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    Rocks and Minerals!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids
    Rocks and Minerals!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids
    Rocks and Minerals!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids
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    Rocks and Minerals!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

    By Cynthia Light Brown and Tom Casteel

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    Discover what lies beneath our feet in this full-color book for kids ages 7 to 10, chock-full of hands-on STEM activities and real-world connections that engage learners with earth science!

    Everyone knows what a rock is, but do you know what a rock is made of? And how it was made? And what it’s good for?

    Rocks and Minerals! With 25 Science Projects for Kids invites kids ages 7 to 10 on a tour of the fascinating world of the geological forces that create and transform rocks, including the life cycle of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and what they can tell us about the earth. Rocks and Minerals! also explores fossils, and how they come to exist and are discovered.

    • Hands-on STEM activities such as creating crystals, sculpting edible models of the planet, and making stalactite and bake volcanic meringue cookies bring learning to life and require minimal adult supervision while using common household products.

    • Entertaining cartoon illustrations and photographs, along with fascinating sidebars, essential questions, links to online resources, and more illuminate the topic and bring it to life.

    • Includes short biographies of famous geologists and paleontologists, including Alfred Wegner, Mary Leakey, Georges Cuvier and Mary Horner Lyell.


    About the Explore Earth Science set and Nomad Press

    Rocks and Minerals! With 25 Science Projects for Kids is part of a set of four Explore Earth Science books that explore the earth, the atmosphere, and everything in between. The other titles in this series are Weather and Climate! With 25 Science Projects for Kids, Natural Disasters! With 25 Science Projects for Kids, and The Water Cycle! With 25 Science Projects for Kids.

    Nomad Press books in the Explore Your World series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad’s unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.

    All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateFeb 11, 2020
    ISBN9781619308725
    Rocks and Minerals!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

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      Book preview

      Rocks and Minerals! - Cynthia Light Brown

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      CONTENTS

      Glossary*Metric Conversions

      Resources*Essential Questions*Index

      Interested in primary sources? Look for this icon. Use a smartphone or tablet app to scan the QR code and explore more! Photos are also primary sources because a photograph takes a picture at the moment something happens.

      TYPES OF FORMATIONS

      IGNEOUS ROCKS

      About 95 percent of the top layer of the earth’s crust is made of igneous rock.

      SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

      The sediment in sedimentary rock can include minerals, small pieces of plants, and other organic matter.

      METAMORPHIC ROCKS

      Metamorphic rocks are formed with heat and pressure as many millions of years pass by.

      PUMICE

      Many pumice rocks can float until they become too waterlogged and sink! Pumice is an igneous rock.

      LIMESTONE

      Most limestones form in clear, shallow, warm seawater. They are a sedimentary rock.

      MARBLE

      Marble is a metaphoric rock that often has gems such as rubies inside of it.

      INTRODUCTION

      ROCKS ARE EVERYWHERE!

      Did you know that rocks and minerals are part of your life, every second of every minute of every day? Sound surprising? You stand on rocks, you consume rocks, and your home is built from rocks and powered by rocks. You even have rocks in the form of minerals inside you!

      Those are some pretty good reasons to learn more about rocks and minerals. But the best reason of all is that rocks and minerals are fascinating. Rocks can slowly form during the course of millions and millions of years or be blasted from a volcano in an instant.

      WORDS TO KNOW

      rock: a solid, natural substance made up of minerals.

      mineral: a naturally occurring solid found in rocks and in the ground. Rocks are made of minerals. Gold and diamonds are precious minerals.

      Here are some places to find rocks and minerals.

      *Electricity runs through copper and aluminum wires, which are made from minerals.

      *Steel, made from the mineral iron, is used in the construction of buildings and vehicles.

      *Houses contain nails, bricks, and plaster, which all come from rocks.

      *Salt for seasoning food is a mineral.

      *Plants grow in soil, which forms from rocks.

      *Your bones are made mostly of a mineral called apatite.

      *The earth itself is one big ball of rocks!

      SCIENTISTS STUDY ROCKS FROM MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH.

      Rocks are like puzzles that can tell us about the earth’s history. Right where you’re standing, there might have once been an ocean. Maybe there was a volcano or even a huge mountain chain as big as the Himalayas. The rocks found below your feet can give you clues about the past.

      WORDS TO KNOW

      Himalayas: a mountain chain between India and Tibet. It contains the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, which is 29,029 feet above sea level.

      crust: the thin, outer layer of the earth.

      mantle: the middle layer of the earth between the crust and the core.

      core: the center of the earth, composed of the metals iron and nickel. The core has a solid inner core and a liquid outer core.

      THE BIGGEST ROCK OF ALL

      You don’t have to go far to study a really big rock. Just look down! The planet we live on is a really large rock made up of lots of smaller rocks. Let’s take a look at the structure of the earth.

      No one has traveled to the center of the earth, but we know some things about what’s inside. We know that the planet is made of layers that have different kinds of rocks. The three major layers are the crust on the outside, the mantle in the middle, and

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