"Ward"

Unpolished metamorphic rock with silky lusture, red-brown colour, and clear parallel intergrown quartz crystals.

Examine how a microscope works.

Gray andesite with phenocrysts of felspar and/or hornblende.

View Typical Skeletal Anatomy of Dogs

Monitor and graph temperature change in an endothermic reaction.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.

Typical green-gray, fissile, clay-rich.

Red, medium, to coarse-grained iron oxide cement; shows hematite bands.

Experience an exothermic reaction and create a heat pack.

Go beyond the basic information with useful element data to help students see periodic trends.

The Tube of Toothpaste Demo takes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to a new level by adding soap and food coloring.

Essential for teaching mineralogy and atomic structure.

Interactive Illustration of Density Principles

What can we learn from our urine?

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.