3rd+Rocks

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Ready? **//Start Digging//**//**! **//

What are Rocks?

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Presents a short study of the various rocks and minerals found in the earth and discusses sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks, how they are formed, man's uses for certain types of rocks, and fossils found in rocks. //Recommended for ESL.// ||
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[|The Rock Cycle]
||< Presents an introduction to the rock cycle, the process by which rocks form, break down, and reform over the course of thousands of years, looks at different types of rocks, and examines the forces that cause rocks to change. ||
 * ==[|Rocks]== || Simple text and color photos present a basic introduction to rocks, explaining where they are found, what they look like, and how the three types of rock--igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic--form. //Recommended for ESL.// ||
 * ==[|Blocks of Rocks]== || Presents an introduction to the things that are built with rocks, in simple text with illustrations, including information on sources of rock, and describing all the different ways rocks are used in construction, including streets, bridges, sculpture, and buildings. ||

Databases

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http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/minerals/index.htm

**Search Terms**
Rocks + Minerals **--** Crystals **--** Igneous**--**Sedimentary **--** Metamorphic **--** Rock Cycle **--** Geologist (someone who studies rocks) **--** Petrology (how rocks are formed) **--** Rocks+Collection and preservation **--** Rocks+Identification === Online Encyclopedias are a great place to get some basic facts about a topic. They are especially useful when you are beginning a project or you need to find out about something you don't know much about. Go to these online encyclopedias.=== [|Grolier] See New Book of Knowledge and New Book of Popular Science || [|Facts for Learning] [|SIRS Discoverer] ||  ||   || [|Rock On!] [|Rock Hound] [|Rocks and Minerals] ||  ||   ||
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 * ==<span class="wiki_link_ext" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff;">Magazine Articles == || To read magazine articles, go to these databases:
 * == Magazine Article to Get Started == || Want to learn some basic facts to get started? Here are some good articles:
 * ==[|Rocks and Minerals Dictionary]== || You have got to see this dictionary--lots of rocks, plus great pictures. ||  ||   ||

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Websites

http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/rock.html
 * == __<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">[|Rock Hounds with Rocky] __ == || === ===

A geologist will show you how to collect great rock samples. Includes puzzles, quizzes and how rocks are made.
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__[|A Wonderful World of Minerals]__
||< This site is created for kids by kids. Learn about different rocks and minerals including gems, birthstones, volcanoes, and many more. Includes games such as rock memory and word searches.

|| <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> and interviews with real rock experts: geologists and earth science professionals. || Find out about a rock that floats, little rocks with holes in the middle, and a golden cube! Scroll through the geologic timeline. The farther you scroll down the page, the farther you'll go back in time. Check the field trip section to get some great tips for studying and collecting rocks. This site has great photos of rocks, minerals and fossils. || if it wears well, or if it splits. Then, try the other activities to learn about the characteristics and uses of rocks, and to read about different types of soils. Take the quiz to find out how much you have learned. || and metamorphic rocks are formed and about their properties. Click on a rock photograph to get information about each rock. Includes information about minerals. Play the Doom game that tests your knowledge about the hardness of rocks. || Interview six rocks to learn about their stories. First up is a meteorite, a rock from another planet that didn't completely burn up travelling through Earth's atmosphere. Next, meet a conglomerate who has travelled through the rock cycle. Greet a piece of granite that was formed five miles beneath the Earth's surface, carried by a giant glacier, and deposited on the ocean floor. ||
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__[|Rocks and Minerals]__** == ||< Rocks are minerals, but not all minerals are rocks- that and other interesting information on this website . ||
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Adventures of Mineral Man & Rockhound] == ||< <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Fun puzzles to solve, interesting photos, pictures,
 * == [|GeoMysteries] == ||< Rex the Dino Detective will help you solve mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals.
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__[|Rocks and Soils]__ == || Which rock can float in a beaker of water? Test each of the rocks to find out if it is permeable,
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Fossweb] == || Choose a type of rock from the rock database and explore how igneous, sedimentary,
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|If Rocks Could Talk] == || If rocks could talk, they would have a story to tell about the history of the Earth.
 * ==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Minerology 4 Kids] == || Look at minerals in your home and mineral groups, play mineral games, Learn about rock formation, and crystals. If you have a "rocky" question, you can ask a mineralogist. ||
 * ==[|Uses of Rocks]== || Find out how people used rocks in the past and how we use rocks now. ||
 * == [|Gemstones] == || Great photos and interesting facts about gemstones. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Games

[|Identify Rocks Game] Can you tell if a rock is igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic? Play this game and find out.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Songs

[|The Rock Family] Listen to a song sung by members of the rock family. Find out which ones belong to Metamorphic, Sedimentary, and Igneous families.