Turn your class discussion of rock formation from ho-hum to holy hornfels! Junior geologists gain experience in identifying rock types and rock origins, with an emphasis in hypothesizing the environment needed to form certain...

Get your classroom rocking with this four-lesson earth science unit. Through a series of shared reading activities and hands-on investigations, young geologists learn about the three types of rocks and the unique properties of each.

Time to rock out! Discover the "life" cycle of the average rock using an illustrative stations lab and stimulating pairs game. Roll the dice to determine your fate: will it be melting in magma or chilling out to form igneous rock? The...

Take young geologists on an exploration of the rock cycle with this six-lesson earth science unit on rocks and minerals. Through a series of discussions, demonstrations, and hands-on investigations your class will learn...

Young geologists discover the important role that rocks and minerals play in our everyday lives through this series of hands-on activities. Starting off with a lesson that defines the difference between plants, animals, and...

By constructing a watershed model and identifying watershed features in it, they discover how water erosion changes the landscape. As with most watershed modeling activities, this one is costly in terms of time and materials. It is,...

Ready for a change? Give a comprehensive collection of metamorphic materials a try! With the assortment of printables and lab activities, you won't be under pressure to keep things lively. The unit culminates by having...

Learn about the rock cycle, sedimentary rocks, and fossil fuels in this tutorial.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how sediments weather, erode, and are deposited in a sedimentary environment.

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How sediments become sedimentary rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How sediments become sedimentary rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to classify sedimentary rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Factors that determine sediments and sedimentary rock materials and composition.

Listen to this podcast which explains the various processes that form sedimentary rock. [0:32]

[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.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.

This unit goes deeper into the knowledge of the three petro genetic environments: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. It includes 13 interactive activities.

Learn about the processes involved throughout the creation of sedimentary rock.

Discover the relative age of rocks by identifying sedimentary rock and observing its layers.

The purpose of this lesson plan is to provide teachers with some activities they can do on school grounds. Activities include mapping, describing sedimentary rocks, and solving a mystery.

This learning module helps students understand the three types of rock: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic and how they are formed.

Looking for more information about plate tectonics and what happens at plate boundaries? This site gives definitions of all plate boundaries as well as animations to help visualize what is happening.