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Mineralogical Society of America: Collector's Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth resource for identifying rocks. Includes an interactive rock identification key to help you figure out the name of your rock.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rocks, Rocks, Rocks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test rocks to identify their physical properties (such as luster, hardness, color, etc.) and classify them as igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. They complete a worksheet table to record all of the rock properties, and then...
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Curated OER

Metamorphic Rock

For Students Pre-K - 1st
metamorphic rock
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Metamorphic Rock

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a chunk of gneiss, a metamorphic rock set against a white background.
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Minerals Ed

Minerals Ed: Rock Star 101 [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
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.
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Other

Rocks and Minerals: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about various rock types and the rock cycle.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Rock Cycle Skit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After learning about and researching the rock cycle, students create a skit about it that must include relevant vocabulary words. The final skits are videotaped.
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Curated OER

Metamorphic Rocks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
metamorphic rocks
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Rocks

For Students K - 1st
What are rocks? Learn about the different types of rocks and how they are formed.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Rocks, Rock Cycle, and Formation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of rocks and the rock cycle. How different types such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic form from minerals with the help of nature.
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Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Alteracion De Las Rocas Superficiales

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit goes deeper into the knowledge of the three petro genetic environments: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. It includes 13 interactive activities.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Rock Steady

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use their knowledge of the rock cycle to write a story about a pet rock. The story must include the rock changing from magma, to each type of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. The story should end with the pet rock...
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: The Rock Cycle With Geologic Settings [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A colorful diagram of the rock cycle showing the stages that rocks go through as they are transformed by different processes such as weathering, lithification, and crystallization.
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PurposeGames

Purpose Games: The Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Select the correct response for each given name. Players will test their knowledge of the rock cycle with this 9 question interactive.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Every Rock Has a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the differences between different types of rocks and how they were formed. The three main types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) are shown.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: The Human Rock Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
Students act out a type of rock, igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, for others to guess.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Serpentinite in Subduction Zones: How Do We Find It, and How Common Is It?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An advanced lesson in the study of serpentinites in subduction zones. Students will need a good understanding of mineralogy. of how to read phase diagrams and 2D images of the seismological features of subduction zones.
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Rocks and Minerals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand the differences between rocks and minerals and identify types of each.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Rocky Movement [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders will investigate the three types of rocks and personify the formation of each type with movement.
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Other

Earth Measure: Native American Geometry Designs: Mathematical Landscaping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
If you want to plant a class garden, this is a great resource for combining geometry, Native American studies, and rocks.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: When Continents Collide

For Students 3rd - 8th
Material to begin an exploration of plate tectonics and mountain formation. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on metamorphic rocks and mountain building, and ideas for teaching this...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Dynamic Earth: Slip, Slide, & Collide

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for more information about plate tectonics and what happens at plate boundaries? This site gives definitions of all plate boundaries as well as animations to help visualize what is happening.
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Quia

Quia: Dig Into Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides games and activities that will allow students to have fun, and learn more about rocks and minerals at the same time.

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