ROCKS AND MINERALS
Online and Print Resources
Websites
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html
Geology for Kids
http://www.kidsgeo.com/
Information, Games,
Songs, Movies and
Quizzes
Library Books and Audiovisual Resources
551 Cole
Cole, Joanna.
The magic school bus inside the Earth.
New
York :
Scholastic Inc., c1987. On a special field trip in the
magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns first hand
about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the
earth.
552 Bay
Baylor, Byrd. Everybody needs a rock. New York : Scribner,
[1974]. Describes the qualities to consider in
selecting
the perfect rock for play and pleasure.
552 Fla
Flanagan, Alice K.
Rocks.
Minneapolis : Compass Point
Books,
[2000], c2001.
A brief introduction to types of rocks
on
earth and how they are formed.
552 Gan
Gans, Roma, 1894-. Rock collecting. 1st ed. New York :
Crowell, c1984. Explains how to start a rock
collection and
how to recognize igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
rocks.
552 Hyn
Hynes, Margaret, 1970-. Rocks & fossils. 1st ed. Boston :
Kingfisher, 2006. Presents an introduction to rocks
and
fossils, providing information on different types of
rock,
and explaining how rocks change and erode, including a
look
at fossils, paleontology, prehistoric plants, and more.
Includes full-color illustrations.
552 Kna
Knapp, Brian.
Rocks, minerals and soil.
Danbury, CT :
Grolier,
2002.
552 Par
Parker, Steve.
Rocks and minerals.
1st American ed.
London ;
New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Types of rocks -Making a collection -- Moving rocks -- Volcanic rocks Igneous rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Black rocks --
Sedimentary rocks -- White rocks -- Fantastic fossils Worn by water -- Worn by weather -- Icicles of rock -Crystal collection -- Precious gems -- By the sea -- In
the
desert.
An illustrated guide to geological and
geophysical
aspects of rocks and minerals in our world.
552 Squ
Squire, Ann.
Rocks and minerals.
New York : Children's
Press,
c2002.
Introduces different types of rocks and
minerals and
where they are found.
552 Toc
Tocci, Salvatore.
Experiments with rocks and minerals.
New
York
: Children's Press, c2002.
Facts and experiments
explore
the differences, similarities, and importance of rocks
and
minerals.
560 Pel
Pellant, Chris.
The best book of fossils, rocks, and
minerals.
New York : Kingfisher, c2000.
Briefly describes
different
kinds of rocks and minerals, telling how they are
formed,
where they are found and their uses and examines what
we can
learn from fossils.
811 Pet
Peters, Lisa Westberg.
Earthshake : poems from the ground
up.
1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2003. Presents
twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide
information about the earth's surface and interior,
types of
rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify
the
landscape.
E C
Posner, Jackie.
The magic school bus out of this world : a
book
about space rocks.
New York : Scholastic, c1996.
The
kids
in Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about space rocks
when
they board the Magic School Bus--now a space-bus--to
try to
head off a huge asteroid that is heading directly for
Walker
Elementary School.
E Hur
Hurst, Carol Otis.
Rocks in his head.
New York :
Greenwillow
Books, c2001. A young man has a lifelong love of rock
collecting that eventually leads him to work at a
science
museum.
E P
Polacco, Patricia. My ol' man. New York : Philomel Books,
c1995. A girl recalls the special summer spent in
Michigan
with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.
Vid 549 Roc
Rock & mineral.
[New York] : Dorling Kindersley Vision,
c1996.
"Discover how rocks keep a constantly changing record
of our
planet's fascinating history, and see how minerals are
at
the very core of our civilization"-Container.
Vid 553 Roc
Rocks and minerals : the hard facts. Bohemia, NY : Rainbow
Educational Video, c1987. This material includes
step-by-step instructions on how to identify different
minerals and interlocking minerals, and discusses the
form
of rocks which have been changed by geologic history.