The latest addition to the best-selling Backpack Explorer series invites kids ages 4 and up to head out on a rock-collecting adventure. Colorful activity pages, along with the magnifying glass (included in book) challenge kids to search for and identify a variety of rocks, minerals, and fossils; learn introductory geology; stack, sort, and craft with rocks; and record their rock hunting finds using the fold-out log page and enclosed sticker sheets.
Backpack Explorer: Rock Hunt is packed with prompts and activities, including: 12 interactive field guide pages introducing rock classifications (color, shape, size, texture); sensory scavenger hunts; hands-on outdoor creative activities; rock experiments; and discovery zone pages with facts about geology, landforms, igneous and metamorphic rocks, gems, fossils, and more. The book includes a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a log for recording rock finds, making it the perfect explorer guide for budding geologists, whether in a backyard, a city park, or a nature preserve.
Now nature-curious kids can play and learn with the companion Backpack Explorer online game!
- Hardcover: 48 pages
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (February 28, 2023)
- ISBN-13: 978-1635865530