I am teaching in Chengdu, China on a teacher exchange program between Phoenix Country Day School and the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School.
Here are the rocks formed as particles settle out of water. These samples have a mass of 5.26 kg. Clockwise from upper left are coal, gypsum, rock salt, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale, fossiliferous limestone, and coquina. I picked up the coquina from the beach at low tide if front of Manny's in Rocky Point, Mexico. The rock salt was a gift from Mesa Community College.
posted by J. Bob @ 11:04 PM
I teach 5th grade science and mathematics at Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley, AZ. There is a link to my school below. I have a M.S. in Geology from Idaho State University and have worked as a mudlogger in Wyoming and as a surveyor for the United States Forest Service in Idaho. For the past 23 years I have taught in Idaho, Kuwait, Korea, Myanmar, and Phoenix. My hobbies are rock hounding, reading, and traveling. I enjoy taking my students mineral collecting on the weekend. Our most recent trip was to collect mica near Cleator, AZ. We found huge books of mica in a pegmatite. My wife Dell and I have four daughters and six grandchildren. My favorite vacation was to the Grand Canyon where I rafted the Colorado River from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Creek. My favorite sport is football and my favorite food is Asian.
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