18241 SW 52nd Ct, Southwest Ranches, FL 33331
1-800-2-SCIENCE or 954-680-7977
[email protected]
When you can’t visit the mountain to study the rock cycle, bring a piece of the mountain to your classroom!
Rocks and mineral take on a new meaning in this exciting hands-on experience with rocks and minerals.
Teams of geologists determine luster, hardness using Mohs scale, color based on streak, and crystal shape
to classify the rocks and minerals from a sample source. Using these characteristics as clues, and a flow
chart like a dichotomous key, the geology teams will identify and distinguish between them.
After identifications from the sample sources are complete, the geologists will find naturally occurring
specimens which they must then characterize using the criteria of luster, hardness, crystal shape and color.
Gemologists will:
Determine luster (including transparency, translucency, and opaqueness)
Determine hardness based on Mohs scale technique
Determine crystal shape
Identify unknown specimens using the techniques applied to the sample
Complete a journal from the specimens found
Geologists will have their own specimens to keep and carry out further research
Reservation and Overview
To make reservations for a Geology In A Bucket program, call the office with dates in mind and the
approximate number of participants. Contract information will be sent; have the participants return the “A
Letter for Parents” On the day(s) of your programs, our instructor will arrive 30 minutes prior to the first
program to prepare the outdoor site for the experience. It should be a grassy area close to a water source
and away from school activities, but a short walking distance from your grade’s classrooms. Please secure
an area for the instructor to park close to this area as there is a lot of equipment to set up. Be sure to notify
the custodian of this activity prior to our visit. In the event of rain, we will move to a covered area.
In preparing students, tell them they are going on a trip (without leaving the school) and will be searching
through fossil-bearing gravels from special geographical locations. Please encourage your group to dress
for the event by wearing an old shirt over approved school attire.
Geology In A Bucket can be used as an introduction, a supplement or a follow-up to your studies of rocks
and minerals, geology, earth science or gemology. You decide how you wish to use it. After the program
teachers can go online to the Science Eye website and download a “Certified Geologist” certificate for their
class or for each student as well as find information for follow-up activities. Students will receive a copy of
the.mineral identification sheet for futher studies.
Cancellations must be made 30 days prior to your program date in order to avoid a $100
cancellation fee.
We look forward to researchingGeology In
A Bucket with you!
COST OF PROGRAM
1 ½ hours In-school Program – Grades 6-9
$8.50/per student - minimum of 50 students per day and have at least two classes each day