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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: In What Types of Rocks Do Fossils Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the types of rocks where fossils can form.
Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Types of Rocks

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains how rocks are classified into three basic groups.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Investigating Different Rock Types

For Teachers 5th - 8th
For this investigation, young scholars explore the characteristics of various types of rocks.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how the three types of rocks form and convert from one to another. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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PBS

Pbs: Where to Dig

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinosaurs have intrigued us for many years. As we explore to learn more we need to know where to look. In which type of rock would you find dinosaur fossils? This brief interactive provides real world application for rock characterization.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: The Human Rock Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
Students act out a type of rock, igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, for others to guess.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Classifying Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify rock types by observing key characteristics.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Mineral Magic

For Teachers 4th
Classify rocks and minerals according to their characteristics.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs

For Students 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Rocks

For Students K - 1st
What are rocks? Learn about the different types of rocks and how they are formed.
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Other

Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know the rock cycle is a continuous cycle that takes hundreds of millions of years? This webpage explains how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. It also gives examples of each type of rock. Also includes a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Birth of Rock(s) Identifying Rock Types

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This instructional activity will allow the student to explore the characteristics of rocks. Through exploration the student will be able to identity the three kinds of rocks and examples of each. They will also learn how rocks are used...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Classes from around the country collect rock samples and send them in to be analyzed by NASA scientists.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Start a Rock Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step details for building a rock collection, beginning with collecting specimens, moving on to observing and sorting rocks, and finishing with displaying the collection. Includes a data table for keeping track of all your...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Earth Rocks!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the basic elements of our Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They learn how we categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the foundation for our...

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