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Interactive
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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Down There?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Harvesting Oil From the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth History and Clues From Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can learn information about the past from fossils.
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: The Rock Cycle: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Test your knowledge of the rock cycle by labeling an interactive diagram and with a short quiz.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology Quiz: What Do You Know? Paleontology

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your knowledge of paleontology by taking a quick quiz.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geology: Rock Classification Overview

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand how to classify rocks and minerals with this concise tutorial.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Landforms, Rocks & Minerals: The Rock Cycle

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on what happens during the rock cycle.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Rock Cycle: How Rocks Change

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out how rocks and rock layers change with erosion and weathering.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Are Stromatolites and How Do They Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what stromatolites are, their formation from colonies of cyanobacteria, their evolutionary importance, and where they can be found living today. Thrombolites are similar to stromatolites but form differently. They can also still...
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Graphic
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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Graphic
Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Reference Documents: Rock Cycle [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A simplified version of the rock cycle showing the three types of rocks and the transformational processes that occur between each pair of rock types.
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Handout
Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Geo Notes: Salem Limestone: Its Origin [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the formation of the Salem Limestone during the Mississippian Period.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Rocky Movement [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson plan, 3rd graders will investigate the three types of rocks and personify the formation of each type with movement.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the three major rock types and the rock cycle.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about how the three types of rocks form and convert from one to another. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Coal

For Students 3rd - 5th
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Coal is also a nonrenewable energy source because it takes...
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Website
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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Unit Plan
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Agentes Geologicos Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit will discuss how external geological agents shape different parts of our earth. It contains 15 interactive activities.
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Activity
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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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Fossils and Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online publication offered by the U.S. Geological Survey, this articles sheds light on how studying fossils became an important part of understanding geologic time.
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Lesson Plan
Minerals Ed

Minerals Ed: Introducing the Rock Cycle by Creating a 3 D Model [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan geared toward primary students, they will learn about the three different kinds of rocks, how they are formed and how to recognize the unique characteristics by building a 3D model.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Are Some Types of Rocks?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Astrid lives in Norway, and really likes Viking ships and rocks. She is visiting a Viking museum, and needs help learning about different types of rocks, where rocks come from, and the different characteristics of rocks.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Rock Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan students are asked to identify rocks based on their properties.

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