Katy Rock Shop – Earth Science Classes for Homeschoolers, Groups and Coops

“Dinosaurs and Fossils” — Book your private group or coop on any date and time! RSVP by texting 832-437-4733 or buying your tickets here.

Registration

• Please pay for your group with this class link and RSVP ahead of time to confirm your desired date and time for the class.
• In the notes upon payment, please include your kids names, ages, class date, and preferred time in the payment notes.
• This class requires a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 20 attendees.

Discounts for Groups

Share with your COOP, friends, or Facebook groups to receive discounts:

• 10 kid = $25
• 11–15 kids = $23 each
• 16–25 kids = $21 each

Public school or Homeschool Field Trip Options 🌍

We currently offer four Earth Science classes for COOPs and private group field trips:

1. The Rock Cycle

Students will:

• Use magnifying glasses to observe rock grains and textures.
• Relate observations to the three major rock groups.
• Practice critical skills: gravity, buoyancy, observation, deductive reasoning, and identification of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.

2. Hardness Testing with Moh’s Scale

Students will:

• Learn Moh’s Hardness and Streak testing.
• Safely test rocks at home or in the field.
• Practice skills: rock vs. mineral, atoms, bonds, density, hardness, streak, observation, and deductive reasoning.
• Review the rock cycle, gravity, buoyancy, atoms, bonds, and density to understand hardness.

3. Fossils & Lithification

Students will:

• Explore fossil types (molds, casts).
• Learn how layers deposit in rivers/oceans and how fossils are preserved through lithification and cementation.
• Run three experiments:
  1. Create fossil molds.
  2. Observe sedimentary layer stratification through particle settling velocity.
  3. Watch mineral crystallization sped up for easy observation.
• Mine for fossils using the sluice!

👉 We recommend starting with The Rock Cycle, since those skills are used in later classes.