Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: The Rock Cycle
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on what happens during the rock cycle.
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Science Explorer: The Rock Cycle
This one-page explanation of the rock cycle contains a very helpful diagram and useful explanatory notes. Site explains how rocks are made and broken down.
Read Works
Read Works: Earth Rocks!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Earth Rocks
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about three different types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Geology Quizzes: Rock Types
Assess your understanding of the three major categories of rocks with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Rock Cycle Through Writing and Illustrating
In this writing and illustrating activity, students will be able to follow a simple rock cycle to follow the life of "Rocky the Rock". After investigating the rock cycle, students will then be able to illustrate the rock cycle, along...
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...
Other
Hopewell Rocks Photo Gallery
View this stunning collection of images showcasing Hopewell Rocks and the famous Flowerpot Rocks located in the Bay of Fundy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: How to Make a Rock
Activity introduces students to the concepts of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rock Jeopardy!
Students reinforce their understanding of rocks, the rock cycle, and geotechnical engineering by playing a trivia game. They work in groups to prepare Jeopardy-type trivia questions (answers) and compete against each other to demonstrate...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Making & Breaking: The Rock Cycle
Students learn the components of the rock cycle and how rocks can change over time under the influence of weathering, erosion, pressure and heat. They learn about geotechnical engineering and the role these engineers play in the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Classifying Rocks and Minerals
Fourth graders identify rock types by observing key characteristics.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Rocks
This learning module helps students understand the three types of rock: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic and how they are formed.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Are Some Types of Rocks?
Astrid lives in Norway, and really likes Viking ships and rocks. She is visiting a Viking museum, and needs help learning about different types of rocks, where rocks come from, and the different characteristics of rocks.
Minerals Ed
Minerals Ed: Introducing the Rock Cycle by Creating a 3 D Model [Pdf]
In this lesson geared toward primary students, they will learn about the three different kinds of rocks, how they are formed and how to recognize the unique characteristics by building a 3D model.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Virtual Rock Lab
In this lesson learners are asked to identify rocks based on their properties.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Rock Hounds: Shale Rocks
A very brief description of the sedimentary rock, shale. Color image included.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sorting Out Sedimentation
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...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Layers of Time: Fossil Game
Game through which students order layers of sedimentary rock, from oldest to newest, based on the type of fossils they contain.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Rocks and Minerals
Here is an interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Rocks and Minerals.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Schoolyard Geology
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.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Rocky Secrets: Where Does Oil Hide?
You may have heard the expression, "You can't get blood from a stone." But what about oil? Can you get petroleum oil from a stone? In this geology science fair project, you'll find out what kinds of stones make the best storage rocks for...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Earth History: Crayon Rock Cycle
Introduce to the students the three main types of rocks and the processes that form them. Wax crayons are eroded into sediment, compacted into sedimentary rock, partially melted and pressed into metamorphic rock, and finally melted and...
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Serc: Modeling Sea Level: Lateral and Vertical Facies Changes
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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