Siskiyou Environmental Education Center
The Geology Kit explores our planet from the perspective of its geologic structure. Allowing students to learn experientially enables them to understand concepts such as the rock cycle and the characteristics of our regional geology. The student kits that are included afford students the opportunity to key out rock types that are common to the Rogue Valley.
Activities:
- Classroom rock collection - collecting rocks, identifying them and labeling for a collection
- Rock Cycle Adventures - an interactive activity exploring the rock cycle
- Rocks of the Rogue Valley - exercise using student kits and keying out 8 local rock samples
- Geology of Jackson County Crossword
- Recipe for Soil – making soil and identifying the major components of soil
- Crater Lake information and activities (volcanoes)
Books:
- Geology of Jackson County
- Incredible Earth
- Discovering Volcanoes
- Discovering Crater Lake
- Rocks and Soil, Thematic Unit
- Geoblox- Geology Block Model
- Geology, The Active Earth
- Peterson First Field Guides: Rocks and Minerals
- Golden Guide:Geology
Resources:
- Student Study Kits
- Various Rock Collections
- Oregon Caves Map
- Crater Lake and Lava Bed Maps
- Various Rock Information Cards
- Various other Geology Kit Resources and Books