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Rockfinders [dvd]

Contributor(s): Orbit, Max | Crane, Todd Alan | Mazzarella Bros. Productions | Thinkeroo (Firm) | Visual Education Centre.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialSeries: Way cool science: Publisher: [United States] : Vaughn, Ont. : Mazzarella Bros. Productions ; Visual Education Centre Limited [distributor], c2003Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 activity sheets booklet.Other title: Rock finders [dvd].Subject(s): Rocks | Minerals | Fossils | Rocks -- Collection and preservation | Mineralogy | Paleontology | Earth -- Crust | Earth -- Internal structure | GRADES 1-3 | GRADES 4-6 | SCIENCE (GRADES K-10) | SOCIAL STUDIES (GRADES K-6)DDC classification: D 552 R65 Online resources: Activity sheets - Online
Production Credits: Directed by Mark Mazzarella ; written by Anthony J. Mazzarella, Dave Lepare ; camera/editor, Thomas Mazzarella.
Max Orbit is played by Todd Alan Crane.Summary: Designed to introduce students to the world of science. In this program, host Max Orbit explores the nature of rocks, minerals and fossils. Discusses the properties of rocks and minerals and the layer of the Earth, the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and how rocks are formed and changed through the processes of weathering and erosion. Also considers the tools needed for rock collecting, where to look for specimens. and how to identify rocks and minerals. Also notes rules for safe rock and mineral collection.
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D 552 R65 (Browse shelf) Available cc-no, Teacher's Guide -yes S3595

Title taken from title screen.

On container: c2010 Mazzarella Media.

"A Thinkeroo production" -- DVD program.

With Max Orbit" -- DVD program.

Directed by Mark Mazzarella ; written by Anthony J. Mazzarella, Dave Lepare ; camera/editor, Thomas Mazzarella.

Max Orbit is played by Todd Alan Crane.

Designed to introduce students to the world of science. In this program, host Max Orbit explores the nature of rocks, minerals and fossils. Discusses the properties of rocks and minerals and the layer of the Earth, the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and how rocks are formed and changed through the processes of weathering and erosion. Also considers the tools needed for rock collecting, where to look for specimens. and how to identify rocks and minerals. Also notes rules for safe rock and mineral collection.

Ages 5 and up; Grades 1-6.

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