Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals

[tuftedtitmouse12]

ok, thanks luo
also, what field guide would you recommend for R&M?

[Luo]

ok, thanks luo
also, what field guide would you recommend for R&M?

I can't personally recommend a guide because I haven't done the event before. Look back a couple pages on this thread for some more experienced insights about field guide selection.

[mingtian]

then why would the people allow us to have field guides?
i mean, a binder is already enough.....

Cuz some people make very bad binders.

[anatomy]

ok, thanks luo
also, what field guide would you recommend for R&M?

I'd recommend the Audubon, and for competition the Smithsonian.
That's exactly what I did for fossils.

[tuftedtitmouse12]

hm, is smithsonian's organization pretty good? ive never used it for ornithology so i dont know...

[Kokonilly]

then why would the people allow us to have field guides?
i mean, a binder is already enough.....

Cuz some people make very bad binders.

You need to have a good binder to do well at competition anyway; you simply can't succeed with just a field guide. It's good to have a backup, though, just in case.

[mingtian]

then why would the people allow us to have field guides?
i mean, a binder is already enough.....

Cuz some people make very bad binders.

You need to have a good binder to do well at competition anyway; you simply can't succeed with just a field guide. It's good to have a backup, though, just in case.

Well, not everybody succeeds. That's my point.

[harrybeatsvoldemort]

Have any of you already done this event? If so how did it go?

[tuftedtitmouse12]

Well, not everybody succeeds. That's my point.

don't be mean....

[anatomy]

Have any of you already done this event? If so how did it go?

I have not done this event, but I have done fossils, and I am pretty sure, it is going to be a lot like fossils.
With speed being very important, because a lot of the competitions consist of stations.
Two main components are ID, and general knowledge.