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Geology.com: Rocks: Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary

For Students 9th - 10th
Rocks hold the history of the earth and the materials that will be used to build its future. This website holds a treasure of information regarding igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Clastic Sedimentary Rock Classification

For Students 11th - 12th
An upper-level explanation of clastic sedimentary rock classification. Charts, diagrams, and review questions are included. Be sure to click on the PDF Clastic Identification key.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Sedimentary Processes of Transgression and Regression

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a detailed explanation of how transgression and regression of sea levels work to create deposits of sedimentary rocks. Illustrations show the layering that takes place over time. The article discusses how geologists...
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Sedimentary Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the depositional processes that occur in sedimentary rock formation to produce stratification, cross-bedding, graded bedding, rippled effects, and solidified mud cracks. Includes photographs of each type.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Sedimentary Rock Deposition and Weathering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will hike to the Mawikwe Bay Sea Caves along the frozen shoreline of Lake Superior in order to investigate the sedimentary rock deposition and weathering of the sandstone cliffs. Students will measure take measurements,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rock Classification Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about how sedimentary rocks are classified. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rock Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains that sedimentary rocks are classified by how they formed and by grain size.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Lithification of Sedimentary Rocks Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the lithification of sedimentary rocks. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rocks Study Guide

For Students 4th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about sedimentary rocks and how they form. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Are Sedimentary Rocks?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how sedimentary rocks are formed and how they are characterized.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive animation showing how stream flow forms sedimentary rocks. Page also includes a short quiz.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Sedimentary Rock Classification

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get a visual of how sedimentary rock forms through an interactive animation on this site. Also, test your understanding with a short quiz.
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3D Toad

3 dtoad.com: Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
A 3-D view of sedimentary rocks. Samples include Arenaceous Shale, Arkose (gray), Banded Sandstone, Barite, Bituminous Coal, Caliche, Chalcedony, Conglomerate, Coquina, Diffusion Dolmite, Dolomite, Dolomitic Limestone, Ferruginous Shale,...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Sedimentary Rock Formation Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what sedimentary rocks are, the three main types, and how they are formed.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Sedimentary Rocks: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how to identify and classify sedimentary rocks. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Sedimentary Rocks."
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: How Sedimentary Rock Is Formed

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Franklin Institute describes the way sedimentary rock is formed, with links to descriptions of several types of sedimentary rocks.
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Kentucky Coal Education: Making Sedimentary Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students learn how sedimentary rocks form by making three different types.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Serc: Modeling Sea Level: Lateral and Vertical Facies Changes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do sequences of sedimentary rocks tell us about how sea level has changed? Students will use a tube and bead (or ball) model to visualize and predict how changes in sea level can control the lateral and vertical facies distribution...
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Graded Bedding [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces learners to the concept of sorting materials in different mediums and the sedimentary feature called graded bedding. Students will discover that water is a good medium to separate and sort particles and that...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sorting Out Sedimentation

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Layers of Time: Fossil Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Game through which students order layers of sedimentary rock, from oldest to newest, based on the type of fossils they contain.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: How to Make a Rock

For Teachers 2nd
Activity introduces students to the concepts of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rock Types Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well-designed lesson on rocks where students first learn about how the three categories of rocks form (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic), then must examine the features of different rock samples, and determine which category each...
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Canadian Centre for Energy Information: Earth Really Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Earth Really Rocks is a teaching unit for Grades K-3. It approaches the study of rocks from an energy perspective, looking at how gas and oil are formed underground, as well as at sedimentary rocks and the structure of the Earth's crust....

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