Geology Club

A Plan of Action

The following is a geology club outline that has been used successfully. It was designed to cover lesson plans for seven meetings. You may use any or all of this document. Special thanks to Kathy Koenig for making this document available to others who wish to start a geology club for the children of their community.

Third Grade GEOLOGY CLUB

Cost : $25 per student

Meeting : Times -Dates

Snack : students bring own (pretzels provided for those without snack)

Journal : Students will keep a science journal of work in club meetings and home activities (home activities are optional)

Meeting - Topic	Activity	Materials Sent Home	Home Activity
Meeting #1 Crystals	Observe different types (ex. sugar and salt) Make connection between crystals and minerals Show a finished magic crystal tree and rock candy Cookie mining	Science journal ($0.10) Starting a rock collection info Magic crystal Tree ($1.42)	Make rock candy Make Magic Crystal Tree kit (good for in class activity!)
	Readings/Websites	http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/crystals.html
Meeting #2 Minerals	Tools of Geologists Mineral identification Show products made from minerals	Products bag (.15) 4 minerals (1.75)	Identify minerals in products Begin rock collection
	Readings/Websites	www.mii.org/commonminerals.html http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/physical.htm http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm
Meeting #3 Rocks	Discuss three types of rock Rock identification	Rock identification kit ($5.76) Rock collection box ($1.26) Piece of coal, granite, marble, lava, limestone, slate (free) Starting a fossil collection info	Mystery bag of four rocks to identify at home Begin fossil collection
	Readings/Websites	http://www.rocksforkids.com/ http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html

Meeting #4 Rock Cycle	Students bring in their rock collections & check identification of mystery rocks Re-introduce three types of rock Use liquid paper to number rocks?? Demonstrate rock cycle with food?? (~1.00/kid)	Worksheet for home activity	Continue fossil collection Sort rock collection by rock type (worksheet with questions) ?????
	Readings/Websites	http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
Meeting #5 Fossils 1	Intro to fossils (put fossil in a bag and describe by touch) Making own fossil Bury a fossil for excavating	Fossil student made (.30) Fossil pamphlet (0.30)	Excavate unknown fossils in addition to the one they buried Read about fossils
	Readings/Websites	http://www.rom.on.ca/quiz/fossil/ http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/index.html
Meeting #6 Fossils 2	Fossil identification (class set and student collection) Timeline, matching of fossil to real-life form? Still need to decide how to use the collection	Career worksheet Twelve fossils in a bag (10.00) Fossil fish (0.50)	Worksheet on careers in geology (matching??) or use website and choose a career of interest to include in journal Excavate a fossil fish
	Readings/Websites	http://www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/brochure.html
Meeting #7 Careers in Geology	Meet a geologist! -- ?? Sharing of journals Certificate of completion Pizza Party (1.00) Alternative to this meeting would be to continue working with the fossil collection	Certificate (.50) �I love Geology� pencil or small gift (1.00)
	Readings/Websites	http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/ Majors/geology.htm#related%20career%20titles

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