Are you losing your marbles when it comes to getting sedimentary students interested in the rocks beneath their feet?
Don’t "sulfur" alone. We’ll help you dig up an avalanche of appreciation for the original "hard" sciences. This overview of geology and mineralogy basics will whet your students’ "apatite" for Earth sciences as they take an up-close look at real specimens from our collections. Is studying rocks fun? Of "quartz" it is!
Teacher Guide
Ohio’s Learning Standards
Grade 3
Earth and Space Science – Earth’s Resources
- Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.
- Earth’s resources can be used for energy.
- Some of Earth’s resources are limited.
Grade 4
Earth and Space Science – Earth’s Surface
- Earth’s surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.
- The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.
- The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.
Grade 6
Earth and Space Science – Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
- Minerals have specific, quantifiable properties.
- Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks have unique characteristics that can be used for identification and/or classification.
- Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks form in different ways.
- Soil is unconsolidated material that contains nutrient matter and weathered rock.
- Rocks, minerals, and soils have common and practical uses.
Grade 8
Earth and Space Science – Physical Earth
- A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface.
- Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record.
