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Edible Geology

Teachers learn about Edible Geology lesson

Teachers learn about Edible Geology lesson by trying it themselves.

Edible Geology provides students with an easy way to remember the basic characteristics of Franciscan Complex rocks, and to enable students to connect their prior knowledge of common candies with the descriptive science of geology.

 

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Did You Know?

Basalt pillows

Geologists sometimes call Franciscan pillow basalt “greenstone” because it contains green minerals formed in an interaction between the basalt and hot, mineral-rich seawater.