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Rock and Ore Rock and Ore

Designing a Display

Grouped by Color

How do you think these were grouped?

These rocks are displayed outside.

They are on a pedestal.

Grouped by Type: Fossils, Sedimentary Rocks, Igneous

Rocks, and Metamorphic Rocks

Grouped by Texture

RoughBumpy

Smooth

Grouped by Size

These are displayed on shelves in a glass case. Notice how each rock has

a label.

This is an interesting way to display a rock collection, but

what is missing?

These rocks are arranged on a piece of fabric. Notice that each

one has a descriptive label.

A Creative Display of Rocks and Minerals

How did they display these?

Common to Each Display…

• Each display had the rocks grouped according to a plan. Some ideas include: color, size, shape, or texture.

• Each display was organized; each rock had a label.

• Labels had information describing the rocks.

Photo Credits• Slide 2: Image courtesy of: Lindsay of ouno design's photostream• Slide 3: Image courtesy of: University of Oregon Natural History Museum• Slide 4: Image courtesy of: http://seoulpatch.blogspot.com/2012/11/autumn-

colors.html• Slide 5: Image courtesy of: http://www.nmni.com/um/Collections/Natural-

Sciences---Geology• Slide 6: Image courtesy of: clip art and the University of Wisconsin Geology

Museum• Slide 7: Image courtesy of: Wikimedia Commons, released to public domain• Slide 8: Image courtesy of: http://museumtrail.org/RockSpecimens.asp• Slide 9: Image courtesy of: http://www.petapixel.com/2012/05/05/photos-of-

footprints-made-from-different-sized-stones/• Slide 10: Image courtesy of:

http://home.comcast.net/~jtozour/FluorescentMinerals2000/FluorescentMinerals2000.html

• Slide 11: Image courtesy of:www.gemland.com/azmmm.htm