Helps children identify different species, features detailed true-to-life illustrations, has fun activities and projects, and includes scrapbook pages for notes and drawings.

Rocks & minerals -- Basalt -- Granite -- Obsidian -- Rhyolite -- Conglomerate -- Limestone -- Sandstone -- Shale -- Gneiss -- Marble -- Slate -- Schist -- Garnet -- Mica -- Quartz -- Make some rock candy -- Fossils -- Plant fossils -- Bivalves -- Brachiopads -- Bryozoans -- Trilobites -- Create your own fossil -- Arrowheads & artifacts -- Knives -- Arrowheads -- Spear points -- Axes -- Drills and awls -- Scrapers -- Design a friendship necklace -- Make an arrowhead display.