Explore rocks and minerals!
By: Cynthia Light Brown & Nick Brown ; illustrated by Bryan Stone
Contributors: Brown, Nick; Stone, Bryan, ill
Publisher: Nomad  Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: White River Junction, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781934670613
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Minerals; Geology
Description: Through an engaging array of hands-on activities, this helpful handbook guides children through testing minerals, creating crystals, sculpting edible models of the planet, and even baking volcanic meringue cookies. Exploring the reasons behind the physical changes of the world, this examination also outlines the rock cycle of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; the process of discovering fossils and what they reveal about the past; and how to start a collection of natural artifacts.
Notes: "20 great projects, activities, experiments"--Cover.

Includes index.