A Project Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and minerals shape our world. Nature uses rocks and minerals to create the landscape around us. People also depend on these important resources to make the buildings in which we work and play, the roads on which we drive, and even products such as jewelry, electronics, and medicines. Learn more about rocks and minerals with these fifteen simple science experiments you can do yourself. You'll think like a geologist as you start your own rock collection, learn about earth processes, explore the properties of minerals, and even grow own crystals. Calling all rock hounds!