A visit from a Geologist!

The 2nd Graders had a wonderful learning opportunity on Friday! Kayleigh's dad, Dr. Schultz, visited the whole grade level to teach us about Rocks and Minerals! Dr. Schultz works as a professor of the Geosciences at Elmhurst College, and he is truly a Rocks and Minerals expert! We are so fortunate that he took some time out of his busy schedule to come and deepen our understanding of our brand new science curriculum. The children asked some really great questions and were wonderful listeners and learners. After his presentation, Dr. Schultz took some extra time to really examine the rocks we had brought in from home! He helped us look for very specific rock properties and he was able to look through his magnifying glass to determine if the rock was metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous. The children will be attempting to classify rock samples in our class this week in a similar way! We are so grateful for such an important learning experience! Just when I thought most of my students wanted to be teachers when they grow up... Now they want to be geologists! :)