Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Rock Layers and Fossils to Infer Past
This activity is an inquiry-based field investigation of the sedimentary geology of Lilydale Regional Park's brickyards area, a bluff and slope location near St. Paul Minnesota's Harriet Island and Cherokee Heights Park. Students...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Oil Shale
When converted to petroleum, oil shale is a valuable resource produced by many countries around the world, including the U.S. Wikipedia discusses the geology, history, economics, and environmental considerations of oil shale.
Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Floating Rock Geo Mysteries
A good resource if you want a quick overview of the formation process for igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Sedimentary
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: Metamorphic
A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on metamorphic rocks.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Principle of Horizontality
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Sedimentary Rocks
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Factors that determine sediments and sedimentary rock materials and composition.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation
Learn how fossils are created.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weathering, Erosion, and the Rock Cycle
Learn about the processes involved throughout the creation of sedimentary rock.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Hey Rock, How Old Are You?
Discover the relative age of rocks by identifying sedimentary rock and observing its layers.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Down There?
During this activity, students will learn how oil is formed and where in the Earth we find it. Students will take a core sample to look for oil in a model of the Earth. They will analyze their sample and make an informed decision as to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Harvesting Oil From the Earth
For this lesson, students investigate sources of fossil fuels, particularly oil. Students will learn how engineers and scientists look for oil by taking core samples from a model of the Earth. Also, students will explore and analyze oil...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth History and Clues From Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can learn information about the past from fossils.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rocks and Soils: What Kind of Rock Am I?
Test your knowledge of different types of rocks by taking a quiz. Determine if each picture shows an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: The Rock Cycle: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle
[Free Registration/Login Required] Test your knowledge of the rock cycle by labeling an interactive diagram and with a short quiz.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology Quiz: What Do You Know? Paleontology
Test your knowledge of paleontology by taking a quick quiz.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Every Rock Tells a Story
Explore the different types of rocks on our Earth as you watch a one-hour video, accompanied by learning goals, details on sedimentary rocks, fossils, and supercontinents, and more.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Geology: Sedimentary Rocks
Listen to this podcast which explains the various processes that form sedimentary rock. [0:32]
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.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Geo Notes: Salem Limestone: Its Origin [Pdf]
Describes the formation of the Salem Limestone during the Mississippian Period.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Principle of Horizontality
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Rules for sedimentary rock formation.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Shale
Originating as clay or mud, shale is a sedimentary rock formed by deposits of small particles by slow moving water. Wikipedia includes color images and discusses composition and deposition.
Other
Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: The Rock Cycle
Did you know the rock cycle is a continuous cycle that takes hundreds of millions of years? This webpage explains how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. It also gives examples of each type of rock. Also includes a...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Rock Hounds: Shale Rocks
A very brief description of the sedimentary rock, shale. Color image included.