Volcano Explorer Guide
Use this grown-up guide to explain what a volcano is, introduce the correct science words and turn Volcano Valley into a calm, curious conversation.
- Accurate key facts
- Child-friendly science words
- Safe activity and questions
✦ Parent field notes
Clear, print-friendly guides that help grown-ups turn Dr. Rexington’s world into accurate, age-appropriate learning conversations.
Use this grown-up guide to explain what a volcano is, introduce the correct science words and turn Volcano Valley into a calm, curious conversation.
Use this grown-up guide to help a child look closely at minerals and crystals, learn careful observation and understand why crystal shapes are clues.
Follow one drop of water through the sky, ground and river, then discover how flowing water and rock can shape a waterfall.
Use this guide to notice water-loving plants, wildlife and the many ways wetlands support a healthy landscape.
Turn an evening look at the sky into a gentle investigation of moonlight, phases, craters and changing patterns.
Explore how water can shape limestone caves and build delicate mineral formations over very long stretches of time.
Help a young palaeontologist compare fossil clues while remembering that a tooth is evidence—not the whole answer.
Investigate how fossil eggs, nests and embryos can preserve remarkable clues about growth, nesting and dinosaur behaviour.
Introduce extinction with care: explore the evidence for a world-changing event, the living things that survived and how ecosystems recovered.
✦ Ready-made field notes
Full-page visual posters for introducing a topic, displaying beside an activity or keeping in an Explorer Folder.
Volcano ValleyField Notes: VolcanoesVolcano parts, shapes, clues and key facts.Open and print →
Crystal CavernsField Notes: CrystalsCrystal structure, formation and field samples.Open and print →
Rainbow MarshField Notes: RainbowsHow sunlight and raindrops create a rainbow.Open and print →
Fossil FallsField Notes: How Fossils FormOne common fossilisation process and different fossil clues.Open and print →
Egg HatcheryField Notes: Feathers & the Bird ConnectionHow birds connect to theropod dinosaurs, with shared clues and feather anatomy.Open and print →
Kindness MeadowField Notes: FirefliesFirefly anatomy, bioluminescence, life cycle and ways to protect them.Open and print →
Fossil FallsField Notes: Tyrannosaurus RexT. rex anatomy, fossil evidence and what scientists still do not know.Open and print →
Fossil FallsField Notes: Waterfalls & the Water CycleHow moving water, rock layers and the water cycle shape waterfalls.Open and print →
Rainbow MarshField Notes: Wetlands & MarshesWetland habitats, water-loving plants, wildlife and careful exploring.Open and print →
Whispering WoodsField Notes: The Moon & Night SkyMoonlight, lunar phases, surface clues and safe sky watching.Open and print →
Crystal CavernsField Notes: Caves & StalactitesHow limestone caves and mineral formations grow, one drop at a time.Open and print →
Fossil FallsField Notes: Dinosaur Teeth & DietsHow teeth, jaws and other fossil clues help scientists investigate dinosaur diets.Open and print →
Egg HatcheryField Notes: Dinosaur EggsWhat fossil eggs, nests, shells and embryos can reveal about dinosaur life.Open and print →
Roaring RidgeField Notes: Extinction & SurvivalWhat happened 66 million years ago and how life recovered after mass extinction.Open and print →Not sure where to begin?
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