(Part 2) Best products from r/geologycareers

For what it's worth before my GRE (admittedly many decades ago) I found that reading Earth helped immeasurably.

Read it as if it were a novel, for the enjoyment of being reminded of items learned long ago and the overall refreshment of memory in areas outside your own particular favorites (igneous and metamorphic petrology for this then Vert Paleo student).

I don't have to do exploration in the field but I reference "Field Geology Illustrated," and "Sedimentary Rocks in the Field" when I need a visual reference.

Comptons is a good techniques and organization guide.

Other pocket sized guides you may find useful are "Field Descriptions of Igneous Rocks" and "A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field."

Fire up those walking sticks! Do flights of stairs and hills if possible. Start jogging. Rock climbers did very well in field camp.

Field camp is amazing. I recommend looking into UMich (I hear they've been cutting their program though), IU-Bloomington, University of Oklahoma, UH, UT, and UW-Seattle. IMO, take the longer field course if there are options within these programs.

Contour mapping, compass usage, and field techniques are important. I'd practice those now & buy the Compton book now since I've seen it sold for as much as $350 in the past. There's a cheaper, slightly less encompassing version of this book as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Terra-Firma-Evolution-Earth/dp/1416576789

Here is a good book that outlines some of the most basic, important things we know about the Earth and how we know them. I think it would be an excellent place to start.

I'm the south west so this purple bastard saved my buns.
Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History

Also: The Geoscience Handbook for the most information dense. Great if you know what you're looking for and need a refresher.

You’ll want to make sure your feet aren’t in your boots too tight, a loose fit will allow circulation.

All the advice on gloves/mitts is good. You can’t have too many pairs of gloves/socks.

As is the advice on wool base layers, wools is also flame retardant, and tends to get less smelly than Helly Hansen bade layers. I’ve also on occasion used wool as a mid layer.

If there’s a chance kit will get wet look for silicone drying bags, they go inside kit to suck water out, and then in the microwave or similar to warm up and drive out the water again.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSTZQD2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_paywCbQHTPF4J

I wouldn’t want to rely on heated jackets to keep me warm...eat more calories. The cookies sound good, and Macadamias have the highest calorie/weight but expensive fill your belly with hot food any chance you get and keep snacking.

This is the knife I use in the field. It's small, the clip is strong and it's easy to open and close one handed, since I find my self using it one handed more then not. Plus the straight edge and the serrated options has come in handy.
https://www.amazon.com/Gerber-Remix-Knife-Serrated-22-41969/dp/B001QVMTKQ

Communicating Rocks by Peter Copeland

You can probably find it cheaper, but I really enjoyed this book. Helped my writing about geology quite a bit.

In my experience, people underestimate children and overestimate the undergrad experience. My first two geology courses as an undergrad involved a lot of material I had already learned by the time I was 8 or 9. I'd strongly recommend getting her some introductory textbooks - example 1, example 2 - that have a lot of pictures and easy language.