Learn all about the origins and ways to classify rocks, minerals, and gems, including the shiniest, most useful, and most dangerous rocks and minerals on the planet.
By: Emma Carlson Berne
Discovery Questions
Have you read other books about rocks, minerals, and gems? What did you learn in this book that was new?
Have you ever seen real gold, silver, or any other element or gemstone? Ask a family member to help you find one to examine.
Name three ways minerals and gemstones have changed the world. (For example, salt is added to food, metallic minerals are used to make money, and metals were used to make the world’s first tools.)
Start a rock collection by checking out rocks when you are out!
Discovery Questions are available in English and Spanish in the app.
Book Details
Grade Level
3rd Grade
Book Code
758
Genre
ISBN
9781426338908
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