and trivia for each of the Western States
	46 genuine samples including the gold nugget from California, the sapphire from Montana, turquoise from Arizona, polished thunder egg, and the garnet from Idaho!
	An educational fill-in-the-blank worksheet for each of the Western States
	A sturdy and attractive hard plastic storage case

This kit is another one of those custom order kits made especially for moms and dads!  This is fast becoming my most popular kit.  Probably the most often-asked question I get from parents is, "My kids bring home lots of rocks.  They are special treasures to them, but we have no idea what they are.  How do I go about identifying them?"  This kit was designed specifically to teach the fundamentals of rock identification.  Your kids (and you too) will learn the difference between coarse-grained and fine-grained rocks.  You will learn how to identify the rocks by the basic minerals they contain.  You get everything you need!

	Rock Types explanation and activities
	Flow charts for identification
	6-page rock and mineral overview
	Over 50 rocks and mineral samples
	The Rock 'n' Mineral Game
	Cards for quick identifying which minerals go with which rocks
	Myrna Martin's Rock Identification Handbook for kids
	Pocket microscope
	Hard plastic storage case

 

 

 Over 600 colorful stickers and information describing rocks, minerals and fossils.  Along with the very attractive sticker book, I have included over 70 rocks, minerals and fossils described in the encyclopedia.  This kit is a child’s dream!  At least it would have been for me as a kid.  Also included is an informative coloring book titled, The World of Minerals. 

 

Kids love stickers!  But even better is having the sticker books and the rocks and minerals in one kit!  In this kit you get:

	Rocks and Minerals - sticker book by Usborne Books
	Rocks and Minerals - sticker book by Golden Books
	God Created the Dinosaurs of the World - sticker book by Master Books
	God Created the World and the Universe - sticker book by Master Books
	The Ultimate Rock and Mineral Sticker Book - DK Books
	40 individual rocks, minerals and fossils to go along with the sticker books
	Hard Plastic storage case

 

 

This is a short (70 pages) book and a quick read.  So you don't have to spend long hours trying to decipher the typical geologic language.  There is a brief personal story describing my journey from evolutionist to a Genesis view of earth history.   This little book gives a basic overview of this most critical piece of history in the development of Western Civilization.  Most people do not know the history of modern geology.  It is one of a shift in philosophy, a way of looking at earth history, not a shift from religion to science.  The church's reaction to the development of modern geology has been to compromise its position on a straight forward reading of the Book of Genesis.  But when it comes to accepting a literal resurrection of Jesus, the church has no problem.  This presents a dilemma!  How can we accept a literal resurrection because it is described in the Gospels and yet not accept a literal 6 Day Creation and Global Flood written about in Genesis?  Either they are both historical, accurate and correct, or they are both wrong and just myth.  In addition to the historical perspective, my book shows how the Genesis Flood can explain many of the landforms that are still a mystery in modern geology."  Junior High through Adult

 

	Mineral Worksheet - 9 interactive questions for continued research
	Fossil Worksheet - 8 interactive questions for continued research
	Thunder Egg Worksheet - 9 interactive questions for continued research