In Focus: Rocks and Fossils
In Focus: Rocks and Fossils

Author: Chris Oxlade

Publisher: Kingfisher

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0753474271

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What is a meteorite? Why can you find seashell fossils on Mount Everest? What are gemstones made of? In Focus: Rocks and Fossils has the answers! In Focus is a cool information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and fun facts, kids will have fun learning about the world around them! Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index.

Rocks and Fossils
Rocks and Fossils

Author: Struan Reid

Publisher: Usborne Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780746096338

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Struan Reid explains how rocks, minerals and fossils are actually formed, what they can tell us about the past history of the Earth and its future, and where you can see and find them.

Fossil
Fossil

Author:

Publisher: Two Lions

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781477847008

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When a boy discovers that breaking open rocks with fossils brings the fossils back to life, he ends up bringing something back that is bigger than he can handle.

Magic of Minerals and Rocks
Magic of Minerals and Rocks

Author: Dirk J. Wiersma

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 3642186955

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Features 135 splendid color photographs, ranges from vast rock-landscapes recorded in Europe, America, Australia, and Iceland right down to finely detailed images of a few square millimeters. Close-ups of crystals, gems, and fossils are alternated with micro-images of the minute textures and patterns that emerge from thin, translucent sections of rocks and minerals. Literally, as well as figuratively Dirk Wiersma, the photographer, ́zooms in` on the subject matter, leading the reader deeper into various spaces of surprising new forms and perspectives, at times abstract, at other times (pseudo)realistic. Brief accompanying texts are written in a style that is accessible and appealing to a general audience, while also providing the necessary factual information.

Fossils Inside Out
Fossils Inside Out

Author: Thomas Wiewandt

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781879728080

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Fossils Inside Out brings fossils, paleoecology, and the fossil industry to life in a beautiful and easy-to-understand format suitable for young adults and older, scientists and non-scientists. This large format book is packed with information connecting the past, present, and future of life on Earth. It also reaches beyond the basics by covering historical perspectives on fossil collecting, laws that can confuse anyone, new imaging technologies, the art of fossil preparation, and how to spot a fake. Most of the imagery (90 percent) has been selected from the author's personal photographic archive, enhanced by some exceptional artwork from outside sources. Paleontologists, collectors, dealers, museums, and artists worldwide have generously helped to make this book possible. Chapters include: Dealers to Dinosaurs: Evolution of the World's Greatest Fossil Show Fossils: Messengers From the Past Fossils Lost and Found Geological Time and Drifting Continents Collecting Fossils Gallery of Life Extinction Events Seeing the Unseen: Probing the Past With New Imaging Technologies Art of Fossil Preparation and Display.

National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals
National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals

Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426312830

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From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists of tomorrow! This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words. Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding: 978-1-4263-1039-3 National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.

The Sciencebook
The Sciencebook

Author: Matthias Delbrück

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9781426203374

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A comprehensive visual reference offering facts from all major fields of science is organized into six sections--the universe, planet Earth, biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics--and includes timelines, sidebars, and cross-references.

Animated Science: Rocks and Minerals
Animated Science: Rocks and Minerals

Author: John Farndon

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2022-10-18

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1338890514

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Rocks and minerals come alive in the next Animated Science book, an outstanding comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate! From gemstones to fossils and beyond, Animated Science: Rocks and Minerals is the definitive guide to rocks and minerals for grade school readers. In this book, readers will explore the substances that make up our Earth through comic illustrations and hilarious characters. With a narrative nonfiction text, kid-friendly information, and Shiho Pate's engaging illustrations, Animated Science: Rocks and Minerals is a perfect introduction and ready reference, appealing and laugh-out-loud funny. Easily accessible for readers just learning, with more interesting facts and details for older kids honing their knowledge. Great for all ages!

Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids
Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids

Author: William W. Morgan

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2021-11-19

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0253058244

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Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids is the first comprehensive guide for identifying the fossils of echinoderms from hundreds of millions of years ago, when North America was covered by a warm, equatorial sea. Crinoids and blastoids, echinoderms (the same family of marine animals to include starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars) from the Fort Payne Formation in Kentucky, are rarely seen at gem, mineral, and fossil shows, nor are they regularly displayed at major museums. By combining high-quality color photographs and an accompanying descriptive text, William W. Morgan provides the first comprehensive identification guide to these fascinating fossils. Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids features photographs, often offering more than one view, of the best-quality specimens curated in the Smithsonian and other prominent invertebrate fossil museums. Morgan includes photographs that are unlabeled so that readers can test themselves to see whether they can differentiate some of the more subtle features that may be necessary for accurate identification.