Science: Geology

Here is a list of books we used in our unit on Geology. I used the Geology badge in American Heritage Girls as our outline, so I'll reference the requirements, just in case your daughter is an Explorer in AHG, also.

Identify 10 rocks (requirement #8)

• Can You Find These Rocks? by Carmen Bredeson
• Rock Study: A Guide to Looking at Rocks by Steven M. Hoffman

Do a Perc Test (requirement #9)
Learn about the water cycle (requirement #10)

• The How and Why Book of Weather by George Bonsall --pages 23 - 25
• Understanding Cycles and Systems by Andrew Solway -- pages 14 - 15

Grow crystals (option #11)

• Here's the recipe we used 

Learn about sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks (option #12)

•  How do Water and Wind Change Rock?: a Look at Sedimentary Rock by Ellen Lawrence
• Baking and Crushing: a Look at Metamorphic Rock by Ellen Lawrence
• How do Volcanoes Make Rock?: a Look at Igneous Rock by Ellen Lawrence
• These books are park of the Rock-ology: the Hard Facts about Rocks series. I would highly recommend reading all the books in the series. They are easy reads with lots of photos and other illustrations.
• The Beauty & Mystery of Water by Hans Walter Silvester -- lots of pictures to look at and marvel over

Learn about caves, etc. (options #13)

• Exploring Caves by Melody S. Mis
• The Science of a Sinkhole by Robin Koontz
• Caves and Caverns by Gail Gibbons
• Caves: Mysteries Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison
• Into the Earth: the Story of Caves by Meredith Costain
• Caves by Marcia Zappa
• The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux by Emily Arnold McCully
• Virtual tours of caves/caverns
• Ohio Caverns
• Carlsbad Caverns
• Lascaux Caves

Here are some other books that may enhance your geology unit.

• How Do People Use Rocks?  by Ellen Lawrence
• What are Rocks Made Of? by Ellen Lawrence
• Crystals by Richard and Louise Spilsbury
• Landslides, Slumps, & Creep by Peter Goodwin
• Investigating the Rock Cycle by Mary Lindeen
• Erosion and Weathering by Willa Dee
• Earth Evidence by Michael Martin
• Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface by Robin Koontz