(Taken from Mrs. Yates’ Classroom Blog)

Mrs. Yates:

As we have learned, studying the earth can be very exciting. So my friends, what would it be like to be a geologist? What type of skills do they have to have to be able to do the job well? Why is their job important? What can we learn from these fabulous scientists? Would you like to be a geologist some day? Why or why not?

Max:

Geologists are a type of scientist. They study rocks, minerals, and soil. The kind of rocks that they study are igneous, metamorphic, and sedamentary. Metamorphic rocks are made from heat and preasure. Sedamentary rocks are made from sand and lots of other things and igneous rocks are made of lava and magma. I don’t know about minerals or soil, but soon Mrs. Yates will teach it to me. Geologists are important.