Sedimentary Rocks Teacher Resources

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

Assess your understanding of the three major categories of rocks with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.

This activity introduces students to the concept of sorting materials in different mediums and the sedimentary feature called graded bedding. Students will discover that water is a good medium to separate and sort particles and that...

In this lesson geared toward primary students, they will learn about the three different kinds of rocks, how they are formed and how to recognize the unique characteristics by building a 3D model.

In this lesson learners are asked to identify rocks based on their properties.

If you want to plant a class garden, this is a great resource for combining geometry, Native American studies, and rocks.

Part of an online publication offered by the U.S. Geological Survey, this articles sheds light on how studying fossils became an important part of understanding geologic time.

This unit will discuss how external geological agents shape different parts of our earth. It contains 15 interactive activities.

Did you know the rock cycle is a continuous cycle that takes hundreds of millions of years? This webpage explains how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. It also gives examples of each type of rock. Also includes a...

What are rocks? Learn about the different types of rocks and how they are formed.

Explains what graded bedding is and how it forms in sedimentary deposits.

Explains what is meant by the deposition of sediments by wind and water and provides examples of the resulting landforms.

On the eastern slopes of the Masai escarpment bordering the Great Rift Valley are natural rock shelters, overhanging slabs of sedimentary rocks fragmented by rift faults, whose vertical planes have been used for rock paintings for at...

A sketch map of eastern Canada showing the general location of different types of rocks in this part of Canada. Within the heavy black lines are found chiefly metamorphic and igneous rocks, and chiefly sedimentary rocks without. The...

This lesson takes you through the basic introduction of rocks. It includes information about the rock cycle and the three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

Learn about various rock types and the rock cycle.

A fun way to review what you know about rocks! Play online, or print out and solve later.

This resource is about conglomerate rocks. It includes names and images of these types of rocks, along with a quiz.

Explains how rocks are classified into three basic groups.

After learning about and researching the rock cycle, middle schoolers create a skit about it that must include relevant vocabulary words. The final skits are videotaped.

Wikipedia provides this encyclopedia entry for cement that features its history, production, and use as a building material, as well as links to related topics.

Site provides games and activities that will allow students to have fun, and learn more about rocks and minerals at the same time.