Geology

Notes Links



Mapping
USGS - Topographic Maps
Topographic Map Symbols
USGS - Arial Photo Images
Google Earth
Topographic Maps - WebQuest
Landforms - Enchanted Learning

Rock and Minerals
The Difference Between Rocks and Minerals
Slide Show

Minerals
Mineral Crystal Shapes
Crystal Shapes - Your Gemologist
Crystal Shapes/ Minerals - NASA/CSU
Minerals in Your House

Types of Rocks and Rock Cycle
Igneous - NASA/CSU
Metamorphic - NASA/CSU
Three Types of Rocks
How Rocks are Formed -Animations from RockHound

Rock ID
*Rockhounds Identification Key
*Gov't of British Columbia Rock Key
Rock ID - Flow Chart
What Types of Rock do I Have?
*Rock Identification Test
Rock Expert Quiz

Types of Soils
Soil Types - The Great Plant Escape
Soil WebQuest
Underground Adventure - Discovery School

Geologic Time Scale
Enchanted Learning
USGS - Index Fossils
Origin of the Time Scale
3-D Fossils
USGS - Fossils, Rocks and Time
Geologic Time Activity
Fossil Relations

Benchmarks

III.4.MS.1 Describe how biologist might trace possible evolutionary relationships amoung present and past lifeforms.      
V.1.MS.1 Describe and identify surface features using maps.  
V.1.MS.2 Explain how rocks are formed.  
V.1.MS.3 Explain how rocks are broken down, how soil is formed, and how surface features change.
V.1.MS.4 Explain how rocks and fossils are used to understand the age and geological history of the Earth.
V.1.MS.5 Explain how technology changes the surface of the Earth.