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

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.

Essential guide to geology of the National Parks focuses on minerals and the different types of rocks. Includes a visual glossary.

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...

[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.

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.

Students will research a rock or mineral to find out some of its properties and uses. Each student will then complete a slide presentation to present findings.

Save Earth from the evil villain who is draining all the life from it. Following the activity, read more about rocks and soil, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.

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.

Here is an interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Rocks and Minerals.

Dig into the layers of activities exploring and investigating minerals and how they are related to both rocks and soil.

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...

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...

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....

Create your own rock and mineral collection. Site shows you how to clean minerals, get organized, and it gives suggestions for display and storage.

In this lesson, students will compare types of candy to learn about geological classification. Students will classify and sort different materials by their composition and physical properties.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the three major rock types and the rock cycle.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives humorous explanations as to how rocks are formed. Illustrations and practical examples of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and fossils are given.

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.

Australian Museum Online has a collection of rocks and minerals. Read about a rock from Cape Horn, the Jenolan Cave minerals and the "Barratta Meteorite."

Understand how to classify rocks and minerals with this concise tutorial.

Watch a slideshow featuring the makeup and value of fossils and take a quiz on the facts.

Learn about minerals and have fun, too, playing Sedimentary, My Dear Watson, Knowledge Nuggets, Mining for Minerals (Interactive), and Minerals Matter. Downloadable features.

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