Rocks & Minerals

Rocks and Minerals
& Related Topics

Geologic Time	Rocks and Minerals	Types of Rocks	Layer of the Earth	Rock Cycle
Volcanoes	Plate Tectonics	Earthquakes	Soil	Extras
GEOLOGIC TIME
Geologic Time	Geologic Time Table.	Geologic Time (Newman)	Geological Periods of Time (Collins, Guralnik, and Speer)	Rockman's Geologic Time Chart
Understanding Geologic Time	A diagram of the Geologic Time Scale	Geologic Ages of Earth History
ROCKS & MINERALS
Encylopedia LineOne: Rocks and Minerals with Links to Additional Topics	The Mineral Gallery	Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery	Desert USA's Geode Page	Rocks and Minerals
Bob's Rock Shop: The First 'Zine for Mineral Collectors and ...	Links to rock, mineral, and gemstone sites	Online glossary of rock, mineral, and gemstone terms	Fluorescent Mineral Photos	The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
Rocks and Minerals	Educational Resources- Geological Features: Rocks and Minerals	LR Ream Publishing -- Gem, Mineral,Rock and Fossil Collector ...	Mountainbuilder Rocks and Minerals A-L	NM Minerals Mineralogical Museum: New Mexico Minerals
Fluorescent Minerals	Mineralogy Database	From Sea to Prairie--5-- Rocks and Minerals	Australian Mineral Gallery	Mineral Shop's Mineral Gallery
Minerals	Rock and Mineral Uses Uses of Rocks and Minerals	Minerals, Crystals, and Gems (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation)	Mountainbuilder Geology	Hillman Hall of Minerals & Gems The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
TYPES OF ROCKS
RockHound:How Sedimentary Rocks Are Formed	Learn.co.uk - learning resources for the national curriculum: Rocks in the Earth's Crust: Rock Formation	Some Pictures and Definitions of Rock Types	Rocks Slideshow	Really Rockin' Rocks Rock Primer
Britannica: Rock	The-Stupid-Page-of Rocks	Theme Page for Rocks	Metamorphic Rocks	ROCK FORMATION
LAYERS OF THE EARTH
Layers of the Earth	Layers of the Earth	GEOLOGY: The Layers of the Earth	BrainPop Earth's Structure	Distance of layers
A-Z Science: The Earth	Earth: The Living Planet	Welcome to Our Earth earth	Earth (University of Michigan) Surface and Interior of Earth	Geography Resources (Robinson)
Core Crust Mantle	Content #1 (Earth layers)	Earth Structure (Robinson)	Structure of the Earth	Discovery.com's: Peel the Planet READING THE ROCKS:
Rockhounds Information Page	Our Exciting earth	Hell's Crust: Our Ever-Changing Planet: The Earth at Work	Virtual Tour of New Mexico	StudyWorks! Online : Earth Science : Clues to Ancient Environments
Glossary \| Hall of Planet Earth	Earth's Core	Earth Science Links	Meet the Neighbours - Earth	ThinkQuest: The Adventures of Mineral Man & Rockhound
ROCK CYCLE
Atlas of Rocks, Minerals, and Textures	BrainPop Rock Cycle	Rock Cycle	THE ROCK CYCLE	Earth's Floor: Cycles
The Burgess Shale Project: Geology: The Rock Cycle	ROCK CYCLE Movie	Rock Creations
VOLCANOES
PBS Savage Earth: Out of the Inferno: Volcanoes Mountains of Fire	National Geographic's Natur'es Fury	Worldbook Volcanoes: Windows to the Inner Earth	Volcanoes (ThinkQuest)	BrainPop Volcanoes
A=Z Science: Volcanoes	Volcanoes Online Volcano World	Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics (ThinkQuest) Volcano Games (ThinkQuest)	Tramline Volcano Field Trip	Understanding Volcanoes
CNN Anatomy of a Volcano Animation	STROMBOLI ON-LINE: Stromboli and Strombolicchio QTVR-Panoramas	STROMBOLI ON-LINE: VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS	Movies of Volcanoes Birthing Earth Video	The Nature of Volcanoes Principal Types of Volcanoes
Howstuffworks "How Volcanoes Work"	STROMBOLI ON-LINE: Video clips of ERUPTIONS	STROMBOLI on-line Recent and ongoing activity of Stromboli and other volcanoes	STROMBOLI ON-LINE: KILAUEA, HAWAII	Earth Sciences: Volcanoes and Yucca Mountain
USA Today Info on Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weather, waves, and tides	SUBDUCTION Movie E RUPTION Movie	Clickable Map of Volcano Regions	Volcanoes: Can we predict volcanic eruptions?	Volcano Movies Videoclips on Volcano World
CNN Volcano Info Volcanoes	Volcanoes Worksheets (AbcTeach)	VOLCANO IMAGES - LISTED BY SOURCE	Volcanoes	The Santorini Volcano
PLATE TECTONICS
BrainPop Plate Tectonics	PBS: The Savage Earth: The Earth at Work	Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift	Plate Tectonics	Introduction to Plate Tectonics
Earth's Floor: Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Pangaea Plates	Mountain Maker-Earth Shaker	Earth Introduction vearth3.mpg Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics Animation
Evidence Supporting Continental Drift	NASA PAngea Game	Pangea	ROCK DEFORMATION DUE TO TECTONIC ACTIVITY
EARTHQUAKES
PBS: SAVAGE EARTH: The Restless Planet: Earthquakes	Virtual Earthquake	A-Z Science: Earthquakes	Worldbook The Terrible Power of Earthquakes	Earthquakes: Frequently Asked Questions
Big Bend: Structural Features: Faults, Folds, Joints	USA Today Info on Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weather, waves, and tides	More Earthquakes? IGNS: The Active Earth	VOLCANIC HAZARDS	VISUAL INFORMATION ON VOLCANOES
Earthquakes	Earthquakes
SOIL
Geography About.com "Soil"	Soil - EnchantedLearning.com	Is it "soil" or "dirt?"	NASA Soil Science Education Homepage	What on Earth is Soil?
How Should We Use Our Soil?	The Dirt on Soil	Soil Safari Game Underground Adventure	Nearctica - Geophysics - Soils Web Links	Dr. Dirt's K-12 Teaching Resources
Ask the Answer Worm	Earthworm - A-to-Z Science - DiscoverySchool.com	Link to the LMSD Elementary Tech Pilot Worm Page	"Composting For Kids" Protecting Your Property From Erosion	Improve the Soil in Your Garden - Naturally
EXTRAS
Mohs Hardness Test Periodic Table	About Stones: (Folklore, Locations, etc.)	Project 2061 Related Science Benchmarks	Happy Birthstone	Ice Age - Annotated Links (NOVA) Ice Age - Causes (NOVA)

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