Rocks, Minerals, Soils, and Society
November
2011
Presentations
LeAnne
Teruya
Ellen Metzger
Minerals
Rocks - CA Rock Stories
Sources of materials
DJ Minerals [Rock and mineral kits
RK-12 and MK-12 ($9.00 each) used in worksho
Or borrow class sets from SJSU"s Science Education Resource Center:
http://www.science.sjsu.edu/serc/
Burminco - good source
of inexpensive rocks and minerals - most come in bags of 40
Activities
Mineral ID charts
Rock ID charts
Minerals in Everyday Life
Soils
Recommended
Resources
California
Geological Survey
- Mineral Resources -
descriptions of our state rock, mineral and gemstone
Will Serpentine (more correctly, serpentinite) be removed as California's state
rock?
- from KQED
Naica Crystal Cave
- from National Geographic
Common Objects Made of Minerals - Visualization from TERC's "Exploring Earth's"
Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Area by Phil Stoffer
Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit A Teacher's Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities
Basic Rock and Mineral Information from the USGS
Teaching Activities from the Geological Society of America
Virtual Geology Museum - Copyright-free photos of rocks, minerals, and gems from Cochise College