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Rock Hound's Backpack Kit
This deluxe kit is designed for kids who like rocks! It comes with real, heavy-duty tools for rock collecting, so you can learn how to test for important properties of rocks and minerals, such as hardness, color streak, and more. Then use the field guide to classify and identify all the interesting rocks and minerals you find. Expand your collection using a rock pick (to break apart chunks of rock and split open crystal geodes), a mineral test kit and hardness scale set (to help identify rocks), a crack-open geode, display box, safety goggles, a notebook to record details about your finds, and a sturdy backpack to carry your gear as well as the rocks you find out "in the field," just like a real geologist! Ages 8 & up.
- Nature Backpack - Rock hounds can head out into the field with all their rock-collecting tools stored in this comfortable and compact pack. Padded shoulder straps and back.
- Rock Pick - This heavy-duty steel rock pick is a must for the serious rock collector! The head has a hammer on one end and a pointed pick on the other for chiseling off specimens.
- Safety Goggles - These goggles are important to protect kids' eyes while they're using the rock pick.
- Rock and Mineral Test Kit - Contains instructions and materials to test for properties such as color, hardness, acidity, and magnetism. Includes a 5x/10x double-lens magnifier.
- Mineral Hardness Scale Set - This set of nine Mohs Scale of Hardness minerals lets kids test the hardness of their specimens and see how soft or hard rocks can be.
- Crack-Open Geode - Use the rock pick to discover crystals or unique mineral deposits inside.
- Nature Notebook - A small spiral-bound notebook with blank pages that is great for keeping notes, recording test results, and making drawings of rocks and minerals that are too large to collect.
- Rocks and Minerals Golden Guide - With full-color illustrations and easy-to-read text, anyone can use this guide to learn about and identify common rocks and minerals.
- Rock and Mineral Display Box - This box with 15 compartments is a great place to store or display a growing rock and mineral collection!
- Specimen Collection Bags - 15 plastic bags of varying sizes for collecting and sorting rock samples on the go (and keeping the backpack clean!).
- Instructions - Our instructions include information about the Mohs hardness scale, plus tips on collecting, identifying, and labeling rocks and minerals.
To upgrade the Rock Hound's kit to a Paleontologist kit, we recommend ordering Bones Rock!, a complete kid's guide for studying dinosaurs and fossils in the field!
 WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Overall Rating:  Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Rock Hound BackpackReviewed By: Dixie Black I ordered the rockhound backpack for my grandson and he really loves it. He's learning the names of various rocks and will be going on some rock hunting trips with his parents and uncle this summer. - Monday, January 05, 2009 This pack Rocks!Reviewed By: LeslieH This pack ranks at the top for all time best birthday gifts for my son. He loves it! He liked collecting rocks before, but this pack gave him the tools and desire to continue rock hounding - he's even started sketching in the book! - Monday, January 05, 2009 Great for Rock HoundsReviewed By: Arlene My son loves his rock hound backpack. He has taken it on several hikes looking for rocks to add to his collection. Well worth the price. Quality products in the pack. - Monday, December 29, 2008 Grandson ready to go Rock HuntingReviewed By: Anonymous Purchased the Rock Hound's backpack kit for the Grandson. Quality product and everything that we expected. The grandson said he's ready to head into the hills and start looking for rocks. - Saturday, December 27, 2008 Real Science Materials Kids Love Even our 14-year-old loves this package. This includes all the tools necessary for any basic geology expedition - and the quality is the same as what was in my college geology labs! It even comes with a pack to store everything, so "stuff" doesn't get left all over. No more borrowing parents' tools! Read More Reviews - Saturday, July 26, 2008
Another Quality Purchase
We bought the Rock Hound's Backpack Kit to go along with our son's unit on Rocks and Minerals. We are pleased with the quality of all the products included. The kit includes everything that a student needs to go outside and put into practice what he has read about in the textbook. Thank you for helping us motivate our children to explore and discover the world.
- Friday, March 28, 2008
My grandson likes it
I had you drop ship the rock hound backpack to my grandson. At eight years old I fully expect his recent interest in geology to be limited to a few weeks but in the meantime his Daddy calls and tells us he wears it everywhere, has been exploring under the house, down by the creek and is reading about geodes.
So far your product has been a hit. Who knows, he may be in the beginning stages of another Georgia gold rush.
- Thursday, March 13, 2008
An Official Rock Hound and ready to hunt!
When we handed our 10 year old son a big, blue backpack for his birthday, he looked a little funny. My husband reassured him that this wasn't a school backpack. He took it and he slowly zipped it open. He screamed, "Is this for real?" when he zipped it open and pulled out the rock pick! His face lit up and he was probably happier at that moment than any other present we have ever bought for him, truly.
He knew he had struck gold! Real tools! Real science, at last! His desire to experience real, hands on science is what brought us to this product. He can't learn enough about rocks, minerals/gems and fossils. He comes home with rocks in his pockets everyday! Now, that he is equipped and ready to identify the real thing we are going on an official Rock Hound hunting trip for Spring Break, thank you!
The items were exactly what he had expected and we were thrilled that the box was delivered on the exact day we had requested. Glad I ordered a hand full of geodes too, they kept him busy for hours and he liked the surprises he found inside. I wish I had ordered the Rock Chisel too, I know we'll need it soon enough.
You guys made a kid feel that his love of science was finally understood!
- Monday, December 31, 2007
Rock Hound's Backpack Kit
My 9-year-old son has been obsessed with rocks and trees ever since we went to visit his uncle this fall. We just opened our Christmas presents. It took him 45 minutes to get through the first 2 presents (the Rock Hound Backpack Kit and the Periodic Table with pictures). He is so excited. He is already planning all of the places he wants to go and sketch and dig out rocks.
The quality of what we recieved looks great, and absolutely age appropriate with some adult supervision (there is, after all, a rock pick). Everything arrived right on time, and nothing was broken. I definetely got exactly what the pictures and the descriptions stated I would recieve. I am thrilled with what I was able to purchase for him, especially considering how reasonably priced your items were compared to other sites. The backpack kits are a great idea.
- Friday, December 28, 2007
My 10yo loved this product!
My son is 10 1/2 years old and he loves this backpack. It was his favorite Christmas present this year.
- Friday, January 05, 2007
Exciting Science Gift, Great Value
Reviewed By: Minerva Hodis
My grandson loves his Rock Hound's Backpack. The backpack is just the right size, with the tools he needs to identify rocks. I really liked having the eye goggles for safety along with the rock hammer. I combined this gift with some geodes and "mystery rocks" to provide him with many hours of educational fun.
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