Need to be able to play a dvd on your computer to access curriculum. A comprehensive course that teaches the big ideas behind rocks, crystals, gems, fossils, and minerals by learning the techniques to identify, test, and classify samples and specimens you come across using techniques that real field experts use. Soon you'll learn how to burn coal, fluoresce minerals, chemically react rocks, streak powders, scratch glass, and play with atomic bonds as they learn how to be a real field geologist. You will find 28 lessons outlined to take you from an introduction of earth science on through several advanced projects complex enough to win a prize at the science fair. Includes student worksheets, instructional videos, daily lessons, and tests and quizzes... all in one complete package.