BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Rocks
This learning module helps students understand the three types of rock: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic and how they are formed.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Rock Cycle
This tutorial explains the rock cycle--from beginning to end! It is full of activities, assessments, games, slideshows and all kinds of interactive material. Learn what rocks are made of and how they change from one form to another....
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Grade 3: Rock N Art
In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Rock Cycle: Looking at Similarities and Diff in Rocks
In this activity learners will be given three rocks representing the three main rock types in the rock cycle. They will make observations on those rocks and develop a hypothesis on how each rock formed. We will meet as a class and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rock Solid
Rocks cover the earth's surface, including what is below or near human-made structures. With rocks everywhere, breaking rocks can be hazardous and potentially disastrous to people. Young scholars are introduced to three types of material...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Metamorphic Rocks
An introductory slideshow illustrating the three types of rocks, with an emphasis on metamorphic rock.
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ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Rocky Movement [Pdf]
For this lesson, 3rd graders will investigate the three types of rocks and personify the formation of each type with movement.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Reference Documents: Rock Cycle [Pdf]
A simplified version of the rock cycle showing the three types of rocks and the transformational processes that occur between each pair of rock types.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the three major rock types and the rock cycle.
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...
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Rocks and Minerals: Sedimentary Rocks
An excellent resource for learning about sedimentary rocks and how they form. The different types of sedimentary rocks and deposits found in Kentucky are listed, with links to dedicated pages for each. Covers clay, shale, sandstone,...
Other
My Science Box: Crayon Rock Cycle
A great lesson plan that uses crayon shavings, aluminum foil, and hot water to introduce the three main types of rocks and the processes needed to form them. Included are the lesson objectives, vocabulary, and step-by-step procedures to...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Collecting and Identifying Rocks
Students investigate rocks in an outdoor field trip, and then place them into groups by characteristics. The different groups could be the size, shape, color, and texture of the rocks. After classifying, students are introduced to the...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Rock Cycle Diagram
Describes the three different types of rocks and provides a diagram showing where they fit into the rock cycle.
SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Classifying Rocks
This is a performance task where students sort and classify rocks based on their properties, then demonstrate how they can transfer their understanding to decide on ways they might sort and classify other types of objects.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Every Rock Has a Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the differences between different types of rocks and how they were formed. The three main types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) are shown.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Geology: Limestone
Article explaining what limestone is, how it is formed, where it occurs, the different types, and how it has been used throughout history. (Published: August 8, 2010)
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: If Rocks Could Talk
Learn about metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks and see many examples of each type.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Metamorphic
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on metamorphic rocks.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the three major rock types and the rock cycle.
Minerals Ed
Minerals Ed: Rock Star 101 [Pdf]
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.
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Other
The Geological Society: Rock Properties [Pdf]
In this activity, students investigate the properties of six different types of rocks, and answer related questions, e.g., ranking them in terms of durability, inferring possible uses of three rock types, etc.
Other
Geology.com: Rocks: Pictures of Sedimentary Rocks
Presents photographs of examples of clastic, chemical, and organic sedimentary rocks, with short descriptions underneath each rock image. Each rock name is also linked to its own dedicated page with a great deal of additional information...
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...