Rockin' with Rocks

Rockin' with Rocks
An Internet Hotlist on Rocks

created by Mrs. Jo-Anne Reed
Scroggins Elementary School

Introduction | Learn about rocks | Games, riddles, and puzzles about rocks | Movies about rocks and the rock cycle

Introduction
Here are some links that you can use, in addition to books, to learn about rocks and the rock cycle.

The Internet Resources

Learn about rocks

Classzone Earth Science - Photographs of rocks undergoing processes that change them from one type to another. Click on steps 2 and 3 at the bottom to see an interactive rock cycle animation and diagram.
Geo Mysteries - Learn how three types of rocks are formed and watch animations of all three! Click the FAQs on the left.
Revision Bite: Rocks and the Rock Cycle - Read and think about the 6 screens by clicking 'Next'. Take the test.
Rock Hounds: Become a Rock Expert - View these rocks and read how they were made. After looking at these pages, take the quiz to test your rock smarts by seeing if you can remember which rocks are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous!
Rock Hounds: Discover How Rocks are Formed - View these animations that will show you how the three different kinds of rocks are formed. Be sure to click on all three types and watch carefully to see what's happening.

Games, riddles, and puzzles about rocks

Hollywood Squares Game - PowerPoint Tic-tac-toe game for 2 people or teams. Click and read the other links on this page first so you can answer the questions.
PBS Kids -Dragonfly TV - How can you cut a rock without a saw? Watch some boys test their idea. Listen to the clues and watch Dragonfly TV to learn how!
Rock Hounds: Pebbling Puzzles - Crossword puzzles, word find, jigsaw puzzle

Movies about rocks and the rock cycle

BrainPOP-The Rock Cycle - Short animated movie, timeline, quiz
BrainPOP-Types of Rocks - Short animimated movie, timeline, quiz
Volcano Watch International Movies of Stromboli - QuickTime videos of Stromboli erupting. What category of rock is formed by these eruptions?

Content by Mrs. Jo-Anne Reed, jreed2@houstonisd.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listrocksjr.html
Last revised Tue Nov 27 10:08:10 US/Pacific 2007