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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!

For Students 3rd
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...
Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Rocks and Minerals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand the differences between rocks and minerals and identify types of each.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Georgia Virtual Learning: Geology: Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazing interactive tutorial, you'll learn about minerals - the building blocks or rocks and the Earth. We'll talk about what makes something a mineral, and how differences in these minerals let us organize them into different...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Through five lessons, students are introduced to all facets of the rock cycle. Topics include rock and mineral types, material stresses and weathering, geologic time and fossil formation, the Earth's crust and tectonic plates, and soil...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: When Science Is Sweet: Growing Rock Candy Crystals

For Students 3rd - 5th
Though rock candy seems to be a simple enough treat, it is also pretty interesting to make. Crystallized sugar that can be grown from a sugar-water solution is just how rock candy is made. In this experiment, you will learn to make your...
Handout
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Metamorphic Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the process by which metamorphic rocks are created, where they are located, and how they are identified by texture (foliated and non-foliated) and mineral composition.
Interactive
San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Mineral Matters: Mine Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about minerals and have fun, too, playing Sedimentary, My Dear Watson, Knowledge Nuggets, Mining for Minerals (Interactive), and Minerals Matter. Downloadable features.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geologic Survey: Rocks

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are rocks made of? Where do rocks come from? What is an igneous rock? These are just some of the questions answered by the scientists of the U.S. Geologic Survey.
Handout
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Igneous Rock Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of igneous rocks and how they are classified.
Website
Other

The Happy Scientist: Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of rocks including igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, and the rock cycle.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Geology Quizzes: Rock Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess your understanding of the three major categories of rocks with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines the properties of a rock.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines the properties of a rock.
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Read Works

Read Works: What Is a Rock?

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the elements that rocks are made of. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the three major rock types and the rock cycle.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Investigating Different Rock Types

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this investigation, students explore the characteristics of various types of rocks.
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Other

Rocks and Minerals: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about various rock types and the rock cycle.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
[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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Baseball Rocks!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
Handout
James Madison University

James Madison University: Igneous Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the classification of igneous rocks. Content addresses classification based on color and texture, mineral composition, and chemical composition.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Rocks and Soils

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Other

Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rocks, Rocks, Rocks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test rocks to identify their physical properties (such as luster, hardness, color, etc.) and classify them as igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. They complete a worksheet table to record all of the rock properties, and then...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Rock Discovery

For Teachers 4th
Identify rocks by examining rock characteristics and processes.

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