TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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Nmbgmr: Resources for Teachers
Locate a variety of maps on New Mexico's minerals and resources, read issues of "Lite Geology," take virtual tours of state sites, and find games, puzzles, and activities for young people.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Photo Glossary
A glossary of geological terms with photos to accompany definition.
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Georgia Perimeter College: Metamorphic Rock Pictures
Vew close-up photos of various kinds of metamorphic rocks, including foliated, non-foliated, and mineral specimens.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 1
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 3
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Geologic Maps
This site has a good description of what this particular type of map represents. It also explains the colors and letter symbols, faults, and strike and dips.
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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
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Arkansas Geological Commission: Marble
General marble information, Arkansas geology, and a history of production are discussed by the Arkansas Geological Commission.
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Abiotic Factors
Abiotic components are the nonliving components of the biosphere. Chemical and geological factors, such as rocks and minerals, and physical factors, such as temperature and weather, are referred to as abiotic components.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Geology
The geology of Alberta is profiled on this site. Drop menus reveal sub-topics ..geological time scale, rock formations in Alberta, and so forth.Graphics and maps are included.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Engineering Geology
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basics of engineering geology. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Minerals
Investigate the subject of minerals including characteristics, properties such as luster and streak, types of minerals, and fun facts on this site.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Agate Fossil Beds: Geologic Formations
This National Park Service site has information about these fossil beds in Nebraska and where the name Agate came from.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Rocks & Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
This lesson plan is designed to allow young children to investigate rocks using the book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
EL Education
El Education: Fourth Grade Tumbler's Manual
This manual was created by 4th grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, during a learning expedition on rocks and minerals. The expedition included fieldwork to local geological sites and to...
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Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Mountain Building
A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of how mountains are formed. Inquiry-based exploration of mountain building includes the rock cycle, mountain formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, rocks, minerals, and...