Category Archives: Geology Crafts

Landform Diorama
Geology Crafts

Landform Diorama

We are wrapping up our lesson on Landforms! We have been using Beginning Geography which took us though basic map reading, animal habitats and landforms. I can’t say enough how much I loved this e-book, and how much my children loved doing “maps” during school. This week we decided to put all of our knowledge to the test by making …Read the Rest

Geology Crafts
Geo Crafts

Geology Crafts

I know you’re just dying to know what we made with all this beautiful playdough! I meant to post this sooner so as not to make you wait in anticipation so long! A few weeks back we learned about the layers of the earth and this clay made it possible for us to make our own model! Didn’t it turn …Read the Rest

She Sells Seashells….
Fossil Crafts

She Sells Seashells….

….by the seashore: Yeah….not the beach….but even better cause I didn’t have to deal with sand stuck in their every nook and cranny! The kids had a great time making signs, and pricing their goods: They didn’t even know they were learning: It was the perfect day at the beach. Click here for fun ways to learn using seashells!

Rocks and Minerals Discover Day!
Earth Day Crafts

Rocks and Minerals Discover Day!

Last week I set up this Rocks and Minerals Discovery table for the kids to explore with! Let me tell you that they L-O-V-E-D it, and it was hard to wrap it up and move on to the next thing. (Don’t you just hate when you have to pry them away from learning in order to get them to eat …Read the Rest

Make Your Own Fossils
Creation Crafts

Make Your Own Fossils

We’ve been slowly fazing in some Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils to our science lessons, and this was one of the activities that we just had to do! So…here is a super simple way for children to make their own fossils. I had no idea that Plaster of Paris could be so easy to work with! (I had envisions of cement …Read the Rest