Earth's+Surface



[|Rock Texture site]

[|Explore texture of rocks]

The Rock Cycle [|Video]

[|Animation of the rock cycle]

[|The Rock Cycle]

[|The Rock Cycle Diagram]

[|Label the rock cycle]

[|The Rock Cycle Game]

Minerals

[|Minerology for Kids] - Webquest - Please use this site to complete the form - Mineralogy for Kids You might want to write your answers on a sheet of paper, then transfer them to the form, or you can toggle between the site and the form.

Sign up for a mineral to research and report on at this [|Mineral sign up page] You will research your mineral and tell about its properties, its uses, and print a small colored picture about your mineral. You will write your info on the index card Mrs. Hopkins gave to you and you'll attach your picture to it as well. You will need to have a title, by-line, and write neatly. Your info can be written in either paragraph form or bullet form.

[|Rocks and Minerals Study Guide]

[|Physical Characteristics of Minerals]
 * What characteristics must a substance have to be considered a mineral? **

[|Minerals]

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Google Presentations on The Earth's Surface [|Cleopatra's Needle: A Lesson in Weathering]

[|Going with the Flow - Erosion and Deposition]

[|Soil Formation]

[|Weathering and Climate]- Interactive Overview

[|Chemical Weathering Interactive lab]

[|National Geographic's Photo Gallery of Weathering and Erosion]

[|Erosion by Water]

[|Weathering, Erosion, Deposition in 60 seconds!]

[|Weathering and Erosion video]

[|Erosion Experiment] video