MUNISING, MICH. -- In one video, a grinning park ranger stands with outstretched arms to pantomime being a tree. In another, a ranger claps her hands and stomps her feet to create the sound of rain.

Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Science ...

Not too many kids grew up requesting the National Audubon Society’s field guide to rocks and minerals as a bedtime story, but that’s what makes 10-year-old Casey Friend of Overland Park unique. It was ...

SERVES. I LOVE THAT. MIKE. ALL RIGHT, SO WHETHER THEY’RE BEDAZZLED ONTO DOROTHY’S RUBY SLIPPERS OR MARILYN MONROE’S BEST FRIEND, MINERALS ARE ALL NOT ONLY PART OF OUR POP CULTURE, BUT THEY’RE ALSO A ...

The Yakima Rock and Mineral club will hold its annual show Friday through SundayApril 22-24, 2022, in the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park. This year’s event is the 59th Parade of Gems and ...