Rocks / Biomes/ Global Changes/ Climate/Conservation

Environmental Research Station

Investigating Rocks and Minerals

Naw.... we're not.........

......it just looks like it.....

We're just lookin' for a few good rocks and minerals!!!

1. Here's a comprehensive site complete with an identification key to help you identify minerals.
2. Find out Minerals found in each of the United States
3. A great site from Rocky's Rock Hounds shows the 3 types of rocks with animations and samples of each type of rock.... and gives you a quiz!

1. Experience some of the skills and problems mining companies faced with a delicious
   Chocolate Chip Mining Activity.
2. Make your own Fake Fossils.
3. Samantha Green's Blog on Fossils. (added by Francine Davis from Seattle)
4. Pages on Mine Safety and the History of Children in Mines
5. And a source about dating fossils added by the students in Ms. Ford's room @ Cleary Mountain MS - Thanks girls! :-)
   
   

Links to places inside the Environmental Research Station

Rocks / Biomes/ Global Changes/ Climate/Conservation

Meet the author
Dr. Barbara Boksz

If you'd like to collaborate
on any of the
activities on this
website, please fill in this form or

Email the author
barb@learningbyts.net
cybrscrybe@verizon.net