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This
website
integrates
video
footage
and
information
with
lesson
plans
and
activities
to
teach
students
about
the
rock
cycle
and
rock
types.
Storytelling
is
used
to
help
students
understand
the
changes
a
rock
undergoes
as
it
passes
through
the
rock
cycle.
These
activities
are
intended
to
be
used
at
the
end
of
a
unit
on
rocks
and
minerals.
There
are
lesson
plans
for
the
activities
with
materials,
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This
set
of
lessons
provides
teachers
with
ideas
on
how
to
turn
their
schoolyards
into
a
rich
geologic
experience
that
students
will
find
familiar,
easily
accessible,
and
personally
relevant.
The
three
lesson
plans
feature
materials
on
mapping,
rock
descriptions
and
geologic
interpretations,
ages
of
rocks,
and
dinosaur
tracks.
Lesson
1,
"Map
Your
Schoolyard,"
teaches
students
what
maps
are,
what
they
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This interactive rock cycle shows students how all rock types are recycled into other types, and how the cycle progresses. Materials include the definitions of each rock type (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic), how they change over time, and how tectonic movements help to drive the process.
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The glossary has about 60 terms that are primarily types of volcanoes or vents, eruption types, and eruptive products. Clicking on a term displays a captioned photograph illustrating the concept and a glossary definition. Below the photgraph are related glossary terms and sometimes other information or photograph links.
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Rock
Hounds
is
a
group
of
activities,
puzzles,
literature
sources,
and
quizzes
that
may
enhance
any
K-12
geology
unit.
Rocky,
the
Rock
Hound,
leads
learners
through
an
adventure
and
gain
an
understanding
of
the
rock
cycle
including
how
sedimentary,
metamorphic,
and
igneous
rocks
form.
A
lesson
plan
included
in
the
Teaching
Connections
section
compiles
these
resources
into
a
progression
that
could
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This
portal
features
an
alphabetical
listing
of
links
to
standard
and
three-dimensional
(3D)
images
of
geological
and
natural
history-related
subjects
in
the
National
Parks
of
the
United
States.
The
3D
images
are
anaglyphs
and
require
red
and
cyan
3D
viewing
glasses.
These
full-size
images
may
be
slow
to
download.
Users
can
click
on
a
national
park
to
start
an
image
tour,
use
a
subject
index,
location
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