Rocks and
Minerals
October
10, 2009
Ellen's
PowerPoint Presentation
Standards
Activities
Exploring
Minerals
Mineral ID Flowchart
Rock
Cycle Game
Exploring
Rocks
Igneous Rock
Flowchart
Sedimentary
Rock Flowchart
Metamorphic Rock
Flowchart
If You
Bit A Rock
Cookie
Mining
Introduction to Sustainability/The
Lorax
Recommended
Links
1.
General
Earth
Science Week - October 11-17, 2009
California
Education and the Environment Initiative
The Great California ShakeOut - October
15, 2009
2. Rocks and Minerals
DJ Minerals
The Lorax:
video
YouTube
The Lorax (part one)
9min49sec -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECJcW2Ifm4
The Lorax (part two)
9min51sec - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko5oojUQe0Q
The Lorax (part three)
5min33sec - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT2ex5S1gI
Mineral Information Institute
Common
Objects Made of Minerals - Visualization from TERC's "Exploring
Earth's"
Rocks
and Geology in the San Francisco Bay Area by Phil Stoffer (USGS)
Life
Cycle of a Mineral Deposit A Teacher’s Guide for Hands-On Mineral
Education Activities
Basic Rock and Mineral Information
from the USGS
Teaching
Activities from the Geological Society of America
Virtual Geology
Museum - Copyright-free photos of rocks, minerals, and gems from Cochise
College
Mineralogy4Kids
Rock Hounds