Reading The Rocks

Author : Marcia Bjornerud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0786722053
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Rocks written by Marcia Bjornerud and published by . This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many of us, the Earth’s crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. Containing a glossary and detailed timescale, as well as vivid descriptions and historic accounts, Reading the Rocks is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth.

Author : Cari Meister
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780516272931
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Love Rocks written by Cari Meister and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and engaging way for young children to figure out concepts and solving problems on his or her own. Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. From boulders to buildings, from mountains to caves, smooth or jagged, rocks are all around us. With the help of a genuine rock-loving guide, young readers will enjoy sorting out all the different kinds of rocks, where they are found and how we use them.

Author : Mari Schuh
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496629736
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning about Rocks written by Mari Schuh and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountains are made of it. Buildings can be too. Read more to find out the facts on rocks.

Author : Herman Schneider
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486782018
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocks, Rivers and the Changing Earth written by Herman Schneider and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated introduction to geology offers young readers insights into everyday signs of our constantly changing environment. Fascinating subjects include rivers of ice, the rise of volcanoes, and the formation of precious stones.

Author : William B. Rice
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1433390825
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Rocks & Minerals written by William B. Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2007-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many different kinds of rocks. But rocks have many things in common, too. All rocks are solid, are made naturally, and are made up of groups of smaller particles and minerals that are stuck together. There are three types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Rocks have been used to make buildings, walls, and roads. In the form of fossils, rocks have taught us many things about the kinds of plants and animals that have lived on Earth.

Author : Marli Bryant Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780878427031
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oregon Rocks! written by Marli Bryant Miller and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To discover astonishing rocks and landforms in the Beaver State, all that is required is a good map, a sense of adventure, and Oregon Rocks, a guide to 60 of the most compelling geologic sites in the state. The well-chosen destinations span the state's geologic history from the Triassic marble at Oregon Caves to the 240-year-old lava dome on Mt. Hood. With more active volcanoes than any other state in the Lower Forty-Eight, Oregon boasts towering behemoths, steaming fumaroles, and eroding cinder cones. Geologist Marli Miller will guide you through the ash and lava from recent eruptions to find evidence of older ones, including a supervolcano possibly produced by the Yellowstone hot spot before it tracked east, and lava that flowed all the way to the coast from eruptions near the Oregon-Idaho border. Although residents of eastern and western Oregon may not admit they have anything in common, the barnacled sea stacks near Cannon Beach and Tillamook are composed of the exact same rock as stacked lava flows on the Columbia Plateau. With beautiful photographs and informative figures and maps, this guidebook will unite Oregonians in their pursuit of outdoor exploration, be it rock hounding, peak bagging, beachcombing, or contemplating their place in the long history of the Earth"--

Author : Susan Muaddi Darraj
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496584295
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farah Rocks Fifth Grade written by Susan Muaddi Darraj and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2023 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School; but when a new girl Dana Denver starts tormenting Farah and her younger brother, Samir, she decides she can not leave Samir to face the bully alone, especially since the adults and even Allie do not seem to be taking the matter seriously--so Farah comes up with a plan, one which involves lying to those closest to her.

Author : Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780545500210
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocks and Minerals written by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book talks about the differnt types of rocks and minerals.

Author : Marcia Bjornerud
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465006847
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Rocks written by Marcia Bjornerud and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. Containing a glossary and detailed timescale, as well as vivid descriptions and historic accounts, Reading the Rocks is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth.

Author : Byrd Baylor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442408111
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everybody Needs a Rock written by Byrd Baylor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.