Outdoor Hour Challenge
Rock Study: Calcite, Limestone, Marble Nature Study
Most families that have been taking time for nature study have no doubt started an official or unofficial rock collection. I know when my boys were young, they would fill my pockets with rock treasures on our nature walks and then insist I take them home for our nature table. So many rocks!
Use this week’s Outdoor Hour Challenge to learn a bit about rocks that you may already have in your collection. Or use the information and videos in the original challenge to build enthusiasm for a rock hunt soon.
View the original challenge here: Outdoor Hour Challenge – Calcite, Limestone, Marble.
If you have access to the ebook, there is a general rock activity on page 39 that everyone can use: Rocks Up Close printable. Take this notebook page along with you this week during your Outdoor Hour Challenge and see how many things you can find.
Newsletter Resources: Members also have access to the two newsletters in the archives that feature rock nature studies: January 2013 and February 2016.
Alternate Study: Members can download and print the Under a Rock Notebook Page. Find a rock, turn it over and then observe what you can find underneath. This is a fun activity with or without the notebook page.
Sample to view: Outdoor Hour Challenge Autumn Nature Study 2015 Sample Pages
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Topics in this ebook include:
- Swallows and swifts
- Catfish
- Jewelweed
- Prickly lettuce
- Cockroach
- Field horsetail
- Catbird
- Calcite, limestone, marble
- Chicken
- Turkey
- Hedgehog fungi
- Sapsucker
- Brooks
