Rocks and Minerals Resources

The following links lead you to information on this topic suitable for use by elementary students for research or to enhance their enjoyment of this unit.

Rocks & Minerals - Award winning site - sponsored by Kennesaw State Univ. Dept of Education

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rocks.html

Rocks for Kids! - sponsored by Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies:

http://www.rocksforkids.com/

The Franklin Institute (Science Museum)

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/rocks/

Rocks & Minerals Slide Show - Sponsored by Univ. of North Dakota Dept. of Education

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html

Collecting Rocks sponsored by United States Geological Survey:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/collect1/collectgip.html

Rocks and Layers - sponsored by United States Geological Survey:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/rocks-layers.html

Fossils and Rocks - sponsored by United States Geological Survey:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/fossils-rocks.html

Fossil Succession - sponsored by United States Geological Survey:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/contents.html

Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock Info - Univ of British Columbia Science Dept:

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/petrology/rock.html