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Sedimentary Rocks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this sedimentary rock worksheet, students answer 9 fill-in-the-blank questions and 8 matching questions regarding sedimentary rocks and their formation.
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Mineral Mania

For Students 7th - 9th
In this mineral worksheet, students use an on line source to answer questions about minerals, about resources and their uses, about fireworks and about birthstones.
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Making Minerals Marketable Data Sheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this minerals learning exercise, students investigate a mineral by doing research, they complete a mineral information sheet and they develop an advertising poster for the mineral.
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Student Exploration: Mineral Identification

For Students 8th - 9th
In this mineral identification activity, students read nine vocabulary words and answer 5 short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions regarding minerals. There are four additional pages of related activities. 
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Mighty Minerals Report Requirements

For Students 7th - 9th
In this minerals worksheet, learners create a cartoon of a mineral and include its chemical formula and its important uses. They create a slogan and a cartoon character to represent their mineral. They fill out important information on a...
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Minerals of The Earth's Crust

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, middle schoolers find the vocabulary words related to minerals by unscrambling the letters. They also complete other word puzzles.
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The Story of Rocks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, learners learn to classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. Students learn what a mineral is and the stages of the rock cycle. Learners experiment with samples of 7 minerals and record data on...
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Percent Deviation Rocks and Minerals

For Students 7th - 12th
In this rocks and minerals worksheet, students calculate the percent deviation from various mass measurements taken of rocks or minerals. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Identify a Mineral Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this minerals learning exercise, students choose a mineral to research, write its name and draw a picture. Students research about the mineral's color, luster, hardness, gravity, fracture, crystal form and transparency. Students make...
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What a Hard Test!

For Students 5th
Fifth graders complete an exercise that introduces them to Moh's scale of mineral hardness. The scale is presented on the activity, and learners answer three questions which have them assign a hardness rating based on some clues. For any...
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Our Earth

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Earth's environment worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 35 clues about a variety of topics related to our Earth. Topics include ecosystems, precipitation, biomes, energy transfer, soil, weathering and rocks.
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Rock Cycle Review

For Students 7th - 9th
In this rock cycle worksheet, students review major concepts related to rock formation by answering 15 multiple choice questions and matching 15 terms to their definitions. Students identify 7 rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary, or...
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Mining the Web

For Students 6th - 9th
In this rock and mineral instructional activity, learners visit http://sciencespot.net and explore a variety of sites about rocks and minerals in order to complete questions about geology, the rock cycle, and rock creations.
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Rocks and Fossils Word Search Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this earth science word search worksheet, students locate 13 rocks and minerals words hidden in a puzzle. They find words that are found in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Using Rocks and Ores Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry learning exercise, high schoolers answer 15 short answer questions about rocks and ores. They explore write balanced chemical reactions from word equations given.
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Extracting Oxygen from Moon Rocks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this extracting oxygen from moon rocks activity, students read about the need for oxygen for lunar colonists. Students solve 2 problems about the lunar mineral ilmenite which contains oxygen and other elements. They find the molar...
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Uses of Minerals

For Students 5th
In this science worksheet students will complete a word search puzzle. Students will locate 15 words associated with the different uses of minerals.
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Igneous Rocks

For Students 10th - 11th
In this igneous rocks activity, learners identify and explain which minerals are the first to crystallize from cooling magma according to the diagram shown. Then they describe what types of rocks are formed by those minerals. Students...
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Sedimentary Rocks Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this geology lab worksheet, students answer 31 short answer questions about sedimentary rocks. Teacher needs to provide text or internet site for students to find answers.
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Minerals

For Students 7th - 9th
In this minerals worksheet, learners are given 6 statements about minerals and they find the errors in each sentence and re-write each properly. They also fill in the blanks for 8 sentences with given terms related to minerals, groups of...
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Igneous Rocks Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this geology exploration instructional activity, students complete 27 short answer questions about the properties and locations of igneous rocks. Teacher must provide text or internet link.
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The Rock Cycle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this rock cycle activity, students copy the table illustrated for data and observations of rock samples. Then they examine the rock samples observing the characteristics and the arrangement of grains in each. Students then record...
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Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 7th - 8th
In this sedimentary rocks instructional activity, students conduct an experiment where they observe a shallow dish of water and table salt. Then they determine what causes the salt to leave deposits in the pan. Students also describe...
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Igneous Rocks

For Students 7th - 8th
In this igneous rocks worksheet, students identify the lave that cools quickly and entraps air and other gases. Then they describe the molten material found below the Earth's surface. Students also give another name for the mineral...

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