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...

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.

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.

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.

An excellent lesson for teachers to use when researching rocks and minerals in Nova Scotia.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Instructional videos, grade-level texts, interactive activities, and quick assessments about rocks and processes of the rock cycle.

In this interactive tutorial you'll learn about rocks and the rock cycle. You'll be introduced to the three different rock types and what makes them what they are. You'll also learn about how the matter that makes up these rocks is...

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...

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on metamorphic rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines the properties of a rock.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines the properties of a rock.

Assess your understanding of the three major categories of rocks with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.

Through videoconferencing, two classes battle out their knowledge of rocks and minerals and the rock cycle by playing baseball. Each class completes a unit on rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle which includes gathering facts from print...

Overview of rocks including igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, and the rock cycle.

This set of four exercises requires each student to be provided with a rock and mineral kit, described in the downloadable activity description. They perform a detailed series of tests on the samples to discover their properties.

Teacher instructions and all the needed materials for a challenging game of Bingo where students must apply their knowledge of rocks and minerals in order to win. Downloadable materials include a description of the activity, Bingo...