Rocks and Minerals for Kids

Earth Science Week -
http://www.earthsciweek.org/

http://www.earthsciweek.org/calendar/index.html
 

        Rock On! incredible science unit with edible rocks recipes
            Lessons -
http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/rocks/rocks.html
            Rock Cycle Song - http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/ocean/rocksong.htm

        Rocks and Minerals from Franklin Institute
           http://web.archive.org/web/20070816094451/http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/rocks/rocks.html
            
How Rocks Are Formed - http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/

             Rock Hounds - http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/lesson.htm
               

        Rocks For Kids.com
          
http://www.rocksforkids.com/

        Geology - Plate Tectonics, Geologic Time, and Hazards
           http://web.archive.org/web/20070630210906/http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_rockhound/1997-2000/junior.html

        Rocks and Minerals Thinkquest for Kids
           http://library.thinkquest.org/3639/

        GeoMysteries, Timelines, and FAQs
           http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html

        Rock Cycle - information, experiments and projects
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/chemistry/rock_cycle_intro.shtml
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/rocks_soils.shtml
            Old Pages on Rocks

            http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7.asp
            http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/rkcycle/rkcycleindex.html
            http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
            http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/rocks_intro.html
            http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
            http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/

        Layers of the Earth
             **
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Inside.shtml
             ** http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/inside/
             ** http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/inside.html
             ** http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html
             ** CNN Layers of the Earth (interactive)

        Types of rocks - http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry13.html
            http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_rocktypes.html
            http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types.html
            http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page01.cfm
            http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/expert/
            http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-games/rocks-game.php

        Types of Minerals - Intro, types, and id for elementary, middle, high school
                              http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/rocks_intro.html&edu=elem
                              http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/rocks_intro.html&edu=mid
                              http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/rocks_intro.html&edu=high

           http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/min_intro.html&edu=elem    
           http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/min_intro.html&edu=mid
           http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/min_intro.html&edu=high

                  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/mineral_id1.html&edu=elem
                  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/mineral_id1.html&edu=mid
                  http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/mineral_id1.html&edu=high


        Investigating Minerals - http://www.agiweb.org/education/ies/mm/invest4.html
                                 
http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html

               
        Geology Field Trips from University of Houston
            http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anontrips.html
                  

        Earth Science Lessons for Grades 5-8 - Plate tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Rocks and Minerals
          
 http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/lesson1.html
            More lessons - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/lesson.html

            Fun Stuff - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/kids

        Detailed Information about Rocks from the University of Kentucky
           http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/

        Hardness of Minerals and Rocks
           http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/hardness1.html

        Rocks, Minerals, and Mining from CLN.org - includes Ask an Expert and other links
          
http://www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html

        Rocks, Fossils, and Minerals for fourth grade from Canada
           http://www.stf.sk.ca/teaching_res/library/teach_mat_centre/tmc/e10625/e10625.htm

        Classroom Materials for Teaching Minerals from Women in Mining
           http://www.womeninmining.org/activities-main.asp?stdID=4&subcatID=90

        Earth Science Explorer from Classroom of the Future
          
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/explorer.html

        Rocks and Minerals lots of links by Jerrie Cheek from from Kennesaw, Georgia
          
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rocks.html

        Rock Unit of Study from Chesterfield, VA includes objectives, activities, books, cross-
            curricular ideas, links, and much more - (select Grade 4 geology)
            http://www.chesterfield.k12.va.us/htm/parents_pages/instruction/elemscience.htm

        Lesson Plans for Grades 5-8 from the Geological Society of America
            http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/i_rocks.htm
            Resources - http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm

        Rocks and Minerals Word Search Puzzles - 
            http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/wordfind/wordsearch3.html
            http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/wordfind/wordsearch4.html
            http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/rocks.html

       
Erupt-A-Word Crossword Puzzle - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/kids/fun/crossword/crossword.html
                 Other games from the same place - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcano-games

        Geology Quiz for Kids http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/quiz.html

        Nebraska Teachers Geology Lesson Plans - elementary, middle, secondary levels
           http://nesen.unl.edu/ScienceResources/LinksGeosphere.asp
           http://nesen.unl.edu/Lessons/Geosphere/Geosphere.asp

        Teach-nology Rock Lessons - 

           http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/earth_sciences/rocks/

        Rock Family Reunion - A Third Grade Introduction to Three Types of Rocks
         
 http://www.apollo.issaquah.wednet.edu/Curriculum/ROCKSITE/INDEX.HTM

        Rock Collecting - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/collect1/collectgip.html

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