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re: Now Closed: I'll answer any question you have about ROCKS!
Posted on 7/10/14 at 3:49 pm to Pectus
Posted on 7/10/14 at 3:49 pm to Pectus
I just called my 9 y. o. son in to give me some rock questions, and of course he can't come up with one. 
(He's a Pectus wannabe/rock hound who will immediately look down at any old pile of rocks to see what he can find. He can spend hours in the creek bed at our camp in Tunica Hills looking for agates and fossils.) he's always asking me questions I can't answer, and he probably knows more about rocks than me anyway since he reads about them all the time.
So here are my Q's:
What kinds of classes should I encourage him to take before college? Obviously science, but anything else?
Any good books for kids you can recommend?
What are the best places to take him around BR to look for rocks?
Do you know if LSU or anywhere else offers a geology camp for kids?
Thanks!
(He's a Pectus wannabe/rock hound who will immediately look down at any old pile of rocks to see what he can find. He can spend hours in the creek bed at our camp in Tunica Hills looking for agates and fossils.) he's always asking me questions I can't answer, and he probably knows more about rocks than me anyway since he reads about them all the time. So here are my Q's:
What kinds of classes should I encourage him to take before college? Obviously science, but anything else?
Any good books for kids you can recommend?
What are the best places to take him around BR to look for rocks?
Do you know if LSU or anywhere else offers a geology camp for kids?
Thanks!
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 3:49 pm
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Posted on 7/10/14 at 3:57 pm to Dorothy
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What kinds of classes should I encourage him to take before college? Obviously science, but anything else?
In boy scouts there are a few merit badges geared towards natural sciences.
I'd get him enrolled in a camp program at a nature center.
Some nature centers let people volunteer.
In school take earth science, physical science, biology, chemistry and physics. If he performs well, he's on his way.
Just get him a field guide to rocks, fossils, and minerals, and he'll have a field day. You can also get a cheap and used college text on Physical or Historical Geology.
BR's best rocks may just be on campus in cabinets...unfortunately. Would you believe that there is coal on the side of I-49 just passed Alexandria though? With that, let him see the hard blocks of loess at Tunica where you are.
The only geology things like that are booths that are opened up for a few hours on certain celebration days. I do know a geology club likes to go to schools and talk about this stuff for teachers that want that in their curriculum.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 4:02 pm to Dorothy
quote:
So here are my Q's:
What kinds of classes should I encourage him to take before college? Obviously science, but anything else?
Any good books for kids you can recommend?
What are the best places to take him around BR to look for rocks?
Do you know if LSU or anywhere else offers a geology camp for kids?
get him interested in beer, cooking and eating chilli,and taking pictures with beer cans or rock hammers for scale.
teach him to hate math and only do the bear minmum to get a C.
teach him to be egotistical and it that is OK to wear flip-flops or boots anywhere.
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