{"id":22703,"date":"2017-07-24T19:35:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/\/?p=22703"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:24:47","slug":"thinking-about-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joidesresolution.org\/thinking-about-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything I&#8217;ve ever known about rocks comes from exploring a creek bed in southern Kentucky with my Grandma. My parents would drop myself and my brother off every summer without fail for a week or two at Grandma&#8217;s. She lived in a small town and her neighbors were dairy farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Usually we&#8217;d take a day trip out to the creek with a trunk full of a packed cooler, towels, and old plastic buckets (the kind you could buy absurd amounts of ice cream in). We&#8217;d drive about 30 to 45 minutes away and eventually a little bridge would come into view. We&#8217;d pull off the side of the road and park and then the hunt would commence.<\/p>\n<p>You see, we were looking for rocks, special rocks, such as fossils and <a href=\"http:\/\/geology.com\/articles\/geodes\/\">geodes<\/a>. We&#8217;d fill our buckets up after a few hours, break for lunch and snacks, and after toweling off head home.<\/p>\n<p>Reading up on Expedition 369&#8217;s research goals, I realized I haven&#8217;t really given much thought about rocks since my childhood. I had to go back to the very start- atoms. Atoms which form elements which form compounds which form minerals which form rocks. And rocks are everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>So while we are out on the ocean drilling looking for rocks and the <a href=\"http:\/\/qrius.si.edu\/browse\/object\/10023580#.WWFxAdPyt8d\">foraminifera<\/a> that are captured in the geological record, you too can be conducting your own geological adventures!<\/p>\n<p>Suggested Reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction! created by Basher and written by Dan Green<\/li>\n<li>Explore Rocks and Minerals! written by Cynthia Light Brown and Nick Brown<\/li>\n<li>Eyewitness Rocks and Minerals written by Dr. R.F. 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