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Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County
A wonderful selection of minerals, gemstones, fossils, and Native American artifacts can be found in this museum.
http://www.mineralmuseum.org/
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- University of California at Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology Text and images on topics that fall within the overall heading of paleontology, exhibits created by paleontogists that offer an overview of the diversity that has existed throughout time on this planet and highlight some of the research that paleontologists are conducting.
- North Carolina Geological Survey Explore the geological maps of North Carolina, learn about the minerals that can be found there, and check out the questions that students are asking geologists.
- Mineralogy 4 Kids Learn about mineral groups, the rock cycle, or Ask-a-Mineralogist your "rocky" question on the Mineralogical Society of America's site for kids.
- Lesson plan: Digging up discoveries The students will study archaeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a “rock” from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.
- Lesson plan: Minerals and math Students will develop ways to create self-devised rules for classifying minerals and relate this information to scientific ways of classifying minerals according to their characteristics. They will then compile this information into a chart and convert parts of the chart into a line or bar graph.
- Lesson plan: Rocks really rock! A lesson on the classification of rocks This lesson will help students classify various rocks according to specified criteria. It will also help students classify a given rock using selected mineral identification tests. Students will use a graphic organizer to display their findings.
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- Horizons Unlimited: This wonderful education center and museum provides hands-on programs for students in the areas of history and the physical and biological sciences.
- Aurora Fossil Museum: Some of the world's finest marine fossil displays of the Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene periods can be found at this Beaufort County museum.
- Colburn Earth Science Museum: The best rock and mineral specimens from the Burnham Standish Colburn collection are housed in the Colburn Earth Science Museum. Students will enjoy the programs that are centered around this collection which include fossils, gems, and North Carolina minerals.
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- Learn more about American Indians, Henderson County, North Carolina, artifacts, fossils, gems, geology, history museums, minerals, rocks, and science museums.
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Located at 400 North Main Street in Hendersonville, this museum houses exhibits from North Carolina, the Smithsonian, English minerals, Indian artifacts, a dinosaur egg nest, fossils, fluorescent minerals, and gems and faceted minerals. The Museum’s specialty is Geodes, which are sold, cracked and/or displayed.
The museum is open Monday-Friday 1:00PM-5:00PM and Saturday 10:00AM-5:00PM. Admission is free. School Groups should make reservations to come to the museum between 9 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Friday. The museum can be found on the lower level of the Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society building. For additional information call (828) 698-1977 or send email to mineralmuseum@cytechusa.com