Week 2: Rocks and Minerals

This past week we spent much of our readings on rocks and minerals. Besides our AMY field trip, we also ventured to the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum....unfortunately, it was closed for construction but we still got to see a few cool pieces of equipment outside.

Caleb was most impressed by the GIANT mural on the back side of the building.

Noah was able to identify this as petrified wood....guess our readings payed off.

I was impressed by the size of the tires used on the excavator in one of the mines here in AZ. The bucket was also outside on display and it was so large, my kids could literally run around inside of it!

In addition this week, the boys got to see a puppet show about a Saguaro hotel at the Library, had a full week of swimming classes, and watched Ramona and Beezus at the movies. And of course we celebrated Dad's birthday and made lots of goodies!