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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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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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American Geosciences Institute

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

For Teachers 5th - 8th
For this investigation, young scholars explore the characteristics of various types of rocks.
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Scholastic

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

For Students 3rd - 6th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of soil and its importance to living things.
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Scholastic

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

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of landforms, some different types, and how they are formed.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mike Rumsey Mineralogist

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a question and answer session in text format with Mike Rumsey, resident Mineralogist at the Natural History Museum. The questions are directed at understanding what it means to be a Mineralogist and to study rocks...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Rock Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th
This tutorial explains the rock cycle--from beginning to end! It is full of activities, assessments, games, slideshows and all kinds of interactive material. Learn what rocks are made of and how they change from one form to another....
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Other

Rockmans Trading Post: Welcome to the Mineral Information Finder

For Students 9th - 10th
During your lifetime, you will use more than a million pounds of rocks, minerals, and metals. Dig through this web site and find out how.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: The Rock Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on what happens during the rock cycle.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Exploration of Rocks

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This lesson is designed to allow young children to explore rocks by engaging in a rock-collecting hunt, and then recording information about their favorite rocks on a worksheet.
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Scholastic

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

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Keys to Igneous Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Click for different identification keys for igneous rocks to help you classify them correctly. Includes various color/texture keys as well as classification charts. (NOTE: At the time of writing this, the PDF links were configured...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Rock Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students are asked to identify rocks based on their properties.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Reading Passage: Minerals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining minerals. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along with your choice.
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features a lesson plan for William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Come and check out this creative activity.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Rocks

For Students K - 1st
What are rocks? Learn about the different types of rocks and how they are formed.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford Museum of Modern History: Rocks

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
The study of rocks is called petrology. Rocks may have fossils in them, and they are made up of minerals, but petrologists like looking at the rocks themselves. Just click on one of the link to find out more about rocks and the rock cycle.
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EL Education

El Education: Kid's Guide to Rock Park

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research different types of rocks and different ways of identifying rocks, then create a field guide for younger students attending a museum called The Rock Park.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about rocks and their properties. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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Other

Women in Mining: Toothpaste With a Twist [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students work in groups to create their own toothpaste in order to learn about the rocks and minerals it contains. Includes discussion questions and extension activities.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: North Cascades National Park Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource explores the history and geology of the Cascade Mountains. Content includes a geologic story, virtual field trip, a look at plate tectonics and the rocks & minerals found in the Cascade Mountains, geologic maps, and more.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Rocks and Soils: What Kind of Rock Am I?

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of different types of rocks by taking a quiz. Determine if each picture shows an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Igneous Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the classifications of igneous rocks based on silica content.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Igneous Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to classify igneous rocks.

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