Science Rocks!

Enliven schoolwork with Science Rocks! Help youngsters score the winning prize at the science fair! Jam-packed with fun activities requiring mere minutes, an hour or a day, this awe-inspiring collection of science projects teaches kids how to use household items to learn about chemistry, physics, biology and more. With the vivid illustrations and step-by-step instructions in Science Rocks! these experiments are accessible to all. Ages 9 to 12.  Hardcover, 144 pages; over 200 drawings and photographs. 12.08" x 10.16".

Museum Provenance

Our National Museum of Natural History is renowned for its unparalleled scientific research. The world’s preeminent museum and research complex, our Natural History Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery and learning about the natural world through its unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions and educational outreach programs. Scientists and researchers explore areas of anthropology, ethnology, botany, entomology, invertebrate and vertebrate zoology and the mineral sciences. They study in a university-like atmosphere to explore the history of our planet and the processes and peoples that shape it today, as well as travel to the four corners of the earth for research and collection. There are over 126 million items in the ever-growing collections ranging from fossilized pollen to bones of Tyrannosaurus Rex, tiny crustaceans to giant squid, ancient spear points to Chinese shoes and the Hope Diamond to moon rocks.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.