Overview
The books in ScienceWorks for Kids, Grades 1-3, connect science with real life. Each book covers 8 science concepts that are supported by hands-on activities and ready-to-go resources. Each lesson relates to the National Science Education Standards.
Geology covers theseconcepts:
* Earth has layers
* Earth's crust is made of rock and soil
* soil is made when rocks break down and mix with decaying plants
* rocks have different properties
* rocks are formed in different ways
* the surface of the Earth is always changing
* the resources we use come from the Earth
* some rocks contain fossils that tell about life on Earth long ago.
A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes:
* teacher directions for lessons
* reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations.