Join the MSC for their annual New Year’s Eve celebration, Midnight Noon, where kids can enjoy the ball drop before bedtime. Enjoy loads of festive activities and games, explore all three floors of hands-on science exhibits, dance and sing along with the Rainbow Rock Band, and ring in the...
Just as stories ofSasquatchor Big Foot get told in the Northwest of the U.S. and Canada with merchandise everywhere depicting them, the same is found in New Jersey. Images of the Jersey Devil can be found everywhere, even appearing as the name for New Jersey Devils hockey team. The Jerse...
Now, you can find your very own Barite from lots of places in the world, but for this fun banded material, you’ll be going to hop onto Plomosa Road just north of Quartzsite and drive 12.2 miles to reach the gravel road to the northwest. Hop off the paved road and turn onto it, ...
As you can see, there are some great choices for guides on Amazon. Just by searching “rockhounding” in the Kindle ebooks section of Amazon, I got 55 results, most of them being informative guides to collecting sites and prospecting methods. Imagine how much information you can have at yo...
Homophone Activities for Visual Learners Homophones can be tricky for children and, let’s just be honest, they are tricky for adults, too. A simple search will bring up mounds of comical memes about the appropriate uses of: there, their, they’re… ...
Well, OK, it’s notDead Poet’s Society. Moments of brilliant connection alternate with eye-rolls and heads on desks. Now that they know the word, many of my students have perfected a sardonic sneer. Who can blame them? If anyone has a right to be cynical, it’s these kids, for ...
is the place to be. "Over here there are so many more fossils to be discovered. Paleontology is a lot bigger in America than in other places. And, there are also pretty big dig sites to work out of here. The dig sites are straight up about 10 minutes away for the museum," he ...
Knowing about these applications and the properties of barite can add to the educational value of a mineral collection. Overall, barite’s unique appearance, widespread distribution, and versatile uses make it a great mineral to collect. Minerals, Fossils, and Fluorescents of Arizona by Neil R. ...
Disclaimer: Every rockhound is going to be a little bit different, but here are some ideas for you to consider. Once you’ve spotted the perfect item, we suggest a Google shopping search to find the exact model that will work for you. We can make some recommendations of items that have...