SCISP Topic Book: Rocks and Minerals
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals.
Contents
• Collecting rocks
• Rocks - the building blocks of the Earth's crust
• Identifying a rock
• Identifying a mineral
• Polishing your specimens
• Appendix
HEALTH and SAFETY
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