Museum Educational Kits 2025.xlsx

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1	As of October 2025	Geoscience Teaching Materials available through the Virginia Tech Museum of Geosciences (MG) mogs@vt.edu, 540-231-4080
2	Kit Name	Availability	Used For, Course Info, etc	SOLs	Description	Collection Maintained by	Location

3	3 Rock Types #1 Big		NRV Schools		Examples of grain sizes, several hand samples of S.I.M.s rocks, rock identification sheets.	MG	Derring 2069
4	3 Rock Types #2 Small		NRV Schools		Loose rocks to group into sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic categories.	MG	Derring 2069
5	4H Mars Classroom Pack		NRV Schools		Mars inspired game, model rover, posters, larger size.	MG	Derring 2069
6	4H Mars Family Pack		NRV Schools		Mars inspired game, model rover.	MG	Derring 2069
7	Atmospheric Meteorology		NRV Schools		Several weather instruments and supplies to demo weather phenomenons.	MG	Derring 2069
8	Candy Crystal Models		NRV Schools		Build crystaline shapes with gum drops and toothpicks	MG	Derring 2069
9	Carbonate Rocks, Karst, Caves		NRV Schools		Students will learn about elevation profiles, pH, carboate rich organisms, what karst is, and how carbonate rich rocks can have chemical reactions.	MG	Derring 2069
10	Coal Kit 31		NRV Schools		Sapropelic, humic, lignite, bitumous, anthracite coal samples with correlating information.	MG	Derring 2069
11	Colorful Seashells		NRV Schools		~20 hand samples, articles, and pages descibing shelled organisms and how colors may come about.	MG	Derring 2069
12	Crystal Growing		NRV Schools		Students can watch crystals grow right before their eyes observing growth structures.	MG	Derring 2069
13	Crystallography		NRV Schools		Practice building crystal shapes with paper models. Students will cut shapes, fold them, and glue them all together.	MG	Derring 2069
14	Cut Away Seismometer		NRV Schools		Demonstration seismometer to learn about earthquake recording.	MG	Derring 2069
15	Dino Tracks		NRV Schools		Use cardboard stensils and sidewalk chalk to leave dino tracks around your school grounds.	MG	Derring 2069
16	Dinomite		NRV Schools		Dinosaur toys, books, and fossils (claw, teeth, feet).	MG	Derring 2069
17	Dinosaur Models		NRV Schools		Dinosaur themed toys, stickers, books, fabric. A deep geologic time scale is included.	MG	Derring 2069
18	Earthquake Kit		NRV Schools		Slinkies, demo blocks, legos, jello and more all to model earthquake behavior. Several lab ideas are included.	MG	Derring 2069
19	Enviroscape Refurbishing		Refills		Refill supplies for NPS Wetland Enviroscape.	MG	Derring 2069
20	Fossil Demonstration		NRV Schools		Use hand samples and dino toys to make "fossil casts".	MG	Derring 2069
21	Fossil Dig		NRV Schools		A bin of sediment with hidden "fossils" for students to pan through.	MG	Derring 2069
22	Fossils Kit Geomodules		NRV Schools		Contains smaller fossil collections: brachiopods, mollusc, corals, teeth.	MG	Derring 2069
23	Geology of Construction #1		NRV Schools		Several rock samples and construction samples are included to tell the story of how geology is important for inovation.	MG	Derring 2069
24	Geology of Construction #2		NRV Schools		Several rock samples and construction samples are included to tell the story of how geology is important for inovation.	MG	Derring 2069
25	Geology of Construction #3		NRV Schools		Several rock samples and construction samples are included to tell the story of how geology is important for inovation.	MG	Derring 2069
26	Geology of Construction #4		NRV Schools		Several rock samples and construction samples are included to tell the story of how geology is important for inovation.	MG	Derring 2069
27	Geologic Time		NRV Schools		Rope, clothes pins, and event cards are used to show how deep time would look in real space on a small scale.	MG	Derring 2069
28	GEOS 1124 #1		VT Labs Only		Bin of assorted unidentified rocks.	MG	Derring 2069
29	GEOS 1124 #2		VT Labs Only		Bin of assorted unidentified rocks.	MG	Derring 2069
30	GEOS 1124 #3		VT Labs Only		Bin of assorted unidentified rocks.	MG	Derring 2069
31	Geysers		NRV Schools		Build a mini geyser. Students should discuss heating in the earth that relates to geysers, hot springs, and volcanoes.	MG	Derring 2069
32	Giant Atlantic Cockle		NRV Schools		9 examples of Atlantic cockle shells in varying sizes.	MG	Derring 2069
33	Groundwater Jug		NRV Schools		Using a clear jar and different sediments, students can preform a demo related to the water table and the porosity of different sediments.	MG	Derring 2069
34	Hardness Set #1		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
35	Hardness Set #2		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
36	Hardness Set #3		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
37	Hardness Set #4		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
38	Hardness Set #5		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
39	Igneous Rocks		NRV Schools		12-20 hand samples of loose rocks. They are not all classified.	MG	Derring 2069
40	Intro to Rocks and Minerals		NRV Schools		Several rocks and minerals to explore with. Students will use basic tools to make observations about the physical and chemical properties of the materials.	MG	Derring 2069
41	Intro to Trilobites		NRV Schools		11 trilobite samples and information about them.	MG	Derring 2069
42	Labeling Your Collections		NRV Schools		Learning how to appropriatlely observe objects, group them, and label them.	MG	Derring 2069
