Friday, November 1, 2013

FreeBEE Friday - 10 Awesome Rock Resources For Your Little Geologist

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Do you have any little geologists? My kids love rocks. We recently moved into a rental house and now have a yard, yay! Well in the back corner of the yard is a retaining ditch which the children have turned into their personal excavation site. They don't find anything too exciting but they have tons of fun digging in the GA clay finding large pieces of quartz and granite (the two most common rocks in GA). This week we decided to explore rocks a little more closely. We were supposed to have a Rock Nature Club hike but due to the rain we had to cancel it. So we spent the day exploring the children's rock collections. Armed with some of the helpful resources below, our rock collections and helpful tools (magnifying glass, nail, penny, piece of glass, measuring tape, magnet) we were ready to get to work. We had lots of fun and covered science, history, geography, math, reading and writing in 2 hrs.


So here are 10 awesome rock resources for your little geologist!

1) I made this Rock Observation Journal page for my children which you can grab for FREE by clicking the link or photo below.


2) Rock treasure box idea and free printable from Handbook of Nature Study
3) Types of Rocks & Rocks Cycle Video for Kids by makemegenius.com on YouTube
4) Fun rock craft idea
5) History Scribe - Rocks and Minerals on CurrClick (not free but almost only 99 cents)
6) The Students Elements of Geology (Kindle eBook) This unit study eBook is $2.99 but if you keep an eye on it you can snag it for FREE from time to time Geology and Minerals Unit Study
7) Rocks and Minerals Unit Study - Homeschool Den
8) Interactives Rock Cycle
9) Geology.com - this website helped us investigate the rock and mineral types
10) Rock lapbook

What is the coolest type of rock your child has found?







24 comments:

a49erfangirl said...

I love the journal page. Thanks for the other resource links as well.

Simply At Home Mom said...

This is an amazing list of resources! Thanks so much for putting this together! My boys love rocks so they will love this.

Shauna Torres said...

How cool is this? My little ones are a bit young for getting into rocks, but great list!

Virginia @thatbaldchick said...

What a great list of resources, as usual Kathy, thanks for sharing!

Ave T said...

I'm a big fan of rocks! :D Thanks for sharing free materials, I'm sure I can use these when my daughter is little bit older.

Stacie Haight Connerty said...

I bookmarked this page. My son is obsessed with rocks and honestly, I kind of like them too. Although I prefer mine a little more polished and on a ring, I still like the uncut kinds in their raw form.

homemakinghacks said...

What a cool bunch of free resources. The rock observation journal sounds really cool, my son has always been really interested in rocks and sure loves collecting them. Thanks for the list ;)

Cynthia L said...

I used to homeschool my daughter. She is now a college graduate and recently joined the working world. I know she would have loved this!

Shauna said...

I love freebies. These are wonderful resources. Thank you for sharing them. My son loves to collect rocks from the beach.

andrewghayes said...

This reminds me of the time when I was little my parents took me to a diamond mine. It was so cool to dig for diamonds. We didn't find anything but I remembered it distinctly. :)

Heather Lawrence said...

So cool!! Love freebies that sync with what my little guy is learning in school!

Danielle @ We Have It All said...

Love the freebies and love the rock learning - I bet the kids love this!

Raquel said...

Ooooh! I like the idea of Freebie Friday! Great resource for learning

Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell said...

I really like the chart for recording characteristics and whatnot. There's quite a bit more than can be done with rocks than I thought!

Janeane Davis said...

My children enjoy collecting rocks and showing them off. It is interesting watching them study, learn and explore the rocks they find.

Debbie Denny said...

That is really great ideas! Love all the resources you have

brett said...

oh, COOL! my oldest has been learning about rocks and minerals in science and is obsessed- perfect timing!!

Elizabeth @ Food Ramblings said...

Love this post :) going to share with my parent friends!

Shannah at Just Us Four said...

This looks awesome. My daughter loves rocks so this would be perfect for her.

Carmen's Coupon Bog said...

I love this.. my 19 year old daughter still collects rocks.. and even though she is an older "kid" she would love this...

kSquaredGlamour said...

thanks for the awesome resources!

Lisa Nehring said...

We are rock hounds. The coolest rock we found was an Ammonite about 7" across, discovered on the Cap Rock of the Llano Estacado in NM. Dh still has rocks from when he was a boy- lol! GREAT resources!! Thanks for posting such an awesome, detailed study.

Mary said...

Awesome! Love this and I just pinned it too :)

Sara @ Embracing Destiny said...

Great resources. Thanks for sharing!

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