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Rock Museum

Activity

Creating Your Stone Exhibition

Create a rock museum! Collect rocks around your school, then create your own exhibit based on a theme. For example: color, size, texture, shape or other qualities you like. Display your rock exhibit to your class and have them try to guess your theme!

a collection of different colored and shaped rocks

a group of pink, green, orange, and beige colored rocks

Science Seed

A rock is a combination of multiple minerals. A mineral is inorganic (not made of living things), solid, has crystalline structure and is made by nature (not man-made). There are 3 main types of rock: Igneous rock, formed when melted rock cools down. Some, like granite, cool slowly underground, while others, like basalt, cool quickly on the Earth’s surface. Sedimentary rock is made from tiny bits and pieces that stick together over time. They often have layers and might hide fossils, like sandstone and limestone. Metamorphic rocks are formed from rocks that get really hot or squished. For example, shale can turn into slate, and limestone can become marble.

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earn Badges

Badges can be earned through hands-on experiences within each of the 16 branches of science, or “Science Slices.” You can earn a badge in each branch of science by doing four activities in these categories. We also encourage participants to keep a Nature Journal to record their memories, and to express themselves creatively through writing or drawing after each activity. We recommend that each child (and parent if they’d like) write or draw in a journal after each activity, with expectations of your children that match their age (the goal is self-expression, not perfection).

Explore Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The Ecologist School Pocket Guide: TSBVI edition is a collaboration between Families in Nature and the Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired as an effort to help our community learn more about the TSBVI campus, while getting outside into nature together! This booklet has 80 lessons across 16 different branches of science to help you play, learn, and volunteer on campus!

join Families in Nature

It is our vision to inspire all families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists. Becoming a member of Families in Nature will give your family the opportunity to have adventures in nature, experience field science, develop as youth conservation leaders, and make memories that will last a lifetime. Memberships are free for everyone.

Who are we?

Families in Nature works to create opportunities for nature connection with the purpose of sparking a deep love and desire to protect, conserve and restore the environment. Our mission is to connect children and their families to nature and to each other through time spent learning, playing, and volunteering outdoors. It is our vision to inspire ALL families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists.