Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Birth of Rock(s) Identifying Rock Types
This instructional activity will allow the student to explore the characteristics of rocks. Through exploration the student will be able to identity the three kinds of rocks and examples of each. They will also learn how rocks are used...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how the three types of rocks form and convert from one to another. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Types of Rocks
Explains how rocks are classified into three basic groups.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!
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...