Waldorf Mineralogy Lesson
The Mineralogy main lesson block begins its study first with local geological landscape and formations then quickly moves into the 'whole' granite, before going to the 'parts' the minerals that make up granite. It progresses in this way rather than beginning with the rock cycle and a description of each type of rock and how its made. Instead the two archetype of rocks: granite from fire and limestone from water, are discussed or at least mentioned or gently referred (at least this is how I did it).
While I share 'lesson 1' for our mineralogy block, it's actually more like lesson 3 or even 4. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy this look at the drawing I made (my 13 year old daughter copied my example into her main lesson book), and listen to my thoughts on this approach.
You can find the complete list of materials we used for this unit, including pictures, links and descriptions of each book or kit, videos, resources and more at the blog post that accompanies this video:
https://www.pepperandpine.com/mineral...