Description

Songs
(Click links to hear samples.)

• Introduction to Geology
• Plate Tectonics
• Landforms and Intrusion
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Minerals
• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Weathering of Rocks
• Hydrology and Erosion
• Erosion and Waterways
• Ground Water
• Mass Movement
• Glaciers
• Wind Erosion
• Soil
• Topographic Maps

Sample of lyrics:

“Minerals”
(to the tune of “Invalid Corps”)

Minerals are inorganic solids found in nature
With certain properties like crystal form, cleavage, and fracture
And hardness, density or heft, color, streak, and luster
Constant composition of their chemical’s a feature

Chorus:
Minerals are inorganic solids found in nature
Constant composition of their chemical’s a feature

Minerals on earth are found as element or compound
And out of several thousand only twelve are commonly found
Rock made out of minerals with silicon are silicates
Other groups are oxides, carbonates, sulfates, and phosphates

Chorus:

Minerals called precious metals: silver, gold, and platinum
Industrial-type metals: iron, copper, tin, titanium,
Nickel, manganese, cobalt, lead, borax, molybdenum
You’d be quite surprised at all the products that contain them!

Chorus:

Gemstones are the minerals rare and of high value
Brilliant, durable, colorful—jewelry they’re made into
Diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies are examples
Turquoise, malachite, and jade—a few of opaque samples