Rocks & Minerals

Notes
What is a mineral?

Mineral ID Notes

Igneous rocks Notes

Metamorphic Rock Notes 

Sedimentary Rock Notes 

Rock Cycle Notes

​Rock Cycle Fill in the Gaps

​Rock Cycle Processes

Labs
Mineral ID Lab (Mineral Reference Chart)

Igneous Rock Lab

Mineral Cut, Match, Paste Activity

Metamorphic Rock Lab

Sugar Cube Rock Cycle Lab
 
Ride the Rock Cycle Game (From Illinois Geology Museum)

Journey through the Rock Cycle (From ScienceSpot.net)

Rock Cycle Worksheet (pdf) and Rock Cycle Dice (pdf)

Mineral or Not   - Student Sheet

Virtual Museum Tour Smithsonian Mineral Exhibit - NEW


Projects
Mining the Web Webquest
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Mineral Mania

Mighty Mineral Project

Market Minerals Project

Excavating the Web Internet Project

Rocky Road Webquest

Rock Cycle Cartoon Video Project   

My Pet Rock Project - ​NEW

Helpful Links:

​CA Dept. of Conservation - Free geologic models

Plate Tectonics

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Notes
Layers of the Earth Notes

Plate Tectonic Notes

Plate Movement Notes (Handout, Map)

​Convection Currents & Stress

Earthquake Notes (Handout)

Volcano Notes (Note sheet)

Labs
Earth Puzzle Activity

Wegner's Puzzling Evidence

Puzzle Pieces

Student Coloring Key

Puzzle Outline

Earth Layer's Foldable (Link to MJKrech Original)

Lithospheric Plate Activity (Pg 1, Pg 2)

Plate Tectonic Lab

​Modeling Plate Tectonics
​         Graham Cracker Plate Tectonic Model Lab
         ​Milky Way Plate Tectonic Lab
         Oreo Plate Tectonic Modeling Lab

Logging Data Lab

Mapping Earthquakes & Volcano Activity

Earthquakes in Action Lab Modules

​Seismic Wave Slinky Lab

Projects
Volcano Newscast Video Project
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Volcano Travel Brochure

​Earthquake Proof Tower STEM LAB
​      You can buy a shake table for this project at Wards or Pitsco
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Video Links

Pangea Pop-Up : TedEd​
​How North America got its shape: TedEd​
​Alfred Wegener - Great Minds: SciSchow

Helpful Links

Cal Academy of Science - Earthquakes
​Plate Tectonics - Geological Society UK
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