Instructional Video14:58
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Our Earth - Rock Recipes

6th - Higher Ed
Rocks are complicated collections of mineral particles. Four silicate mineral groups make up 90% of the crustal rocks - mafic minerals, quartzes, feldspars and micas. Rocks come in three basic varieties - igneous, sedimentary and...
Instructional Video1:54
Visual Learning Systems

The Rock Cycle: the Rock Cycle in Action

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the The Rock Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that rocks are non-living substances made up of one or more minerals. Understand that a mineral is a natural substance with a definite...
Instructional Video2:53
Visual Learning Systems

Rocks and the Rock Cycle: the Rock Cycle

3rd - 8th
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Instructional Video1:33
Visual Learning Systems

Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Metamorphic Rocks

9th - 12th
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Interactive1:35
Scholastic

Study Jams! Metamorphic Rocks

4th - 8th
Photographs of magnificent metamorphic rock formations make up the bulk of this brief slide show. Along with the upbeat background music, slow-moving slides, and informational captions of the slide show, you will also find key...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: Its Youngest Rocks

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA features the youngest rock formations in the Grand Canyon, lava dams, and how they are subject to the eroding power of water.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a fossil found among the Grand Canyon's rock layers reveals the existence of a shallow sea that once covered most of western North America.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: Ancient Mountains

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA features the twisted and melted forms of the Grand Canyon's oldest rocks, the 1.7-billion-year-old Vishnu Schist.
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth Revealed

9th - 10th
To support or supplement a course in earth science or geography, Annenberg Media offers twenty-six Videos on Demand (VoDs). The topics coverd range from why Earth can sustain life, to plate tectonics, to rock types and landscape...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Grand Canyon: The Top Two Rock Layers

9th - 10th
This brief video segment adapted from NOVA uses illustrations and the well-preserved footprints of a small reptile to portray the history of the Grand Canyon's top two rock layers.