In September 2022, when our kids were 6, 4, and 2, we completed our Rocks and Minerals unit study. This was part of our larger Earth Science unit which included learning about weather and natural disasters.
During the first part of our unit, we learned about the makeup of our planet. We studied crust, mantle, and core, and learned about the plates that make up earth’s surface. We talked about what can happen when plates are moving by each other or colliding (earthquakes and volcanoes!)
A huge part of our unit started with this earth science kit from National Geographic. It had great experiments and supplies inside. A particular favorite was the volcano we got to make and watch erupt.
As a special conclusion to our unit, we took a camping trip to Linville, NC where we had the opportunity to explore landforms like rocky rivers, mountains, a cavern, and a waterfall! You can read more about our camping trip here on the blog next week.
I love sharing all of the fun things we do to make our unit studies special! You can download a FREE single-page document with tons of book, resource, and television ideas for your own rocks and minerals unit study in my TpT store here! You can also check out some of our other unit studies on the blog here.
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