Using the Internet to Explore the Rock Cycle
Use the following web sites to answer these questions:
A. http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/MRHP.HTM
Click on the “Hand Pointing”
1) What 4 minerals are mined in the state of Georgia? ______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
2) In New York, what mineral is mined that we do not mine for in Georgia? ____________________
3) Look around at what other minerals are found in other states.
B. http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faqs.html
Click on “What are the different ways that rocks are formed?” Play all the animations.
1) When rocky fragments and sediments are deposited together by ________, _________ or
_________, they gradually (over thousands or more years) cement together into new rocks, called
_____________________ rocks.
2) When molten rock called ________________ rises up from the earth's mantle deep underground,
it forms
____________ rocks.
3) Sometimes sedimentary and igneous rocks are changed dramatically by forces inside the Earth
and are called _________________ rocks.
Click on “What's the biggest fossil in your collection?”
1) What state did scientists find the largest specimen of fossils that shows remnant of ancient life?
__________________
Click on “What's a hardness scale?”
1) Apatite has a hardness of 5. Fossilized bones are often made of apatite, and so are your
__________________.
2) Gypsum is used to make _____________________ and ________________________.
C. http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/rkcycle/rkcycleindex.html
Sketch the rock cycle that you see on this web page.
D. http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index2.html
Click on “Rock Creations”
1) Watch the animations on all 3 types of rocks.
Click on “Rock Hound Collection Safety”
1) Take the safety quiz. How many did you get correct? _______ out of 10 questions
Click on “Discover Earth's Treasures”
1) Granite is a type of __________________________ rock.
2) Gypsum is a type of _________________________ rock.
3) Schist is a type of ___________________________ rock.
Click on “Rock Hound Quiz”
1) Take the quiz. How many did you get correct? ________ out of 16 questions
Click on “Pebbling Puzzles”
1) Play a puzzle
E. http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/RocksandMinerals/rocks.html
Check out “SPECIAL 4TH GRADE ROCKS AND CHARTS SECTION”
Check out “TEST YOUR IQ AND TRY OUR ROCK QUIZ!”
G. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
Follow directions for the Interactive Rock Cycle Animation
H. http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module05swf.swf
I. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078617499/student_view0/chapter2/interactive_tutor.html#
Concentration game
J. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078617499/student_view0/chapter1/interactive_tutor.html
Crossword Puzzle
K. http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/science/rock.php