Hard as a Rock
The topic of rocks for nature study can seem kind of dull – that is until you actually take the time to explore and find God’s treasures in rocks!
In this unit you’ll learn about how rocks were formed from a creationist viewpoint, see how vast and interesting rock types are, learn to test rock characteristics, and even find out what lives under rocks.
Several notebooking pages will keep you busy as you hunt for rocks, fossils and living creatures. Find out where to look for new and exciting rocks, as well as fun observations to make when you find creatures living under them.
At home, you can make rock types to eat, create 3-D landforms or complete a rock displacement experiment. You will be inspired to learn about early rockhounds, find out what an isopod is and learn how a mineral is different from a rock.
You’ll be excited by the variety of ideas for indoors and out that relate to rocks and life under rocks. In fact, you might even find a new passion for rock hunting! This is one of our biggest units.
40 pages, e-book
$10.00
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Links to art, artists, composers, compositions, poetry and literature suggestions:
Artist and Picture Study -
The many suggested works of Paul Cezanne can be found here.
The many suggested works of Caspar David Friedrich can be found here.
Composer and Music Study -
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Carnival of the Animals: The Fossils by Camille Saint-Saens
Poetry -
The Rock and the Bubble by Louisa May Alcott
Recommended Books and Such
These are links to specific titles that we have suggested where we ask you to do your own internet search because of copyright. We’re hoping this will be an acceptable compromise! There are often other books we have suggested to go along with the art, composer or poetry suggestions. They are already included in the “recommended book” section, so we chose not to link them again.
As always, if you come across a great link or additional idea for any of these areas, please let us know and we’ll add it right away!
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