This is actually a special project "A" does with my mother. My mom LOVES collections! Recently she started a sand collection for/with "A". Each time someone goes to a place that may have sand she has them take samples that she puts in glass jars. She even took sand from "A's" sandbox! Being a rock-hound (like me) she wanted "A" to see how sand looks different when taken from different areas. Here are some countries "A" has sand from:
- Thailand
- Mexico
- Honduras
- Grand Cayman
- United States: Florida, Alabama, Oregon, Washington
- Awaiting sand for Japan from "A's" aunt in Okinawa
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| Collection so far |
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| The darker grains (they have fun sorting colors and particle size) |
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| Lighter Grains |
To help "A's" understanding of how sand is made and why they differ I got the book
Jump into Science with National Geographic:Sand by Ellen Prager for us to read. In the book, they show close up of sand and I found an amazing slideshow of similar close-up pictures of grains of sand that was published in May 2008 Discover Magazine. To view the entire slideshow click
here.
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| Page from the book looking at different sands |
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| Close up of sand from Greece (photo from Discover Magazine) |
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| Grain of Massachusetts sand as piece of art from Discover Magazine |
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| Photo from Discover Magazine (Okinawa Japan) |
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| This is just one of the many reasons why "A" and my mom have such a great bond! |
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