For hands-on activities involving rocks, soil, fossils, earthquakes, and volcanoes that connect science with real life, choose Geology. This book, designed with good science and easy teaching in mind, covers these concepts:
the Earth has layers
the Earth's crust is made of rock and soi.
soil is made when rocks break down and mix with decaying plants
rocks have different properties
rocks are formed in different ways
the surface of the Earth is always changing
the resources we use come from the Earth
some rocks contain fossils that tell about life on Earth long ago
Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording. Areas of study address major themes such as: change, structure, function, diversity, and cause and effect.
Samples of the hands-on learning experiences:
conduct experiments to learn about the properties of rocks
cook up igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
examine soil to find out what it's composed of
erupt a volcano in the classroom
make "fossils"
Contains many reproducible, ready-to-go resources, such as record sheets, logbook forms, minibooks, and picture cards. Illustrated throughout with fun, yet accurate line art. All 80 pages perforated for easy removal.
the Earth has layers
the Earth's crust is made of rock and soi.
soil is made when rocks break down and mix with decaying plants
rocks have different properties
rocks are formed in different ways
the surface of the Earth is always changing
the resources we use come from the Earth
some rocks contain fossils that tell about life on Earth long ago
Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording. Areas of study address major themes such as: change, structure, function, diversity, and cause and effect.
Samples of the hands-on learning experiences:
conduct experiments to learn about the properties of rocks
cook up igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
examine soil to find out what it's composed of
erupt a volcano in the classroom
make "fossils"
Contains many reproducible, ready-to-go resources, such as record sheets, logbook forms, minibooks, and picture cards. Illustrated throughout with fun, yet accurate line art. All 80 pages perforated for easy removal.
