Rocks can seem boring, but there's so much to learn about them. Use these educational games to make learning geology fun.
In Rumney, New Hampshire, I got stuck in a cave. The tunnel had narrowed and I was wearing a backpack—an ill-advised accessory when squirming through crannies. Meanwhile, my 7-year-old daughter was zipping ahead, undeterred by small spaces and location names like The Bear’s Den.
At the Polar Caves, as the property is known, we spent the better part of an hour shimmying between granite boulders and limestone rocks.“Is this a joke?” my daughter wanted to know.She ran ahead. But my younger daughter, who had been told the Devil’s Turnpike awaited us, decided to keep pace with her father. So I expounded on how 50,000 years ago, a glacier had bulldozed across the state, depositing granite boulders atop limestone shelves.
But you don’t have to descend into prehistoric caves or ascend volcanoes to introduce kids to geology.that you can pull up on your phone as you discover rocks near your home. The proposed questions get kids to study rocks closely and, like any good investigator, use their five senses. And nothing says memorable like that time mom or dad said to smell garnet and lick hematite.
If you’d prefer a more scientific approach, try this simple experiment the next time you come across limestone: place the rock in a clear glass or plastic bowl and pour white vinegar over it. The vinegar will react with the calcium carbonate in the limestone, breaking down its comprised elements: sand, dirt, and shells. Contrast this by pouring vinegar over a rock that isn’t limestone.as a guide, you can also collect rocks, scratch them with other rocks , and discuss rock hardness.
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