Rocks and Natural Resources Activities Games Research Teacher Activities: Type of Rocks: Project Integrate Teacher Created Website K:\Elementary\5th Grade\Science\Rocks\Rock Cycle\index.htm Rock Slide Show - Great Graphics!                Take a look at the rock slide show to see and learn about different rocks. Look for rocks you've collected or seen before: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=81 Different Types of Rocks: Project Integrate Unit of Practice.  Students will use the teacher created web page to learn the basics of the kinds of rocks.  Then they will use the extension links to research characteristics of the three types:  igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. Lesson Plan Link Teacher Created Rock Webpage Rocks- Project Integrate Unit of Practice Students will learn the difference between rocks and minerals and about the three kinds of rocks.  After visiting all the web sites, the student will take a short quiz. How are Rocks Formed? http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html Learn how the three kinds of rocks are created Rock Collecting Safety: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/safety/index.html Watch the slide show on rock collecting safety.  Then take the quiz. Rocks and Minerals Detectives Webquest http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html Students research a particular kind of rock or mineral and create a Kid Pix slide show presentation Return to Top Games: Become a Rock Expert http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/expert/index.html Click each of the vocabulary words on the page to learn about different kinds of rocks.  When you've read them all, take the quiz at the bottom of the page.  How did you do? Rock Hounds... Pebbling Puzzles http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/puzzles/index.html Do online crossword puzzles and word searches, or put together an online jigsaw puzzle! Return to Top Research Links: Rocks of Kentucky: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/ General information about rocks with links to more specific information about the three types. Earth Floor: Rock Cycle http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html Rock Cycle Links http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_general.htm Six different links to help students learn about the rock cycle Igneous Rocks Research Links http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_igneous.htm Metamorphic Rocks Research Links http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_metamorphic.htm Sedimentary Rocks Research Links http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_sedimentary.htm Return to Top Teacher Resources: Rock Hounds Lesson Plans for Teachers http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/act/index.html Rock Teacher Resources Hotlist http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_teacher.htm Return to Top