Título:
Rocks and minerals
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Resumen:
Describes the difference between rocks, minerals, and gems. Explains how different types of rock were formed. Describes the properties that are used to identify minerals, and explores different places where rocks and minerals are found. Shows how rocks are used every day, sometimes in new ways.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2004
Descripción física:
32 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contenido:
Introduction: shaping a mountain -- A world or rocks: lots of rocks -- A gallery of minerals: some real gems -- Picture this: dazzling crystals -- High-tech rocks: new uses for old rocks -- Thinking like a scientist: classifying -- Hands-on science: crystal critters -- Science notebook -- Glossary.
EPSB_521_2:
Grades 3-8
Autor corporativo añadido:
ISBN:
9780792245711
Información de publicación:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2004.
©2004
