Geology Science Unit: Quick Start

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Welcome to The Good and the Beautiful Geology

This family-style course is fun and simple to teach!

Find out what’s beneath the earth’s surface! In this unit, you will grow crystals, explode volcanoes, make mini earthquakes, and study the rock cycle.

Get ready to be amazed at God’s beautiful, marvelous world in this unique unit study from The Good and the Beautiful!

But first, let’s look at what is included in the course and how to get started.

Required Items

  • Geology: Course Book

    One unit study book needed per family.

  • Geology: Rocks and Minerals Kit

    One unit study book needed per family.

  • Grades 3–6 Student Journal

    One student journal needed per child in grades 3–6.

  • Grades 7–8 Student Journal

    One student journal needed per child in grades 7–8.

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The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Geology science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.

  • 112 pages
  • Full color
  • 14 lessons
  • Wire binding; 8.5″x11″

Includes:

The Good and the Beautiful Rocks and Minerals KitThis kit is incorporated into the course and lessons throughout. Using the testing tools, six minerals, and three rocks included in the kit, lessons will prompt children to observe and test different materials, providing hands-on experiences with geology. Items in the kit include 9 rock or mineral specimens (talc, gypsum, chalcopyrite, fluorite, quartz, aquamarine, igneous: granite, sedimentary: limestone, metamorphic: slate), 1 streak plate, 1 copper nail, and 1 steel nail.⚠️WARNING: SHARP POINTS HAZARD Product contains functional sharp points. Not for children under 8 years. Use under adult supervision.⚠️WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Product contains small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.Purchase on the Geology Course Set page.

*Copyright: If you use this science course in a group setting, you must purchase an physical copy of the unit book for each set of eight children in the class. You must purchase a student journal for each child who will be completing the unit.

Recommended Items

  • Science Activity Book

    Activity Book Grades K-2

  • Read-Aloud Book Pack

    The World Beneath My Feet; Rocks and Minerals Study

  • Grades 7–8 Extension Book

    Caves: The Underground Wilderness

Geology Unit Information

  • Student Journal

    Each student needs his or her own student journal. Lessons direct the child when to complete the activities in the journal.

  • Lesson Preparation

    Just open and go! Your Geology Unit Study arrives wire bound. Each student needs his or her own perfect bound Student Journal.

  • Science Wall Vocabulary

    Cut apart the vocabulary words now, so they are ready to be placed on your science wall. The course tells you when to use these.

  • Activities

    Engage children with hands-on activities. Always use appropriate adult supervision. A complete supply list is found here.

  • For Younger Children

    Some lessons include extra content for younger children (grades 3–6). Parents or teachers may choose to skip this content if instructing only older children.

  • For Older Children

    Some lessons include extra content for older children (grades 7–8). Parents or teachers may choose to skip this content if instructing only younger children. Read more about lesson extensions in our unit information download found below.

  • Unit Videos

    Some lessons include videos that complement the lesson. Have a device available that is capable of playing videos. Videos can be found here or from The Good and the Beautiful Homeschool app.

  • Activity on the Blog

    Visit our Building Homemade Volcanoes Blog to see three ways to make an at-home volcano. Download free directions and activity pages.

  • Science Activity Books

    Children in grades K–2 can experience the joy and wonder of science alongside their older siblings with their very own Science Activity Books. Filled with fun activities, including mazes, coloring, matching, puzzles, and more, to keep your child engaged in science and nature, young learners are sure to be engaged! 

    Each consumable Science Activity Book correlates to a Good and Beautiful grades 3-8 science unit, with every 2-page spread in the activity book corresponding to a lesson in the science unit. However, the activity books are not integrated into the unit and can be used independently. 

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New discoveries in all fields of science are ongoing. The Good and the Beautiful reviews and revises science units periodically to keep information as up-to-date as possible.

Geology Unit Information

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    It includes a complete materials-needed list for your convenience.

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*Copyright: If you use this science course in a group setting, you must purchase an physical copy of the unit book for each set of eight children in the class. You must purchase a student journal for each child who will be completing the unit.

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