Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...