Rock Identification Made Easy, the Kit

Description

Do your students love collecting rocks everywhere they go, but they don’t know how to identify them? Instead of wondering what those mysterious rocks are—or finding them in the washing machine—turn their curiosity into an exciting science lesson! Rock Identification Made Easy teaches students how to identify common rocks using simple observation skills and an easy step-by-step process. Designed from a young-earth creation perspective, this engaging resource helps students understand the amazing variety of God’s creation while building confidence in rock identification. And it makes for a great hands-on rock unit!

Perfect for  homeschool, classrooms, nature studies, geology units, geology labs, and budding rock collectors, this book makes learning geology fun and approachable.

This resource includes:

• TExtbook with 6 easy-to-follow lessons
• An introduction to the most important rock-forming minerals
• Simple methods for identifying sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous volcanic, and plutonic rocks
• Easy identification steps students can use with real rock collections
• Information on where different rocks are commonly found
• Review quizzes to reinforce learning
• Full-color illustrations throughout
• 65 printable pages
• Over 60 rock/mineral samples (see below)
• 5 laminated project charts
• E-6000 glue
• Magnifier

Great for:

• Earth science and geology units
• Nature studies
• Homeschool science
• STEM enrichment
• Rock and mineral clubs
• Independent learning or family study

Give your students the tools for rock identification and inspire a lifelong appreciation for geology and the incredible earth around them. 

The samples in this kit are on average 1.5 inches.  To see representative samples, click on the pictures above. All samples are individually bagged, labeled,  and color-coded.

Samples include (samples may vary slightly with availability):

quartz, biotite mica, sodium feldspar, pyroxene, amphibole, calcium feldspar, olivine, magnetite, muscovite mica, potassium feldspar, calcite, jasper, gneiss (2), schist, slate (2), phyllite, quartzite, marble, serpentinite, granite (3), gabbro (3), pegmatite, granodiorite, diorite, conglomerate, clay, gypsum, sandstone (2), shale, siltstone, breccia, limestone, travertine, chalk, bituminous coal, fossil limestone, coquina,  rhyolite (3), andesite, basalt, basalt porphyry, vesicular basalt, tuff (3), dacite, andesite porphyry, basalt pahoehoe lava, pumice (2), scoria, obsidian, cinders, and ash.

Designed for grades 3-12. The younger kids may need help from mom or dad. 

Give your students the tools for rock identification and inspire a lifelong appreciation for geology and the incredible earth around them. 

Includes shipping.

You can read a short excerpt from Rock Identification Made Easy and Rock Identification Field Guide by clicking on the images below.

You can order just the book, Rock Identification Made Easy, by clicking here.  

You can order just the samples from the kit by clicking here.

You can order just Rock Identification Field Guide here.

Printed in the USA.

All prices are in US dollars.  For international shipping please contact us at northwestexpedition@msn.com .