10 Week Geology Course • Online

🪨 Hands-On Geology: 10-Week Online Geology Adventure Explore the Earth. Touch the specimens. Become a Geologist! 10 weeks of live online geology + an incredible hands-on geology kit delivered to every student! This isn’t your typical online class! Students will meet LIVE online every Thursday from 9:00–10:00 AM for an engaging, interactive geology lesson — then use their own collection of real rocks, minerals, fossils, and geology tools to explore the concepts we learn about together. Each student will receive a hands-on geology kit containing 50+ specimens and tools, giving them the opportunity to examine, test, identify, and investigate real geological specimens right from home. 🔎 What’s Included? Every student receives a hands-on geology kit including: 🪨 50+ rocks, minerals & fossils 🔍 Hand lens 💡 UV light 💎 Geode 🦴 Fossil specimens ✨ Fluorescent minerals 🧪 Specimens used for hands-on demonstrations and investigations 📚 Additional educational materials Students will use their specimens throughout the course, making this a hands-on science experience—not just a class they watch on a screen. 💻 Online Classroom Students will also be added to a private Google Classroom, where they will receive: Printable worksheets Quizzes Additional activities Discussion questions Supplemental learning materials Class resources and assignments 🌎 10-Week Course Topics Week 1 — Earth Processes How our planet changes, moves, and creates the rocks and landscapes around us. Week 2 — Natural Disasters Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and other powerful forces of nature. Week 3 — Rocks & Minerals Learn how rocks and minerals form, how to tell them apart, and how geologists identify them. Week 4 — All About Fossils Discover how fossils form, what they can tell us about Earth’s past, and how paleontologists study them. Week 5 — Rocks & Minerals We Use Every Day Explore the surprising ways rocks and minerals are part of our homes, technology, food, transportation, and everyday lives. Week 6 — Deadly Rocks & Minerals ☠️ Some minerals are beautiful…but dangerous! Learn about toxic, radioactive, and otherwise hazardous minerals. Week 7 — Fluorescent Rocks ✨ Turn off the lights and turn on the UV! Discover why some minerals glow and investigate your own fluorescent specimens. Week 8 — All About Geodes 💎 What’s hiding inside a geode? Learn how these incredible formations develop and explore the crystals inside. Week 9 — How Animals Use Rocks & Minerals 🐦🦷 From birds using rocks to help digest food to animals seeking out minerals in the wild, discover the fascinating relationship between animals and geology. Week 10 — Geology Investigation & Discovery 🔎 Put your new geology skills to work with hands-on specimen investigations, identification challenges, and a final geology adventure! 📅 Class Details When: Thursdays, 9:00–10:00 AM Where: Live online Google Classroom: Included Length: 10 weeks Cost: $100 per student ⚠️ Limited Enrollment Because this course includes a hands-on specimen kit for every student, enrollment is limited. $100 includes the complete 10-week course AND the geology kit. Give your student the chance to do more than learn about geology. Let them hold it, examine it, test it, investigate it, and become a geologist! 🪨🔎🌎 FREE Geology Classes! Want to try geology before committing to the full hands-on course? We also offer FREE online geology classes on select Thursdays from 6:00–7:00 PM. These free classes include the lesson but do not include the hands-on specimen kit or supplies. Watch for our upcoming free class dates!