Science

Earth Science will be explored during our second trimester. We will be exploring and studying the different properties of rocks, components of soil, history of fossils, and the resources that rocks, soil, water, and plants offer humans. We kicked off this unit by our Clark Park field trip. We have already seen real fossils in our own city of Fullerton, imagine what else we could find. Later in March we plan to take a field trip to Knott's Berry Farm for their geology tour. That will ROCK!

Internet Links

Earth Science Links

Rocks and Soil

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/rocks_soils.shtml

The Rock Cycle

http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7.asp

Rocks and Minerals

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html

Rocks Webhunt

http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/WebQuests/Rocks/rockswebquest.htm

Rocks and minerals dictionary on Enchanted Learning! Click on the letter for the mineral that you want to know more about!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geology/rocks/glossary/index.shtml

Another great resource of rocks and minerals, including a quiz. Click around and try a few things. http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/KKhp/RocksandMinerals/rocks.html

Fast facts about rocks and minerals. Answers all kinds of questions. Click to read the answers. http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faqs.html

Hardness of rocks and minerals

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/hardness1.html

See how rocks are formed!

http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html

Identify minerals!

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/index.html

Minerals by name!

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm

Another illustration of the rock cycle!

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

Mineralogy!

http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html