Rocks, Minerals, Soils,
and Society
November 19, 2011
PowerPoints from LeAnne and Ellen
Sources of materials
DJ Minerals [Rock and mineral kits RK-12 and MK-12 ($9.00 each) used in workshop
Or borrow class sets from SJSU"s Science Education Resource Center: http://www.science.sjsu.edu/serc/
Burminco - good source of inexpensive rocks and minerals - most come in bags of 40
Activities
Exploring Minerals Activity Mineral ID Flowchart
Exploring Rocks Activity Rock ID Flowcharts
CA Rock stories: Activity /Rocks
Description Cards
Related
resources from the National Park Service - Golden Gate National Recreational
Area
Recommended Resources
California Geological Survey - Mineral Resources - descriptions of our state
rock, mineral and gemstone
Will Serpentine (more correctly, serpentinite) be removed as
California's state rock? - from KQED
Common Objects Made of Minerals - Visualization from TERC's "Exploring Earth's"
Rocks and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Area by Phil Stoffer (USGS)
Basic Rock and Mineral Information from the USGS
Virtual Geology Museum - Copyright-free photos of rocks, minerals, and gems from Cochise College