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"Rocks may seem like boring, static objects -- until you discover that a rock can spark a fire, glow in the dark, and provide shelters of all shapes and sizes. Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's ... illustrations show how rocks decorate and strengthen the world around them"--Amazon.com.
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A Beginner's Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It's the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions...
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"Get ready to get your hands dirty with Igneous Rocks. With its reader-friendly and interactive approach, this title covers key curriculum Earth science topics in an engaging way. This title explores the natural processes, how geologists study igneous rocks, and how igneous rocks relate to the reader's daily life"--
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"Get ready to get your hands dirty with Metamorphic Rocks. With its reader-friendly and interactive approach, this title covers key curriculum Earth science topics in an engaging way. This title explores the natural processes, how geologists study metamorphic rocks, and how metamorphic rocks relate to the reader's daily life"--
9) Rocks
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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A brief introduction to types of rocks on earth and how they are formed.
10) Sedimentary rock
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Investigates how to identify sedimentary rock, highlights it's properties, and explains how it can be useful to us.
11) Igneous rock
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Explains the landforms igneous rock creates, how to identify igneous rock, and highlights it's properties and uses.
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Rocks are all around us. Some rocks on Earth are 4 billion years old! But what are they made of? What are the different types of rock? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more through easy-to-read text and vivid photographs. An experiment rounds out the book and provides a hands-on learning experience to encourage deeper understanding. Meets Next Generation Science Standards.
15) Rocks
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24 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; cm.
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17) Geology
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 27 cm.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Children love rocks. Rocks appear in jacket pockets, on windowsills, in the car, in their hiding places, and most often, in their little grips. Rocks are universal--they can be found in all climates, countries, and communities--making themselves available to anyone who craves the tactile pleasure of holding a perfectly sized, unfragile, unowned object. They can be collected, compared, stacked, plunked into water, painted, and shared. This book is...
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