Ward's® Know Your Rocks Collection

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WARD470025-230
470328-410KT 79.99 USD
470328-410 470025-230
Ward's® Know Your Rocks Collection
Specimens Rock Specimens Rock Collections
Identify and classify unknown rock samples.

  • Aligned to NGSS standards (MS: ESS1, ESS2)

Students explore texture, grain size, mineral composition, and foliation as they work to uncover the identity of rock samples from the three major groups. The set is housed in a compartmented collection box and comes with a study guide.

Contents: 24 unnumbered samples, 1×1" magnifier, acid bottle, and numbering kit.
Rocks: Igneous: andesite, basalt, diorite, gabbro, granite, obsidian, pumice, rhyolite. Sedimentary: coal (bituminous), conglomerate, dolomite, limestone (2) sandstone, shale, siltstone. Metamorphic: amphibolite, coal (anthracite), gneiss, marble, quartzite, schist, slate, soapstone.

The kit is also available for purchase with a link to a NewPath digital lesson, which includes a variety of resources on the topic, including background information, illustrations and self-assessments.

Caution: Due to the nature of this product it may contain asbestos.
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