Geology Supply List

Earth Beneath My Feet

• Stack of paper plates
• Plastic knives
• Clear, empty film canister
• Dark rye bread
• Light brown bread
• White bread
• Apple butter mixed with raisins OR Crunchy peanut butter
• Cream cheese mixed with M & M's OR White icing with colored chips
• Materials to sketch and label the sandwich (left side: names of food, right side: names of rocks and characteristics)
• Pictures of different layers of rocks, such as in the Grand Canyon

Journey to the Center of the Earth

• Apple
• Sharp Knife
• Marbles for core
• Paint or markers
• 4" diameter Styrofoam sphere
• Blue plastic wrap
• Brown paper from shopping bags

Making and Dating Fossils

Learning About Fossils
Cards with fossil diagrams for "determining age of cards"
Common Ohio fossils obtained from OSU Orton Museum:

• 3 Oysters (Cretaceous)
• 14 brachiopods, approximate identifications (Devonian)
• 7 Paraspifera

• 3 Mucrospifera
• 4 Rafinesquina
• 1 snail (Devonian)
• 3 corals (Devonian)
• 1 Belemnite (Jurassic)
• 4 Crinoid (Devonian)
• 1 shark's tooth age =?

• Modeling clay
• Plastic bowl (small disposable)
• Plaster of Paris
• Water
• Mixing bowl
• Measurig cup
• Chalk or string
• Meter stick

• Geologic events on cards for time line
• Sheet of paper (possibly use a 6' long sheet of brown wrapping paper

Sedimentary Rocks

Classification
Office supplies such as: erasers, pencils, paper clips, pens, rubber bands, paper, post-its, markers, alligator clips (binder clips), tape, ruler, measuring tape, highlighters, etc.
Sedimentary rocks such as: shale, sandstone, conglomerate, and other sedimentary rocks

• Dry Sand
• Cementing Solution (2 parts water to 1 part Epsom salt)
• Paper cups

• Shoebox
• Garbage bag
• Paper cups
• Sandwich baggies
• Dry Cement
• Dry Sand
• Water
• Rocks

• Shoebox
• Garbage bag
• Paper cups
• Dry plaster
• Water
• Pieces of shells

Once Rocks Are Dry (2-3 days later)
Magnifying glass