minerals

Investigates the world of rocks and minerals, covering such topics as the earth's crust, the identification of minerals, and how rocks are changed by heat and pressure.

Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.

Illustrations and simple text explore rocks and minerals, covering kinds of rocks, finding fossils, minerals, and more.

Ms. Frizzle's class goes on a field trip to the western U.S. in order to study rocks and minerals.

An illustrated fact book on rocks and minerals, providing information on how they are formed, where they can be found, how to identify them and what they are used for.

This book contains 22 true-or-false questions about rocks and minerals; readers may read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left.

A guide to over 500 minerals covering topics such as crystallography, physical properties, and chemical properties.

A guide to over 400 rocks and minerals.

Provides twenty-six different kinds of activities and resources--one for each letter of the alphabet--for teaching grades five through nine about rocks and minerals, such as science projects, games and puzzles, and a bibliography.