Instead of cracking books, Kate DelBene’s students cracked rocks for their science lesson on Jan. 24
“Geologist Jon” returned to the first and second-grade classroom to lead a geode observation which included close examination, measuring and - much to the young scientists’ delight - lots of hammering that revealed beautiful crystals.
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