Each kit contains 19 labeled rocks and minerals, a streak plate, a geologic map of North Carolina, and an instructional booklet. The booklet contains information about the rocks and minerals and classroom exercises are designed to introduce rocks and minerals using a variety of hands-on activities. The kit includes samples of important economic minerals from our state, examples of the three rock types, and rocks from different regions of North Carolina. If you have used this resource, please help fellow educators by submitting a brief review. The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences lends resource boxes for two-week periods to Wake County teachers.
New boxes continue to be developed.
These boxes contain activities and all resources necessary to implement the activities. Before borrowing the resource boxes, the interested teacher must attend an orientation session at the Museum. Wake County teachers who have attended an orientation session on the Resource Boxes. Contact the Museum for more information. Resource Boxes are housed at the NC State Museum of Natural Sciences.