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Rocks, Minerals & Gems
Scholastic, Miranda Smith, Sean Callery
Flexibound (Scholastic Nonfiction, July 26, 2016)In Rocks, Minerals, and Gems, readers will learn about hundreds of rocks, minerals, crystals, and gems that were forged by the most powerful events in prehistory. Explore what specimens look like and how they're used today--readers can use the information to identify rocks and minerals themselves and open up a spectacular new world. Find out all about star stones and cat's eyes, megagems, and phantom quartz. Discover which rocks fluoresce, which mineral once poisoned an emperor, and which gems are the rarest in the world! Features a beautiful cover with special effects!
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Rocks & Minerals
Inc. BarCharts
Pamphlet (QuickStudy, April 26, 2001)This 6-page pictorial guide will help you to recognize and differentiate vast arrays of rocks and minerals and their compositions.
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Rocks & Minerals
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, April 12, 1988)Full-color photos. The beauty and importance of minerals, metals, crystals, fossils, and gemstones are shown in page after page of vivid photos.
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Rocks and Minerals:
Chris Pellant, Helen Pellant, Harry Taylor
Hardcover (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, March 15, 1992)Describes the properties, characteristics, and distinguishing features of more than 500 rocks and minerals around the world and includes a color photograph of each specimen
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Rocks & Minerals
Chris Pellant
Paperback (DK ADULT, March 15, 2000)Color photos accompany descriptions, facts on formation, plus quick keys to group, composition, hardness, cleavage and fracture.
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Rocks and Minerals
Dana Meachen Rau
eBook (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 12, 2014)The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Rocks and Minerals, provide background on rocks and minerals, what they are and how they form, how rocks change, and the uses of rocks and minerals.
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Rocks & Minerals
Edward Ricciuti, Margaret W. Carruthers
Paperback (Scholastic Reference, May 1, 1998)The budding mineralogist will find the photos and spotter's guide section of this sturdy field guide useful for identifying and categorizing minerals found in the backyard and throughout North America. Simultaneous.
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Rocks & Minerals
Seymour Simon
Paperback (HarperCollins, Aug. 15, 2017)Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon explains to readers the different types of rocks and minerals with fascinating facts and stunning full-color photographs. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.Readers will learn how to identify and classify various kinds of stones, such as granite, sandstone, basalt, quartz, and crystal.This book includes an author's note, a glossary, and an index and supports the Common Core State Standards.
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Show Me Rocks and Minerals
Patricia Wooster
eBook (Capstone Press, Nov. 1, 2014)From molten lava to glittering crystals, there's so much to learn about rocks and minerals. Show Me Rocks and Minerals has more than 100 facts and definitions about these amazing substances.
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Rocks and Minerals
Edward Ricciuti, National Audubon Society, Margaret W. Carruthers
Hardcover (Scholastic, May 1, 1998)Describes over 150 types of rocks and minerals
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Rocks & Minerals
Seymour Simon
eBook (HarperCollins, Aug. 15, 2017)Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon explains to readers the different types of rocks and minerals with fascinating facts and stunning full-color photographs. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.Readers will learn how to identify and classify various kinds of stones, such as granite, sandstone, basalt, quartz, and crystal.This book includes an author's note, a glossary, and an index and supports the Common Core State Standards.
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Rocks and Minerals
Scholastic
Paperback (Scholastic Reference, Aug. 25, 2015)A Scholastic Level 2 Reader that answers early readers' questions about rocks and minerals!The whole world is made of rocks! The Earth's rocky crust was formed millions years ago, and its rocks are always changing. It is full of fascinating minerals, and we use its treasures in hundreds of ways. Did you know that toothpaste contains finely ground rock dust, that the stripes in the Grand Canyon's rocks were once layers of sand at the bottom of the sea, and that robots are examining the rocks on Mars? This Level 2 Reader teaches readers all about the different kind of rocks and minerals, how rocks were shaped, how we use the Earth's mineral resources, and how we can unlock its fossil secrets. The book uses simple text and full-color photographs throughout. With supporting facts, technical vocabulary, vivid maps and charts, and a variety of writing styles and text structures, Scholastic Discover More Readers are tailored to the new era of high expectations. The unique informational text reading levels have been developed and vetted by Scholastic reading experts.
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