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Rocks And Minerals (hardcover)
Rocks and Minerals (Hardcover)
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Describes the properties and distinguishing characteristics of more than 500 rocks and minerals around the world, and includes a color photograph of each specimen.
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Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting.
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In 1943, Richard James invented one of the greatest toys ever. James, a naval engineer, was conducting an experiment with tension springs. During the experiment, one of the springs fell to the floor and began to "walk." James took the spring home to his wife, Betty, and asked her if she thought it was something they could pursue. Betty had a vision for a toy and scoured the dictionary, looking for an appropriate name. She came across the word "slinky," a Swedish word meaning stealthy, sleek and sinuous...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
Author: Chesteman, Charles Wesley. Hardcover, 850 pages. Full-color photographs depict all the important rocks, gems, and minerals in many variations of color and crystal form. Written descriptions provide information on field marks, similar rocks and minerals, environment, areas of occurrence, and derivation of names. Includes a guide to mineral collecting and a list of rock-forming minerals.
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Students can perform interactive experiments on tectonic forces, beach erosion, evolution, minerals and rocks, and scientific inquiry with the simulated activities presented here. Once they’ve completed the experiments they can move to the assessment component for writing or data analysis activities. They can also do research, watch a closed-captioned video, or create a multimedia presentation using the wide variety of resources included on the software. A printable teacher’s guide is on the CD as...
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Help students learn to recognize important types of rocks and minerals with this huge, colorful display. It's over 5 1/2 fe tall. Package contains a teacher's guide with background information and related activities. Science.
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A teaching collection of 12 common sedimentary rocks and 12 rock-forming minerals highlighting key rock types formed from accumulated sediments. Numbered samples are housed in a compartmented box with a key list. Size of each: 2.5 x 5cm.
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Step-by-Step instructions lead you through the indentification process. Test for hardness, grain structure, cleavage/fracture tenacity, streak, texture and grain size. and then form your own identification key.
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Rocks! and Minerals Lab Pack 5
Rocks! and Minerals highlights 27 common rocks and 53 minerals that form them. ScienceWorks Rocks! & Minerals features an in-depth exploration of each rock and mineral, a lab simulation section to encourage exploration, and an interactive glossary of terms - all using multimedia elements to help kids learn the fundamentals and become interested in the fascinating world of geology. highlights 53 minerals and the 27 common rocks they form in-depth rock and mineral exploration hands-on, minds-on lab...
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Rocks And Minerals (prebinding)
Introduces Different Types Of Rocks And Minerals And Where They Are Found. - By Ann Squire - Hardcover
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One of our best selling books, written by Vinson Brown, who kept the text readable for the lay person, David Allan, a geologist to be sure all the information was there and correct, and James Stark who supplied the quadrangle information to help locate rocks and minerals as you go on trips and hikes throughout the state. Has an identification key, color photos, two-color locality maps, and more.
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This impressive collection of 75 specimens teaches kids about major minerals and their specific physical properties. Samples are approximately 1 1/4" x 3/4", and are number coded for cross-referencing with the identification sheet. Kit includes a streak plate, magnet, magnifier, and a handbook. Ages 9+.
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Rocks And Minerals Pocket Chart
Rocks And Minerals Pocket Chart. An absolute essential for teaching geology! Kids will learn to identify and classify rocks just by following the simple guidelines outlined in this chart. Made of nylon with 48 clear plastic pockets and 42 cards. 33 1/2" x 39 1/2". Includes 6 grommets for hanging. © OTC
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The Audubon Field Guide series offers full-color photos, simple visual keys and up to date, informative text by top scholars; they're sized to fit a back pocket, and have durable vinyl covers and tough bindings, so they last forever!.
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Rocks and Minerals: A Golden Guide
Each pocket-sized volume contains hundreds of illustrations and descriptions of the most common, important, and striking examples of each type of specimen, structure, or phenomena. Each book also includes up-to-date range maps, descriptive text with fascinating facts, and more. Softcover, 160-360 pages.
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About Rocks and Minerals CD-ROM Travel to Arizona to check out igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Learn how the Earth has be shaped and reshaped by erosion. Explore the Grand Canyon and discover clues to the history of our planet. Video Adventures include: Rocks; Erosion; and Grand Canyon. Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Expertly rendered illustration of plants, flowers and animals accurate enough to be used as identification aids! Informative captions provide valuable information. Most include full-color illustrations on the covers. Fun and educational for nature lovers of all ages. All illustrations can be used for many art and craft purposes, without fee or permission. 36 illustrations of smoky quartz, amethyst, malachite, emerald, celestite, crazy lace agate, aragonite, garnet and many more.
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Critical and Creative Activities. Included are 43 activities designed to introduce youngsters to rocks and minerals. Pages include ample room for writing. Grades 3–6.
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Photo Fun Activities, Rocks and Minerals Uncover the mysteries of the world of science with these exquisite full color photo charts. Flipside features photo information, hands-on activities, fact finding challenges and fascinating experiments. Eight different photo charts per set. 8 1/2" x 11". Grade Level: 3-6 Item Number: EP085
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Minerals are solid mixtures of chemicals that each have a unique set of characteristics - just like a fingerprint. Find out how these minerals bind together to form rocks and much, much more.
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