[LM_NET] HIT: GEN: Rocks and Minerals Websites (Long)

[Vicki Builta <vickicb2001@YAHOO.COM>]

Here is the compilation of all the sites that I
received.  Thanks to all of you who helped with this!
Hope I didn't miss anyone!
www.mii.org

That's the Mineral Information Institute and it's got
lots of free 
stuff available.

And:

http://education.usgs.gov/common/primary.htm#rocks

This is the USGS site.


Our Book Week focussed on rocks and minerals, so
you'll find some links 
here
(scroll down) http://eatohillss.eq.edu.au/bookweek.htm
Trish


Here are some that might be of interest:

http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology/Rocks_and_Minerals/

http://www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html

http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/sg/quinte/rocks_&_minerals.htm

http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade3/rocks.htm

http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/rocks.cfm

http://www.geologynet.com/dbases.htm

http://www.nearctica.com/geology/mineral/mineral.htm


These are the sites we used last year at our high
school:

Mineralogy Database 
http://webmineral.com/   
 4,339 individual mineral descriptions and image
library.

Amethyst Galleries Mineral Gallery 
http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm  
 organized by name and by class; searchable

Athena Mineral Pictures 
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/images/minpic_frame0.html

Athena Mineralogy
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/min_lists.html

Smithsonian Department of Mineral Sciences photographs
http://www.minerals.si.edu/images/gallery/gallery.htm



The hardness of minerals and rocks [web site]   Show
detailsSource:  
Cordua, William S.
Audience:       Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10,
g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL: 
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/hardness1.html Add
to my list 
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 6.
A wonderful world of minerals [web site]        Show
detailsSource: David.
Audience:       Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10,
g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html
Related site
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm-fr.html Add
to  
my list 
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 7.
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of
Alaska Fairbanks [web  
site] : geologic time scale     Show details
Audience:       Grade levels: g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10, g11,
g12.
URL: 
http://www.uaf.edu/geology/reference/geo_time.html Add
to my 
list 
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 8.
Earth floor [web site] : cycles         Show details
Audience:       Grade levels: g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9,
g10, g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL: 
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html


 11.
RocksForKids [web site]         Show detailsSource: Elfi.
Audience:       Grade levels: g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9,
g10, g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://www.rocksforkids.com/ Add to my list 
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 12.
A gem of a story online [web site]      Show details
Audience:       Grade levels: g7, g8, g9, g10, g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://www.bsu.edu/eft/gems/ Add to my list 
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 13.
Geologic time [web site]        Show details
Audience:       Materials for teachers.
Grade levels: g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10, g11, g12.
URL: 
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/ 
geotime.html Add to my list 
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 14.
USGS [web site] : U.S. Geological Survey : geology 
Show detailsSource:  
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Audience:       Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10,
g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://geology.usgs.gov/ Add to my list 
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 15.
Atlas of igneous and metamorphic rocks, minerals, &
textures [web site]  
        Show detailsSource: Geology Department.
Audience:       Materials for teachers, students.
Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10, g11, g12.
URL: 
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html
Add to  
my list 
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 16.
Rocks and minerals [web site]   Show detailsSource: Ivy
Hall School.
Audience:       Materials for teachers, students.
Grade levels: g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8.
URL: 
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/ 
RocksandMinerals/rocks.html Add to my list 
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Rocky the Rock Hound [web site]         Show detailsSource:
Loogootee  
Community Schools.
Audience:       Grade levels: g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9,
g10, g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/
Related site
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/lesson.htm Add
to  
my list 
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 19.
The rainbow of gems [web site]  Show detailsSource:
Miller, John.
Audience:       Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10,
g11, g12.
Materials for teachers, students.
URL:    http://www.tradeshop.com/gems/rainbow.html Add
to my list 
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 20.
Minerals, crystals, and gems [web site] : stepping
stones to inquiry  
        Show details
Audience:       Materials for teachers.
Grade levels: g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8.
URL: 
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/gems/start.html
Add  
to my list 

 21.
USGS [web site] : U.S. Geological Survey : rocks and
minerals        Show  
details
Audience:       Materials for teachers, students.
Grade levels: g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g9, g10, g11, g12.
URL: 
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/rxmin/content.html
Add  
to my list 
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There are some great sites listed here: 
http://www.ecb.org/surf/geology.htm  The Surf Report
is always a good 
resource.
Kathy Schrock is also always a great resource and has
some sites here: 
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scies.html

www.mindat.org is " the largest mineral database and
mineralogical reference website on the internet. This
site contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral
localities and other mineralogical information."
according to the website.

This is a pretty good one:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/RocksandMinerals/rocks.html

I have some on my rocks and minerals webquest. I
researched a lot of 
sites
for this.

http://www.mikids.com/wq/Rocks.htm

DK Publishing is putting out a new series of books
called e.guides, one 
of 
them is rock and minerals and you use 
http://www.rockandmineral.dke-guides.com/ with the
book.  I think you 
could 
navigate it without the book and get a lot of info.

Vicki Builta
East Side Middle School
Anderson, IN
www.esmslibrary.com


        
                
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