Learn about the earth’s layers, composition, plate tectonics, rocks and minerals, and gravity. Do some fun activities and experiments, like growing rock candy, creating a compass and making earth stationary.
Minerals by Name
From site: Amethyst Galleries’ Mineral Gallery describes over 600 mineral species (and varieties) and more than 5000 specimens (see our new specimens last updated 09-Feb-2009, and What’s New last updated 03-Feb-2009), together with several ways of accessing these descriptions. The descriptions include searchable mineralogical data, plus other information of interest to students and rock hounds. This site displays thousands of images of previously sold mineral specimens as a service to rockhounds, students and educators (not merely minerals currently for sale).
Mineralogy 4 Kids
Mineralogy 4 Kids, the Rockin Internet Site, is the BEST place to learn about rocks and minerals. Enter mineralogy to learn about minerals in your house, mineral groups, mineral properties, all about crystals, and play some mineral games.
Get all the “dirt” on the rock cycle. Gotta rocky question? We’ve got the answer on the Ask-a-Mineralogist forum.
Environmental Education
Explore these environmentally conscious teaching tools. Search for lesson plans, Web sites, and educational resources by topic, grade level, cost, or location, or add your resource.
Planetary Boundaries
From site: As climate negotiators heading for the Copenhagen meeting seek a new agreement to stem global warming, the journal Nature has published a study describing eight more fundamental limits on a healthy planet.
Exceeding any of the “planetary boundaries” could overwhelm essential physical, chemical and biological systems: Using too much fresh water, converting too much land to farms, highways or cities, or spewing too much air pollution could block Earth from supporting the approximately 10 billion inhabitants it’s expected to have in 40 years.
