Acknowledgements:
Jeff Post, Harold Banks and Laura McKie: National Museum of Natural History.
Photographs:
All photographs and illustrations courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History, and are copyright Smithsonian Institution. For all questions about reuse of these images, please contact the Smithsonian Office of Education. You can also view a list of the images that appear in this Website.
Educational Standards
Minerals, Crystals, and Gems: Stepping Stones to Inquiry meets the following Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) educational standards.
- Science Standard 2
- Understands basic Earth processes
- Science Standard 10
- Understands basic concepts about the structure and properties of matter.
- Science Standard 15
- Understands the nature of scientific inquiry.
- Science Standard 10
- Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual.
Editor
Erin Miller
Translator
Sarita Rodriguez
Designer/Illustrator
Printed Version:
Karlic Design Associates, LLC
Baltimore, Maryland
Web Version:
George L. Venable
Smithsonian Institution
Publications Director
Michelle Knovic Smith
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