Earth Science Textbooks
Comprehensive, economical kits enable multiple activities for learning about minerals and rocks and their various physical properties, as well as other essential properties of natural processes on planet Earth. Modern technology allows for accurate tracking and prediction models for aiding comprehension of immense natural phenomena such as hurricanes and earthquakes, and Avantor offers a wide variety of kits to choose from for studying historical geological stages in the Earth’s development and the remnants of those stages such as fossils or ash from volcanic eruptions.
Complete Physical Geology Teaching Series
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What Rock Is It? Study Kits
Test your student's geology skills with this educational and fun activity. Students receive a bag of unlabeled rock specimens, then must test for physical and chemical properties in order to identify each rock sample. The easy-to-follow flowchart aids students in their classification decisions.
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Physical Science with Vernier Lab Book
Perfect for introductory physical science.
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What Mineral Is It? Study Kit
How do geologists classify minerals? This kit lets students observe and test a variety of specimens in order to identify and sort them. You can also use this set to introduce students to the methods and techniques that are commonly used in geological classification.
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Golden Guides
Each pocket-sized volume contains hundreds of illustrations and descriptions of the most common, important, and striking examples of each type of specimen, structure, or phenomena.
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Weather Series
These delightful young reader books use splendid cut-outs, eye pleasing illustrations and even an amusing song or two to guide students through the changing seasons, to teach them that weather can be observed and that weather can vary from day to day and from season to season, and that weather can affect what we do and what we wear.
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Sunshine Makes the Seasons
What are the reasons for the seasons? Students read and find out that it all begins with the Sun.
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Earth Science with Vernier Lab Book
Step-by-step experiments that are easily executable.
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Simon and Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals
M. Prinz, G. Harlow, and J. Peters, eds.