Rock records
By: Beth Geiger
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: National Geographic reading expeditions; Earth science; Language, literacy & vocabulary!; National Geographic reading expeditions; 20 questions; Language, literacy & vocabulary
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780792254324
Subjects: Rocks; Juvenile literature; Metamorphic rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Earth sciences
Description: "Discover the stories that rocks can tell about the history of Earth. Take a canoe trip through the Grand Canyon to explore what the rocks records illuminates about Earth's changes over time"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 33) and index.
Table of contents: title: Build background: rocks on earth; title: Understand the big idea: what do rocks say?; title: Take a closer look: a grand trip through time; title: Make connections; title: Extend learning; title: Glossary.