Explore the differences between minerals and rocks.

Dig into the layers of activities exploring and investigating minerals and how they are related to both rocks and soil.

Every segment of society uses minerals and mineral resources everyday. The roads we ride or drive on and the buildings we live learn and work in all contain minerals. Below is a selected list of commonly used metallic and nonmetallic...

Activity helps students identify basic properties of minerals and rocks.

An excellent resource for learning about sedimentary rocks and how they form. The different types of sedimentary rocks and deposits found in Kentucky are listed, with links to dedicated pages for each. Covers clay, shale, sandstone,...

Activity helps with understanding the basic properties of rocks and minerals.

The cementing of minerals together forms a sedimentary rock called sandstone. One form of sandstone is rock asphalt. Learn more about it here.

In this amazing interactive tutorial, you'll learn about minerals - the building blocks or rocks and the Earth. We'll talk about what makes something a mineral, and how differences in these minerals let us organize them into different...

Through this series of three lessons, students will gain an understanding of the basics of mineral science. In their investigation they will also work through the scientific process as they practice their observation skills, form...

Essential guide to geology of the National Parks focuses on minerals and the different types of rocks. Includes a visual glossary.

A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on what happens during the rock cycle.

Use the search to find information on rock forming minerals. Characteristics including formula, color, cleavage, and hardness are presented in an easy-to-read chart.

A unit on rocks and minerals presented with interactive and classroom activities. Gain understanding of rocks, weather, erosion, earthquakes, and relative dating with this resource.

Study the properties of rocks.

Second graders will sort rocks based upon color, hardness, texture, layering, and particle size.,

During your lifetime, you will use more than a million pounds of rocks, minerals, and metals. Dig through this web site and find out how.

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of igneous rocks, how they are formed, and some different types.

This site gives an overview of lessons about minerals and mining.

Seven hands-on lessons module that allows students to learn about materials and minerals. These inquiry-based explorations investigate properties of materials, where mineral deposits can be found, how deposits are formed, how minerals...

This site contains several charts that can be used for identifying rocks and minerals based on traits such as hardness, luster and color.

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of minerals and how to identify them by their properties.

Learn about minerals and have fun, too, playing Sedimentary, My Dear Watson, Knowledge Nuggets, Mining for Minerals (Interactive), and Minerals Matter. Downloadable features.

Use this resource to look up any mineral by name to see its picture along with history, class, uses, related minerals, and physical properties. Just choose from this alphabetically sorted list of minerals.

Instructional module focusing on minerals. Discussion includes chemical composition, chemical structure, and the formation process. The site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.