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Geology for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Rocks, Minerals, and the Earth Beneath Our Feet
Take a trek to the center of the earth with Geology for Kids
Set off on an adventure 4.6 billion years in the making with Geology for Kids. Start at the red-hot center of Earth and learn about each layer until you reach the rocky crust. Discover how mountains, valleys, and oceans form, and uncover secrets about the planet you call home. (Did you know that only 20% of deserts are covered by sand, and some can be blistering cold in the winter?)
Geology for Kids is jam-packed with facts, illustrations, and photos that will teach you how volcanoes erupt, why earthquakes shake the land, and what causes tsunamis with waves 100 feet high. And when you’re ready to go from curious kid to certified rock hound, use the photographic guide to help you identify rocks and minerals in your own backyard. Your collection will be the best on the block! Get your hands dirty—Use the sidebars with fun and engaging activities for a hands-on learning experience. What’s the word?—The helpful glossary in Geology for Kids introduces you to plenty of geological words and terms. More to discover—Find out about the best places to visit in the country for fun adventures like The Grand Canyon, Arches National Park, and Glacier Bay National Park.
It’s time to dig deep into your geological curiosity with Geology for Kids.
Set off on an adventure 4.6 billion years in the making with Geology for Kids. Start at the red-hot center of Earth and learn about each layer until you reach the rocky crust. Discover how mountains, valleys, and oceans form, and uncover secrets about the planet you call home. (Did you know that only 20% of deserts are covered by sand, and some can be blistering cold in the winter?)
Geology for Kids is jam-packed with facts, illustrations, and photos that will teach you how volcanoes erupt, why earthquakes shake the land, and what causes tsunamis with waves 100 feet high. And when you’re ready to go from curious kid to certified rock hound, use the photographic guide to help you identify rocks and minerals in your own backyard. Your collection will be the best on the block! Get your hands dirty—Use the sidebars with fun and engaging activities for a hands-on learning experience. What’s the word?—The helpful glossary in Geology for Kids introduces you to plenty of geological words and terms. More to discover—Find out about the best places to visit in the country for fun adventures like The Grand Canyon, Arches National Park, and Glacier Bay National Park.
It’s time to dig deep into your geological curiosity with Geology for Kids.
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134 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2020
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December 16, 2022
This review was posted for the purchase of a boxed set of: Gems For Kids, Geology For Kids, and Fossils For Kids, all from the Junior Scientist series from Rockridge Press. (My Amazon review includes photographs from the books.)
The three books in this set cover distinct categories in earth science and are laid out in a format that includes large font, frequent photographs, non-fiction reading tools such as maps, charts, graphs, glossary, index, further resources, and table of contents. The Geology for Kids book cover far more than one would expect with the very broad “Earth beneath your feet” descriptor and includes landforms and extreme weather that affects those landforms. Each chapter in this book includes an experiment that demonstrates a facet of what was just learned. Most can be done with items found readily at home and require varying amounts of adult help from none to a great deal. The later chapters guide young rock hounds in collecting, studying and classifying their own rocks. The Gems book includes charts and maps and pictures of gems that is fun to browse through. Fossils is similar in layout to the Geology book but doesn’t have quite as many hands on activities. The dinosaur section will appeal to even those preschool-aged children who can already correctly identify their dinosaur toys.
Aspects of all three of these books can be used by caregivers with their preschool children who love non-fiction or as a way to interest them in something more than Paw Patrol! The photographs and activities have broad age appeal. Students who are in grades 3-6 will be able to use these books independently and I recommend that science classrooms and libraries serving these ages get these and other “Junior Scientist” books available.
The three books in this set cover distinct categories in earth science and are laid out in a format that includes large font, frequent photographs, non-fiction reading tools such as maps, charts, graphs, glossary, index, further resources, and table of contents. The Geology for Kids book cover far more than one would expect with the very broad “Earth beneath your feet” descriptor and includes landforms and extreme weather that affects those landforms. Each chapter in this book includes an experiment that demonstrates a facet of what was just learned. Most can be done with items found readily at home and require varying amounts of adult help from none to a great deal. The later chapters guide young rock hounds in collecting, studying and classifying their own rocks. The Gems book includes charts and maps and pictures of gems that is fun to browse through. Fossils is similar in layout to the Geology book but doesn’t have quite as many hands on activities. The dinosaur section will appeal to even those preschool-aged children who can already correctly identify their dinosaur toys.
Aspects of all three of these books can be used by caregivers with their preschool children who love non-fiction or as a way to interest them in something more than Paw Patrol! The photographs and activities have broad age appeal. Students who are in grades 3-6 will be able to use these books independently and I recommend that science classrooms and libraries serving these ages get these and other “Junior Scientist” books available.
September 15, 2025
I have to admit, I learned so much from this book about the Earth—especially rocks and minerals. Did you know there’s a rock cycle, just like the water cycle? I sure didn’t! The book is full of great hands-on activities, some that can be done right at home and others that encourage you to get outside and explore (nothing extreme—just enough to literally touch grass). The pictures are excellent, and the explanations go a little beyond what you typically learn in school. I give this one five stars and highly recommend it for anyone curious about the Earth and how it was formed.
July 30, 2021
in this book, it was showing how to tell what's a mineral and what's a rock
April 1, 2024
This book was a fantastic addition for our homeschool science units. The information was right on point level wise, and the experiments were easy enough for set up and great for demonstrations.
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