| Introduction for Parents and Teachers | 1 |
| My Earth Journal | 3 |
| How Earth Is Put Together | 5 |
1. | Best Guess--Earth Trivia Cards | 10 |
2. | Earth's Inside--Like an Egg? | 14 |
3. | Spin Your Earth | 16 |
4. | A Jarful of Layers | 18 |
5. | Solid and Liquid--Like the Mantle | 20 |
6. | Core Sampling Cupcake | 22 |
7. | Slow-Floating Plates | 24 |
8. | Make a Model--Earth's Crust | 26 |
9. | From One to Seven--Amazing Continents | 28 |
10. | Baking Mountains and Valleys | 30 |
11. | Fold-a-Mountain | 32 |
12. | Fold, Dome, Block, and Volcano | 34 |
13. | Match Up--What's That Continent? | 37 |
| Fantastic Fossils | 41 |
1. | Fossil Fact or Fiction | 46 |
2. | Fossil Collection Starter | 50 |
3. | Folding Up--Fossils Uncovered | 54 |
4. | Fossil Find | 56 |
5. | Take a Closer Look I--Shark Sharp | 58 |
6. | Take a Closer Look II--Snail Comparisons | 60 |
7. | Take the Touch Test--Dino Fossils | 62 |
8. | Fossilized Insects--Set in Soap | 64 |
9. | Glacial Freeze | 66 |
10. | Mold and Cast Fossils | 68 |
11. | Trace Fossils--Form a Burrow | 70 |
12. | Name That Fossil! Bingo | 72 |
13. | Fossil Fuel Products Scavenger Hunt | 75 |
| Revealing Rocks and Minerals | 77 |
1. | Best Guess--Rocks and Minerals Trivia Cards | 82 |
2. | Rocks and Minerals Collection Starter | 86 |
3. | Mineral Identification I--Scratch It! | 92 |
4. | Mineral Identification II--Streak It! | 95 |
5. | Mineral Identification III--Is It Magnetic? | 97 |
6. | Mineral Identification IV--Dip It! | 99 |
7. | Favorite Ingredients--Rocks and Cookies | 101 |
8. | Igneous Chocolates--"Made by Fire!" | 103 |
9. | Igneous Rock Collection Card | 104 |
10. | It's Sedimentary! Snap a Snickers | 106 |
11. | Sedimentary Rock Collection Card | 107 |
12. | Metamorphic Bars | 108 |
13. | Metamorphic Rock Collection Card | 110 |
14. | Name That Rock! Bingo | 112 |
| Crystals and Gems | 117 |
1. | Crystals and Gems Fact or Fiction | 122 |
2. | Crystals and Gems Collection Starter | 126 |
3. | 3-D Fun! Desktop Crystal Shape | 127 |
4. | Double Image? Curious Crystals | 129 |
5. | Take a Closer Look I--Amazing Amethyst | 130 |
6. | Take a Closer Look II--Everyday Crystals | 131 |
7. | Alum Crystal Recipe | 132 |
8. | Rock Candy Crystal Recipe | 134 |
9. | Crystal Needle Recipe | 136 |
10. | Salt Crystal Recipe | 138 |
11. | My Birthstone Wheel | 140 |
12. | Birthstone Cards | 143 |
| Earthquakes and Volcanoes | 149 |
1. | Best Guess--Volcano Trivia Cards | 156 |
2. | Earthquake Fact or Fiction | 159 |
3. | Plate Movements | 162 |
4. | Inside a Volcano--A Triorama | 164 |
5. | Volcanoes--Building Pressure | 166 |
6. | Volcanoes--Flowing Fountain | 167 |
7. | Erupting Volcano | 168 |
8. | Take a Closer Look--Volcanic Froth | 169 |
9. | Pressure and Release | 170 |
10. | What Magnitude? Refer to Richter | 172 |
11. | Waves of Motion I--Color Ripples | 174 |
12. | Waves of Motion II--Rippling Rope | 175 |
13. | Solid Foundations? | 177 |
14. | Shake-a-Quake! | 178 |
| Chapter-by-Chapter Content and Skills Guide | 179 |
| Answers | 180 |
| Product and Service Information | 181 |
| Learn More About It! | 182 |
| Acknowledgments | 184 |