As part of our geology study we went to a local rock and mineral show. It is a great opportunity to collect minerals and to see where local...

Layers of the Earth The earth has 3 basic layers--the crust, the mantle, and the core. Texts will emphasize the thinness of the crust. Mak...

Basic Rock Identification Around here we rarely find rocks made of a single mineral that we can identify through color, luster, streak, hard...

Whether it's Nature Study or Geology, it's great having an environmental engineer for an aunt (my sister-in-law.) Not only does she...

Click to join AtHomeScience Finally, I have activated the Yahoo Group that I created back when I created this blog. I've added a bu...