SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Classifying Rocks
This is a performance task where students sort and classify rocks based on their properties, then demonstrate how they can transfer their understanding to decide on ways they might sort and classify other types of objects.
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Mock Rock Recipe [Pdf]
This activity provides instruction for students to create homemade stones using flour and alum.
Other
Women in Mining: "Silly Putty"
This activity has students make silly putty using borax which comes from a rock called kernite.
Other
Kentucky Coal Association: Kentucky Coal Heritage
A brief history of coal in the state of Kentucky including explanations of scrip tokens and scatter tags.
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Minerals Ed
Minerals Ed: Rock Star 101 [Pdf]
This lesson takes you through the basic introduction of rocks. It includes information about the rock cycle and the three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
Other
Hard Rocks Interactive Crossword
A fun way to review what you know about rocks! Play online, or print out and solve later.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 1
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Igneous Rocks: Lesson 3
This lesson will present how to identify and classify igneous rocks. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Igneous Rocks."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Rock Mineral Formations: Lesson 1
This lesson will explore the process of rock mineral formations. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Geology: Rock Mineral Formations."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Sedimentary Rocks: Lesson 1
This lesson will present how to identify and classify sedimentary rocks. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Sedimentary Rocks."
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Rocks and Minerals
Understand the differences between rocks and minerals and identify types of each.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Crystals: Lesson 3
This lesson will present how to identify and classify crystals. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Crystals."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Igneous Rocks: Lesson 2
This lesson will present how to identify and classify igneous rocks. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Igneous Rocks."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Crystals
Kid's learn about the science of crystals. Repeating patterns of molecules form interesting shapes.
EL Education
El Education: Rock and Mineral Machine Poster
Students complete field observations and work with local geologists to collect rock and complete a lab on rock and mineral testing and identification. Students then invent a fictional machine to identify rocks, and finally they create a...
EL Education
El Education: Rock and Mineral Trading Cards
Students complete field and museum observations and work with local geologists to collect information on various types of rocks. Each student then creates a trading card with an original illustration of the rock on the front and the...
EL Education
El Education: Kid's Guide to Rock Park
Students research different types of rocks and different ways of identifying rocks, then create a field guide for younger students attending a museum called The Rock Park.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Building Geology: Rock and Mineral Hunt
Students will use their observational skills to examine rocks they find on the exterior of the school building and on the ground on the campus.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rocks and Minerals
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives humorous explanations as to how rocks are formed. Illustrations and practical examples of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and fossils are given.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rocks and Soils
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children should come to recognize that underneath all surfaces is rock which they may not be able to see, that rocks get broken down into pebbles and soils which we can often see, and that...
Other
Rocks and minerals.com: Rock and Mineral Uses
This is a fairly extensive list of common rocks and minerals, each followed by a brief explanation of how they are used in our society.
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.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Rocks and Minerals Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about rocks and minerals. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and earth science vocabulary, would work well with...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Rocks and Minerals Facts
Learn what the characteristics of rocks and minerals are and how they are different.