For many people, geology could be considered an underappreciated science. This may be especially true when it is compared to other sciences such as physics, biology or chemistry, but if you are dealing with five to eight year olds like I do geology is probably their favourite science. They come to library after lunch with a rock in their pocket that they found on the playground or in the garden and ask what is this? I empathise with them because I loved rocks as a child. My father was a science teacher who was besotted with rocks. We'd be on a family holiday and he would stop the car and get us four children out of the car to look at some geological marvel. It may have been a plug, a cirque, a moraine, an incline/syncline in a cutting, shale, mica or some other unusual rock we hadn't seen up close.
Geology is the study of the composition of rocks, soils and other natural materials. It is also the science of the Earth's physical structure and its life recorded in rocks. It has been around since Ancient Greek times. Rocks tell stories. The books on rocks, crystals and fossils are always borrowed especially if we do a display.
So it's time to put together a book display about everything to do with geology , including the historical geologists that have helped people understand our world better.
Start with something general and then explore the 552 area of your library.
These are some of the popular ones in our library:
Looking for biographies? Try:
And hopefully one day there will be biographies about Inge Lehmann (1888 - 1993), a Danish seismologist who discovered that Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core.
Looking for picture books? These are worth searching out, but there's plenty more if you look in the catalogue:
Happy rock hunting.
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