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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
Curated OER
History Matters:"rock Springs Is Killed":white Reaction to the Rock Springs Riot
Read an article from the Rock Springs Independent railng against the return of the Chinese coal miners the day after the Rock Springs Massacre that resulted in the death of several Chinese laborers.
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Bob's Rock Shop
This enormous, non-commercial site provides links to information on everything from the properties of gemstones and minerals, to tips on purchasing them, to mounting them for jewelry.
Curated OER
History Matters: "To This We Dissented": The Rock Springs Riot
Read the description of the Rock Springs massacre written by the Chinese workers who lived through the massacre and presented to the Chinese Consul in New York. Included is a report of an investigation of those who died in the massacre....
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Natural Resources Canada: Annual Statistics of Mineral Production
This chart shows the mineral production of Canada by province and territory.
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Permanent: Lunar Materials: Other Minerals
This site provides information on minerals found on the moon. (PERMANENT stands for Projects to Employ Resources of the Moon and Asteroids Near Earth in the Near Term.)
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Grow Rock Candy
Students can carry out an investigation using sugar and water to determine whether heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. This activity reinforces the ideas that the properties of materials can change when...
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Quartz
This resource provides a description of the mineral quartz, including physical characteristics and color images.
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.
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.
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...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Structure of Earth Materials
A college course featuring mineral image galleries, labs, and instructor's notes on the topics of crystalline structure, crystal chemistry, and bonding in rock-forming minerals.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Mike Rumsey Mineralogist
This resource features a question and answer session in text format with Mike Rumsey, resident Mineralogist at the Natural History Museum. The questions are directed at understanding what it means to be a Mineralogist and to study rocks...
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Women in Mining: Toothpaste With a Twist [Pdf]
In this activity, students work in groups to create their own toothpaste in order to learn about the rocks and minerals it contains. Includes discussion questions and extension activities.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation
Activity demonstrates two ways fossils are formed.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Grow Rock Candy
Learn about the crystal patterns and shapes of select minerals (diamond, quartz, muscovite, and topaz) and how to grow your own rock candy crystals.
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: Rocks, Rock Cycle, and Formation
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Rock Identification and Usage
In this activity, students explore rocks using their five senses. They sort them into groups, learn about landforms, and learn how rocks are used by humans. Their discoveries are recorded in their science notebooks.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Rocks a Lesson in Inquiry
For this activity, students sort and classify rocks in small groups, and record questions they have. The class will sort the questions into investigatory and non-investigatory questions. They will choose one to investigate, make a...
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Minerals Education Coalition: Perlite
Basic information about the volcanic glass perlite. Find out where perlite got its name, where it comes from, and the many uses of perlite.
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Georgia Perimeter College: Metamorphic Rock Pictures
Vew close-up photos of various kinds of metamorphic rocks, including foliated, non-foliated, and mineral specimens.
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