National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Charles Lyell
This site from the University Of California Santa Barbara provides a brief description of Charles Lyell's ideas concerning the geology of the Earth and several links to famous people related to this topic.
Other
University of Delaware: Plate Tectonics
This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.
Other
Icga: Emerald
Site provides information on the history of emeralds, their physical properties, and where they can be found. Also provides pictures of emeralds and detailed information concerning them.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Plate Tectonics
This site helps students learn about the Earth science subject of plate tectonics including major and minor plates, convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Glaciers
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of glaciers including how they form, types of glaciers, geological features, how they flow, and interesting facts.
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Geology Glossary and Terms
Find a glossary and terms of geology in the Earth sciences on this website. This site contains definitions for words such as erosion, fossil, glacier, rocks, minerals, mantle, and topography.
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.
Other
Georgia Perimeter College: Metamorphic Rock Pictures
Vew close-up photos of various kinds of metamorphic rocks, including foliated, non-foliated, and mineral specimens.
Other
Southern Kings Consolidated School: Plateaus
This page by the Southern Kings Consolidated School provides a great description of a plateau, and includes several images of landscapes with plateaus.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Rocks and Soils
Easy-to-understand review of key concepts about rocks and soils, with diagrams, activities, and quiz questions.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Erosion
Study the subject of erosion including water, wind, and glacial erosion, fun facts, human causes, and controlling it on this site.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Soil
Kids learn about the Earth science subject of soil including how it is formed, properties, horizons, layers, topsoil, bedrock, and facts about soil.
EL Education
El Education: Rock on "Rock"chester
Students create a field guide containing geological information about local sites and explaining the geologic concepts that worked to create these sites. Through observations and work with local geologists and museum staff, students...
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.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Ask a Geologist
This site allows anyone with a question about geology to ask a USGS scientist. Contains links to other geology resources.
Quia
Quia: Dig Into Geology
Site provides games and activities that will allow students to have fun, and learn more about rocks and minerals at the same time.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Charles Lyell
This site from ScienceWorld describes the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell who supported the ideas of the uniformitarian principle and aligned himself with James Hutton's ideas. He also supported and refuted some of the ideas of Charles...
Curated OER
Pella Museum: Paleontology and Geology of Jordan
This English language site focuses on the paleontology, geology, and the fossilized flora, and fauna Jordan. Scientific articles are interspersed with extensive photographs and descriptions of various features.
Curated OER
Continental Plates
This site from the Grand Canyon Explorer offers diagrams, pictures, and text information on how the Grand Canyon was formed, what materials are involved, and why it looks the way it does.
Curated OER
Colorado Plateau
This site from the Grand Canyon Explorer offers diagrams, pictures, and text information on how the Grand Canyon was formed, what materials are involved, and why it looks the way it does.