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Nmbgmr: Resources for Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate a variety of maps on New Mexico's minerals and resources, read issues of "Lite Geology," take virtual tours of state sites, and find games, puzzles, and activities for young people.
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Nmbgmr: Resources for Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate a variety of maps on New Mexico's minerals and resources, read issues of "Lite Geology," take virtual tours of state sites, and find games, puzzles, and activities for young people.
Website
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Nmbgmr: Resources for Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Locate a variety of maps on New Mexico's minerals and resources, read issues of "Lite Geology," take virtual tours of state sites, and find games, puzzles, and activities for young people.
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Abiotic Factors

For Students 6th - 8th
Abiotic components are the nonliving components of the biosphere. Chemical and geological factors, such as rocks and minerals, and physical factors, such as temperature and weather, are referred to as abiotic components.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Rocks and Minerals Find It! Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about rocks and minerals. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and earth science vocabulary, would work well with...
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Minerals Ed

Mineral Resources Education Program of Bc: Mine Development Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at how a mine develops from the exploratory stage to reclamation of the land.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Volcanoes

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of volcanoes.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Earthquakes

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on earthquakes, how they form, how they are measured, and the ways they can change the surface of the Earth.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: State Facts (Wisconsin)

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about some of the state symbols of Wisconsin and some of the interesting things to do there.
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Rockhounding Arkansas: Basic Mineral Identification

For Students 3rd - 8th
Want to learn about rock collecting? This page introduces you to the basics and language of rocks and -inerals. Learn what the difference is between a rock and a mineral.
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Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Aquamarine, the Blue Variety of Beryl

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has some background information on aquamarine, a blue form of beryl. Provides details about variety, uses, color, and more. Detailed and helpful information.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Rock Identification and Usage

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students explore rocks using their five senses. They sort them into groups, learn about landforms, and learn how rocks are used by humans. Their discoveries are recorded in their science notebooks.
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Bob's Rock Shop: Rock & Gem: Agates From the Land of Pumas and Craters

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about hunting agate in Argentina, from Rock & Gem magazine.
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PBS

Pbs: The West: Rock Springs

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers very brief information and a map of the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming which was the site of the "Rock Springs massacre" in 1885. Federal troops had to be called in to restore order after miners went on a rampage and killed twenty...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Rocks a Lesson in Inquiry

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students sort and classify rocks in small groups, and record questions they have. The class will sort the questions into investigatory and non-investigatory questions. They will choose one to investigate, make a...
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Mock Rock Recipe [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This activity provides instruction for students to create homemade stones using flour and alum.
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Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Sapphire, the Non Red Variety of Corundum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides general information on sapphire, including hardness, color, and uses.
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Amethyst Galleries

Amethyst Galleries: Mineral Gallery: Diamond

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion of the physical properties of diamonds, including different forms of carbon, locations of origin, uses, color, and more. Informational and helpful concerning diamonds.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Geology Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
Find a glossary and terms of geology in the Earth sciences on this website. This site contains definitions for words such as erosion, fossil, glacier, rocks, minerals, mantle, and topography.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: What's Under My Feet? Learning to Use a Geologic Map

For Students 6th - 8th
Students use geologic maps to learn about rocks and minerals.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking at Minnesota Geology

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will observe the geology of Minnesota by studying rock and mineral samples.
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Cristalizacion Y Ambientes Petrogeneticos

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit covers the crystalline matter and its properties. It includes 13 interactive activities.
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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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Density of Earth Materials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare the densities of six different rocks/minerals collected from different environments, and then predict which rocks have the highest and lowest densities. Then they construct and test their hypothesis by calculating the...

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