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 Video2:32
Visual Learning Systems

Understanding Geologic Time

9th - 12th
This video explains the concept of geologic time and how geologists determine the age of Earth and its rock layers. It introduces the idea of relative time and absolute time, and highlights the law of superposition. A Journey Through...
Interactive1:35
Scholastic

Study Jams! Sedimentary Rocks

4th - 8th
Fascinating photos of sedimentary rocks and formations supply a brief overview for your geology class. By viewing these slides, learners discover that sedimentary rocks are made of tiny bits of rock, dirt, or shell that have settled,...
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
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.