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Do you need geology activities? For a classroom? Homeschooling? Something different for an after school program? Maybe you dont know how much you need them.

If youve ever taken a walk in the woods with a young child, youve probably observed a natural love of rocks and minerals. Shape, color, textureany of these can warrant special notice, a quick pick-up and a drop in the pocket. Once home, those same rocks can spark a memory or an imagination of how it came to be there at just that spot in the path.

A love for the natural world is so universal that if you drop rocks and minerals into a Google search youll find over 9 million websites from countries all around the world--and lots of these are directed to children or made by children. On a short search, I encountered sites by teachers for students, by avid rock hounds for aspiring rock hounds, by colleges, universities, and museums, and by folks who just LOVE rocks!

Thats why we recommend starting a geology club.

Geology Club In Ohio

Last year, Kathy Koenig of Cincinnati started a geology club for 7 and 8 year-olds. Being a teacher, she wanted to inspire kids in a subject she knew would be lots of fun. She also wanted to give the students plenty of opportunities for some genuine science work. She planned out a years worth of geology activities and lessons.

The Basic Plan

The club met for eight sessions monthly throughout the school year. Students paid $25 for the year-long club, all of which was to be used to purchase specimens, experimental materials, and geology activities, that could then be owned by the students. Kathy searched hard to find resources who would give her a lot for her money. (Thats how she found us at www.fossilicious.com!)

Attendance

Would you be surprised if you found out that this geology club had nearly 100% attendance, even on Friday afternoons after school? Thats what happened! Even on the last day of the week, kids were thrilled to spend time LEARNING!

The students worked with:

• crystals and crystal growing
  
• classification of minerals
  
• the practical uses of minerals around the house
  
• the rock cycle and the events that lead to different formations
  
• how fossils are formed
  
• how to identify and dig for fossils
  
• and, of course, starting their own fossil,rock and mineral collections.
  

Careful Planning And a Little Help

While Kathy planned the sessions and led the meetings, parent volunteers were there to support the students in their geology activities. Most of the meeting time was spent in hands on geology activities with real specimens. The extra adult support allowed more of the children to be engaged and successful.

The Results

By the end of the year, students had not only learned a great deal, they had also begun personal collections, nicely labeled and ready for display. These budding paleontologists and geologists were becoming well-versed in the process of excavation and labelingand theyd had a first-hand experience with creating good field notes.

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References

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Now, with some years of "real life" under the belt, I can look back and realize the lessons that even dear old Mr. Shakespeare taught me. Romance, what mistakes not to make and thinking with your head and not your heart (OK maybe a little bit of heart) being just some of the few that that great man taught even the most skeptic scholar, and this without me even knowing it!

But I digress...this is not about Romeo and Juliet, but science. How relevant is science to every day life? Is it good enough to learn it in the classroom in order to pass the exam and leave it at that? Realistically, if a student's aim is to become an accountant, what relevance does the process of photosynthesis have to his or her existence?

I would like to suggest that it is very relevant. To the boy who is to train to be a motor mechanic, understanding forces, viscosity of liquids at different temperatures and indeed combustion of volatile materials is very relevant. To the girl whose aim it is is to be a landscaper, an understanding of photosynthesis, nutrient uptake of plants and plant pathogens will surely assist her in her business.

Yes, and even the future accountant can make use of science knowledge, even if it is to brighten his office with pot plants, which will give off the life giving oxygen that keeps him alert during those long hours at the desk when the financial year end comes around!

I have given a glimpse of the futures of some imaginary kids, but what about the now? What about science for kids who are in school now? Without intending to insult the reader's intelligence, is it not obvious that what happens in their lives now affects the attitudes later in life? Applying this to the topic on hand, what happens with their science education now will affect their attitudes to science later in life. Will it be a relevant topic or something that will not even enter their minds once they are qualified in their respective fields of expertise?

Having shown that science is relevant in a person's career, never mind their day to day life, is it not important, even essential, that science for kids becomes an integral part of their lives? This means beyond the classroom and the science fair project. The kids of today need to be taught and made aware of science in their lives. How it affects them and how it can be utilized to improve their existence, starting now.

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Science must be life because life itself is in fact science!

By Neil Madgwick - Passionate about science!Website: http://www.good-science-fair-projects.com

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