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Chittenden East Supervisory Union Grade Three and Four Geology CESU K-4 Schools: Brewster Pierce Underhill Central Underhill I.D. Jericho Richmond Smilie |
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Chittenden East Supervisory Union Grade Three and Four Geology CESU K-4 Schools: Brewster Pierce Underhill Central Underhill I.D. Jericho Richmond Smilie |
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The following links are sites that we have found that are geared toward educational activities for elementary aged children. As is our policy in school, we always recommend that students at this level use Internet resources under direct supervision by an adult. We cannot guarantee that students will not access inappropriate material by branching away from these specific sites. For more information about kids' safety on the Internet visit: http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
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Geology Web Sites |
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Rock Hounds http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index2.html Great site for kids in elementary school! Includes rock collection safety, how rocks are formed, picture identification of 11 different rocks, quizzes and puzzles |
Rocks for Kids Lots of good information. Requires good reading skills. |
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Earth Science Everything you need to know about rocks, minerals, volcanoes, and earth quakes. |
Rocks and Minerals for Kids A web page about rocks and minerals designed especially for kids. |
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Mineral Matters From the San Diego Natural History Museum, this site has information about how to identify minerals, FAQs about minerals, and crystal growing steps. Includes puzzles and quizzes. |
USGS: Rocks http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/rxmin/rock.html
Questions? Ask a Geologist at the USGS! |
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Fast FAQs about Rocks & Fossils
"Find fast and fun answers to common
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Rocks and Minerals Describes the difference between rocks and minerals, and lists the most common rocks in the three categories. Links take you to a description with pictures. http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/most-common-rocks-and-minerals-222839.html |
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Geology Web Quests |
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place Web Quest about the three types of rocks – product is a powerpoint presentation including a digital picture of the rock the student is studying. This is a nice web quest if your focus is learning about the three types of rocks. |
Rocks, Rocks and More Rocks A web quest for learning about the three types of rocks. Written in a format that tells third graders they are the ‘experts’ to teach first graders about rocks. Final product can be a poster, brochure, or book. Evaluation rubrics will not download. http://www.campbell.k12.ky.us/links/webquest/gray/rocks.html |
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Rocks and Minerals – A Rock’s Life Written for third grade. Appears very doable with a third grade group of students. Products are a paragraph written from the perspective of the rock that describes his life story and a multimedia presentation about the rock. Includes rubrics. One part appears to be missing some text but it can easily be filled in for the students in a quick explanation. http://www.mhcbe.ab.ca/st_francis/gr3/WebQuest/Science/Rock%20Life.htm#top |
The Rock Cycle: A Web Quest This is a short web quest that has students learning about the rock cycle by filling in a story told by a rock. They visit a web site that has animated graphics showing the cycle. The product can either be a cinquain or a comic but the link to the comic template does not work. There are some issues with popups on this site, but students can click on the pop up button to turn popups on, or on the bar that appears at the top of the page and choose “always allow popups from this site.” The brain pop movie link does not work, but much of the material on Brain Pop is now subscription only. |
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Rocks Has a missing graphic, but links work fine. Not in the typical format of a web quest, but takes students to web pages that have information about the three types of rocks, rock formation and has a rock identification page with actual pictures of rocks. http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/WebQuests/Rocks/rockswebquest.htm |
Mt. Rockalot: A WebQuest for 4th
Grade A web quest about rocks – background makes it a bit hard to read. The expectations are for fourth grade students and do not include a timeline for completion. It appears to be a bit time consuming, but could be spread out over the entire unit of study. There are also references to Illinois but the teacher pages have suggestions for changing this activity. |
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Rocks and Minerals Detectives Focuses on minerals and has questions about the ‘local’ map in Maryland. Could be easily revised for Vermont. http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html#intro |
Annual 'Rock Star' Selection An interesting take on “rocks” this web quest investigates famous rocks: the Hope Diamond, the Rock of Gibraltar, Plymouth Rock, The Blarney Stone, Stonehenge, and the Rosetta Stone. http://www.shenet.org/orenda/mjones/FamousRocks/mvjfamousrocks.htm |
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© Joanne Finnegan, Technology Integration Specialist, Chittenden East Supervisory Union, Vermont Updated: 07/16/2009 |