University of Oxford (UK)
The Learning Zone: Minerals
In this interactive you will learn about minerals--how to identify them and how you use them in your everyday life.
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Scienceviews.com: Minerals and Their Uses
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...
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Florida Dept. Of Education: Conservation of Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
In this learning module, students learn to differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources, and identify resources that fit into each category. It explains the environmental effects of using nonrenewable resources, such as...
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Oresome Resources: Mining Helps Make Your House Interactive
An interactive activity for you to find out how much your lifestyle depends on mining. Students select household items and learn facts about their chemical nature, properties and uses, their origins in the Earth, mining, and production.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Materials and Minerals
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Department of Mineral Sciences
Useful interface and gateway into the research collections of the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Find information, image galleries, exhibits, specimens, and related resources about...
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Lead Soft and Easy to Cast [Pdf]
This detailed resource teaches about lead and the important role it plays in the national economy, national security, and lives of Americans every day. Discover how we use lead, where it comes from, and where future lead supplies might...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Boomtimes: 20th Century Mining Mojave Desert
This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining Labor History
This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics
This site is loaded with information on solid waste and hazardous waste. It includes industries' effects on the environment, waste programs, treatment, control, pollution prevention, recycling, and cleanup programs.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: Minerals by Name
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.
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Mineralogical Society of America: Minerals in Your House
Discover what minerals can be found at your home with this interactive resource. Explore this virtual house and you'll find minerals in common household objects.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Zircon
This resource provides general information on zircon, including hardness, color, and uses.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Perlite Statistics and Information
The USGS presents Perlite statistics and information. Includes annual publications, contacts, and resources.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geoethics Forums
Students experience the Geoethics Forums format by exploring a case study which explores the use of rare Earth minerals for green and clean technology.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geoethics Forums: The Grey Side of Green
Using the Geoethics Forums format, students are presented with a case study which explores the use of strategic minerals for green and clean technology.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Sapphire, the Non Red Variety of Corundum
This resource provides general information on sapphire, including hardness, color, and uses.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Opal
This resource provides general information on opal, including color, hardness, uses, and pictures.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Materials Flow and Sustainability [Pdf]
This site is a fact sheet that uses illustrations to review the steps minerals go through to be made into useable products, and also how some materials can be recycled and returned to the environment.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Coal
Coal in North Carolina is limited to two belts of Triassic sediment: the sporadic Dan River belt and the larger Deep River belt, which runs along the Deep River in Lee, Moore, and Chatham Counties. Read on to learn about the uses and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!
Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Asbestos Hazard Assessment
This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of asbestos, identifying asbestos in the lab, and...
Corrosion Source
Corrosion Source: Manganese
This resource presents a good summary of the history, properties, sources, uses and handling concerns of manganese. Also contains some basic data.