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Canadian Centre for Energy Information: Earth Really Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Earth Really Rocks is a teaching unit for Grades K-3. It approaches the study of rocks from an energy perspective, looking at how gas and oil are formed underground, as well as at sedimentary rocks and the structure of the Earth's crust....
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Sedimentary Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rocks Study Guide

For Students 4th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about sedimentary rocks and how they form. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weathering, Erosion, and the Rock Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the processes involved throughout the creation of sedimentary rock.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Sedimentary Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives short descriptions of how sedimentary deposition occurs in rivers, lakes, river mouths, coral reefs, glaciers, arid environments, and tropical environments.
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Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Floating Rock Geo Mysteries

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that there are some rocks that actually float? Follow this interactive investigation to find out which ones and why.
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Kentucky Coal Education: Making Sedimentary Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students learn how sedimentary rocks form by making three different types.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Sedimentary Rock Formation Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what sedimentary rocks are, the three main types, and how they are formed.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: How Sedimentary Rock Is Formed

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Franklin Institute describes the way sedimentary rock is formed, with links to descriptions of several types of sedimentary rocks.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Hey Rock, How Old Are You?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the relative age of rocks by identifying sedimentary rock and observing its layers.
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Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Floating Rock Geo Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resource if you want a quick overview of the formation process for igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: The Rock Cycle

For Students 3rd - 6th
This one-page explanation of the rock cycle contains a very helpful diagram and useful explanatory notes. Site explains how rocks are made and broken down.
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Sedimentary Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the depositional processes that occur in sedimentary rock formation to produce stratification, cross-bedding, graded bedding, rippled effects, and solidified mud cracks. Includes photographs of each type.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Rock Layers and Fossils to Infer Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an inquiry-based field investigation of the sedimentary geology of Lilydale Regional Park's brickyards area, a bluff and slope location near St. Paul Minnesota's Harriet Island and Cherokee Heights Park. Young scholars...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Principle of Horizontality

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Principle of Horizontality

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation

For Teachers 4th
Activity demonstrates two ways fossils are formed.
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Alteracion De Las Rocas Superficiales

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit goes deeper into the knowledge of the three petro genetic environments: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. It includes 13 interactive activities.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learn how fossils are created.
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
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Other

Rocks and Minerals: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about various rock types and the rock cycle.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Principle of Horizontality Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide briefly summarizes key points about the Principle of Horizontality and how it relates to sedimentary rock formation. Includes a few questions to...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Rocks, Rock Cycle, and Formation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of rocks and the rock cycle. How different types such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic form from minerals with the help of nature.
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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.

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