» BBC Education - Rocks and the Rock Cycle - Offers an animated, interactive timeline about continental drift, fossils and rocks, 10 virtual walks around Great Britain, field trips and experiments.
» Beauty and the Beast - Introduces four basic types of disasters unique to Hawaii and information on how individuals can better prepare themselves should they occur.
» Crystal Gardens - Learn how to grow a crystal garden. Offers a description of what causes the crystals to grow.
» Earth Floor - Learn about the earth by reading short articles on plate tectonics, cycles, geologic time, adaptation and more.
» Earth Like a Puzzle - Explores plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the way they shape the earth.
» EarthForce - Interactive exhibit about the earth's movements. From the Franklin Institute Science Museum.
» Geo Mysteries - Rex the Dino Detective helps answer questions about rocks, fossils and minerals. Also offers tips for planning your own field trip. By The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
» Geography4Kids - Learn about earth structure, atmosphere, natural energies, water resources, living things, climate and cycles. Page includes photos and explanation of terms.
» Geologic and Paleontologic Cook Book - The Kentucky Geological Survey offers recipes for appetizers, desserts and other food that help to explain earth-science concepts.
» Geological & Nuclear Sciences for Kids - Get the shakedown on volcanoes and quakes in New Zealand. Explore free downloads and learn what it takes to become a Geologist.
» Grand Canyon Explorer: Geology of the Grand Canyon - Explains how layers of the Grand Canyon were formed over a period of about 2 million years. Many illustrations. Gives a couple different theories about some of the details.
» Kids in the Hall of Planet Earth - Offers interviews with a scientist and amazing adventure stories. Learn which rocks or minerals are in items from the kitchen and read interviews with kids.
» MSA - Mineralogy 4 Kids - Learn about rocks and minerals. Ask questions and play mineral games online.
» Minerals - Comprehensive information about the many types of minerals in the world.
» Minerals Management Service Kids' Pages - Investigate ocean energy, sand and tide pool math. Visit an offshore oil rig and learn about archaeological shipwreck sites.
» National Geographic Kids - Crazy Crystals - Learn how to grow crystals using Alum. These crystals grow in three days and you choose the colors.
» Neill's Geology for Kids - A science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks.
» Rob's Granite Page - Learn why granites are like ice cream.
» Rock Story - A flash animated story of an igneous rock and its discovery of who it really is by learning about the rock cycle.
» San Diego Natural History Museum - Illustrated Guide to Minerals - Learn how to identify minerals, grow crystals and create a collection or dig into brainteasers, puzzles and games.
» Smithsonian Department of Mineral Sciences - Explore a photo gallery of gems, volcanoes, rocks, minerals and meteorites. Offers research, collections and exhibits.
» The Dynamic Earth - The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History presents articles about gems, minerals, rocks, mining, earth movements, volcanoes, and materials from other planets in our solar system.
» USGS Learning Web - Learn how Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography can help us understand our changing world.
» What on Earth is Soil? - Provides brief facts about soil such as what it is and how it is formed.
» Yellowstone National Park - For Kids - Learn about Yellowstone National Park with games and activities like the Animal Alphabet Book, the Yellowstone Coloring Book and a Scavenger Hunt.
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