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GEOLOGY

Geology

Did you find a rock at the park and don’t know what kind it is? What about fossils? If you would like to learn more about rocks, minerals and fossils, then dig into the geology project! Discover the types of minerals, rocks and fossils that can be found where you live.

a poster about Earth's faults on display at a fair
a landscape with shrubs in the foreground, purple eroded hills and broken rock in the middle and snow covered mountains in the distance

What can you Learn?

  • Learn how the earth was formed and its three main parts
  • Learn the difference between a rock and a fossil
  • Collect, clean, identify and label rocks, minerals and fossils
  • Learn the types of erosion and their impacts

Geology Guidebook

close up showing clear sedimentary rock layers with a pile of broken rock that has eroded below

Contact Us

Wyoming 4-H

 

 

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences & Natural Resources

Room 112

1000 E. University Ave

Laramie, WY 82071

Dept. 3354

Email: 4h@uwyo.edu

Phone: (307) 766-5170

 

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