We will be reviewing Rocks, Minerals, and the Rock Cycle over the next few weeks.
If you have any rock or mineral sample that we could display in the classroom, we would appreciate it.
Check out the following websites to learn more about rocks and minerals:
A. Main Activity from American Museum of Natural History Ology site
1. Rock Hounds for Kids "The Place for Kids Who Love Rocks"
2. Minerology for Kids
http://minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html
3. Rocks for Kids site
4. Geography for kids site. Read and take the quizzes
5. Mineral Matters
http://sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/index.html
6. Interactive Rock Cycle and Quizzes
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html
7. Activities and Quizzes on Rocks
http://www.neok12.com/Types-of-Rocks.htm
8. Geo Kids site for both Geology and Geography
Quiz Games and Activities
9. Quiz fill in the blank
http://www.quia.com/cz/87433.html
10. Quia pop up
http://www.quia.com/pop/90681.html
11. Quia Rags to Riches game 1
http://www.quia.com/rr/349955.html
12. Quia Rags to Riches game 2
http://www.quia.com/rr/292979.html
13. Quia Matching game 1
http://www.quia.com/mc/451224.html
14. Quia Matching game 2
http://www.quia.com/mc/794595.html
15. Quia Matching game 3
http://www.quia.com/mc/2190824.html
A few great fossil websites for you to enjoy:
1. Fossils at the "ology" site from the AMNH
http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=paleontology
2. Fossils for Kids site
3. Enchanted Learning site for dinosaurs and fossils
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html
4. BBC site (British Broadcasting Co.) on Prehistoric animals and fossils
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/prehistoric
5. San Diego Natural History Museum site on Dinosaurs