43	Lava Lamps		NRV Schools		A lava lamp, slinkies, and tornado demo.	MG	Derring 2069
44	Looking at Natural Objects		NRV Schools		Students will observe odd and unique hand samples with maginfying glasses. Samples include minerals, rocks, shells, fossils, ect.	MG	Derring 2069
45	Luck Stone Rocks #1 Big		NRV Schools		Focuses on Virginia geography and extracting geology materials for resources. Plenty of visuals and hand samples.	MG	Derring 2069
46	Luck Stone Rocks #2 Small		NRV Schools		Ten samples of industrial rocks spocered by Luck Stones. Includes information about these rocks are how they are modernly used.	MG	Derring 2069
47	Mineral Identification Challenge		NRV Schools		Students will use minal identifical tools and knowledge of mineral properties to try and identify a collection of "unknown" minerals.	MG	Derring 2069
48	Mineral Properties #1		NRV Schools		Students will use hand samples and tools to grow their knowledge of mineral properties.	MG	Derring 2069
49	Mineral Properties #2		NRV Schools		Students will use hand samples and tools to grow their knowledge of mineral properties.	MG	Derring 2069
50	Mineral Properties Investigation #3		NRV Schools		Observe 6 mineral types and their properties. Repeat samples to distribute among groups.	MG	Derring 2069
51	Minerals and Art		NRV Schools		See how everyday minerals can be used around us including making art. Paint and color with natural substances.	MG	Derring 2069
52	Modern Seashells		NRV Schools		Tons of seashells to observe and touch varying in size and color. They would be great to relate to ocean chemistry, ecology, bioology, fossils, ect.	MG	Derring 2069
53	MOHS Hardness #1		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
54	MOHS Hardness #2		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
55	MOHS Hardness #3		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
56	MOHS Hardness #4		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
57	MOHS Hardness #5		NRV Schools		Learn how to describe/identify minerals using the MOHS hardness scale and the correlated tools.	MG	Derring 2069
58	Nitrogen Cycle Game		NRV Schools		A card/board game breaking down how the Nitrogen Cycle works	MG	Derring 2069
59	No Bones About It		NRV Schools		Understand how organisms can make minerals . Tums, shells, pH paper, ect.	MG	Derring 2069
60	NPS Wetlands #1		NRV Schools		Use a model wetland to pour pollution ofver the land. See how human activities impact the watershed.	MG	Derring 2069
61	NPS Wetlands #2		NRV Schools		Use a model wetland to pour pollution ofver the land. See how human activities impact the watershed.	MG	Derring 2069
62	NPS Wetlands #3		NRV Schools		Use a model wetland to pour pollution ofver the land. See how human activities impact the watershed.	MG	Derring 2069
63	NPS Wetlands #4		VT Staff		Staff only model for wetlands.	MG	Derring 2069
64	Piedmont Rocks		NRV Schools		Correlating local rocks to the geolography of Virginia and its history.	MG	Derring 2069
65	Pretty Minerals and Crystals		NRV Schools		~14 hand samples showing how minerals naturally form beautiful shapes and colors.	MG	Derring 2069
66	Resource Lab 1124		VT Labs Only		Bags of rocks to identify and correlate to automobiles.	MG	Derring 2069
67	Rock Cycle		NRV Schools		Cards for building a rock cycle diagram and about 10 rock samples to represent different stages of the cycle.	MG	Derring 2069
68	Rock Pets Bling		NRV Schools		Decor for pet rocks.	MG	Derring 2069
69	Rock Pet Cobbles		NRV Schools		Rock samples for pet rocks.	MG	Derring 2069
70	S.I.M.s Rock Types		NRV Schools		Assorted unlabled rocks showing sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic properties.	MG	Derring 2069
71	SME Rocks and Minerals		NRV Schools		13 hand samples of materials used to make everyday items.	MG	Derring 2069
72	Solar System		In House Demo		Balls and rope used to make a life size scale of the solar system.	MG	Derring 2069
73	Trilobites		NRV Schools		Fossils exmaples and books. Lovely examples of trolobites, shells, crinoids.	MG	Derring 2069
74	VA Fossils Paleo #1		NRV Schools		Books of fossil examples, food chain charts, hand samples that relate to fossil formation.	MG	Derring 2069
75	VA Fossils Paleo #5		NRV Schools		Books of fossil examples, food chain charts, hand samples that relate to fossil formation.	MG	Derring 2069
76	VA State Fossil		NRV Schools		Several samples of the Chesapectan jeffersonius along with information about these fossils.	MG	Derring 2069
77	Valley and Ridge #1		NRV Schools		Use posters and labels to explain local geography. Use the hand samples to integrate local geology.	MG	Derring 2069
78	Valley and Ridge #2		NRV Schools		Assorted hand samples of VA geology.	MG	Derring 2069
79	Very Old Rocks		NRV Schools		3-4 hand samples that are 2.1 billion years old and older.	MG	Derring 2069
80	Virginia Minerals and Rocks		NRV Schools		20 hand samples cordinated to where they were extracted in Virginia.	MG	Derring 2069
81	Virginia Pierdmont Rocks		NRV Schools		14 described samples with a VA map and discussion questions.	MG	Derring 2069
82	Volcanos		NRV Schools		Demo exploding volcano, pictures of volcano types, information packs.	MG	Derring 2069
83	What's in a Rock		NRV Schools		Samples of common rocks along with smaller samples of the minerals that make them up. Students will observe and draw conclusions.	MG	Derring 2069
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