Now
I get it. Those busloads of school kids looking for, of all things,
obsidian,
as well as shells at Sandy Hook are what the New York Times is
calling the Minecraft
Generation.
Minecraft
is a video game released in 2009 that allows players to build things
out textured cubes
in a 3D generated world that is now the second
best-selling video game in the world.
But
its not just virtual
Lego. It's now commonly used in schools to “increase
kids’ interest in the “STEM” disciplines — science,
technology, engineering and math”. Its fans are awaiting a new
“Minecraft: Education Edition” that will be released
this fall.
One
of the sciences children learn about in Minecraft is geology
- so effectively that the governments of Sweden, England and Scotland
have developed programs that
allow players to use local geology while they are playing Minecraft.
There
is plenty of Minecraft-worthy geology at Sandy Hook too. You
can walk along its ocean and bay beaches and see rocks from all four
geological provinces in NJ. The
next four parts of this blog will help you prepare for your #deeptime
#geowalk – along a timeline
from a few
thousand
to over half
a billion years old.
Part
2: Glauconite
Part
3: Iron,
Sandstone and Quartz
Part
4: Basalt and Diabase, Schist, Gneiss, Granite, Limestone, Pumice,
and Scoria
Part
5: Coal and Tarballs
The
other four parts of this blog are at http://pehealthnj.blogspot.com/
.
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