After five class sessions, young scientists will be able to identify common rock types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. This plan involves hands-on activities, includes various handouts and worksheets, and requires there to be...

Students define igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary, and use rock identification books to identify igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Students then discuss which rocks early man would have found useful for tool creation.

Students explore the concept of the rock cycle.  In this geology lesson, students identify, classify, and observe three different types of rocks.  Students then list and char the characteristics of their rocks. 

In this geography worksheet, students locate fifteen terms dealing with metamorphic rocks. Answers to the word search are available in various formats.

Students take a virtual field trip around California using Google Earth. In this geology field trip lesson, students explore landforms and a variety of rocks located in California.  Students compare environments where rocks are...

Learners use reference materials to discover which specimens are igneous or metamorphic. Students answer the questions on the provided sheets. Learners identify the average differences in elevation of the regions of New Jersey. Students...

Fourth graders investigate the three types of rocks and study about petroglyphs. They explore why petroglyphs were used by the Nez Perce People. Students investigate the properties of the three types of rocks and they discuss cultural...

Young scholars study both geological and geographical features of Connecticut and the New Haven area. They focus on map works and rock formation.

Who knew that mountain formation could be so entertaining? Leanr how mountains form with a resource on Mount Everest. Activities to guide learning include a simulation, project, videos, coloring activities, and worksheets.

Learners investigate landforms by holding a class experiment. In this topography instructional activity, students define the word "karst" and discover why sinkholes are created on the surface of the Earth by completing worksheets....

Discover the natural resources in Iowa by studying it's history. In this environmental lesson, your students will observe a topographical map of Iowa and identify where its most valuable resources are. They complete an Iowa name...