Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels
Learn about the rock cycle, sedimentary rocks, and fossil fuels in this tutorial.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Sedimentary Rocks
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive animation showing how stream flow forms sedimentary rocks. Page also includes a short quiz.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Sedimentary
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Layers of Time: Fossil Game
Game through which students order layers of sedimentary rock, from oldest to newest, based on the type of fossils they contain.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Every Rock Tells a Story
Explore the different types of rocks on our Earth as you watch a one-hour video, accompanied by learning goals, details on sedimentary rocks, fossils, and supercontinents, and more.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Evolution: How to Become a Fossil
Learn about what a fossil is, the different types that scientists use for study, and processes that form them. [2:57]
Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Floating Rock Geo Mysteries
Did you know that there are some rocks that actually float? Follow this interactive investigation to find out which ones and why.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation
Activity demonstrates two ways fossils are formed.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation
Learn how fossils are created.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Fossils 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.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sorting Out Sedimentation
Sedimentary rock forms in layers that are deposited one after the other over long periods of time. Oftentimes, sedimentary rock contains fossils and other debris that are deposited within the layers. Use this experiment to investigate...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth History and Clues From Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can learn information about the past from fossils.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Rock Layers and Fossils to Infer Past
This activity is an inquiry-based field investigation of the sedimentary geology of Lilydale Regional Park's brickyards area, a bluff and slope location near St. Paul Minnesota's Harriet Island and Cherokee Heights Park. Young scholars...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: In What Types of Rocks Do Fossils Form?
Learn about the types of rocks where fossils can form.
Other
Parks Canada: Yoho National Park: The Burgess Shale
First discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909, the Burgess Shale is a UNESCO World Heritage site containing fossils dating back to the Cambrian period, 505 million years ago. This site provides the history of this area and information on...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Geologic History of Southeast Minnesota
This activity is an inquiry-based, earth science field investigation of the geology of southeast Minnesota. Students will make observations of rock outcrops and landforms in the region using maps, pictures, and field sampling, then use...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rocks and Minerals
[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.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Our Ancient Earth the Stratigraphy Cup
Activity provides students an opportunity to make a stratigraphy cup.
Indiana University
Indiana Univ. Bloomington:geo Notes: Conodonts: Microfossils of Distinction [Pdf]
Presents some facts about conodonts, extinct eel-like animals whose fossils have been found in Indiana's marine sedimentary rocks. Their important role in geologic research is also discussed.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Harvesting Oil From the Earth
In this lesson, learners investigate sources of fossil fuels, particularly oil. Students will learn how engineers and scientists look for oil by taking core samples from a model of the Earth. Also, learners will explore and analyze oil...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Coal is also a nonrenewable energy source because it takes...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology Quiz: What Do You Know? Paleontology
Test your knowledge of paleontology by taking a quick quiz.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Down There?
During this activity, students will learn how oil is formed and where in the Earth we find it. Students will take a core sample to look for oil in a model of the Earth. They will analyze their sample and make an informed decision as to...