Rocks sit at your feet on every walk, yet most of them stay a mystery. A gray stone in the driveway might be older than the dinosaurs. A sparkly rock in the yard could hold a hidden crystal center. Every rock has a story written in layers, heat, and time.
This week's roundup takes on rocks and minerals, with matching cards for your youngest rockhound, videos that break down how each rock type forms, and a chocolate lab that turns dessert into a geology lesson. Pick a few pieces below and turn an ordinary week into a rock hunt.
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Table Of Contents
- Top 5 Rock And Mineral Resources
- Rocks and Minerals Printable Discoveries
- Rocks and Minerals Videos and Podcasts
- Games and Interactive Sites That Rock
- Get their Hands Dirty With this Hands-On Adventure
- This Week's Top Resource Picks
- Join the Homeschool Expo on July 30th
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Top 5 Rock And Mineral Resources
1. Homeschool Den's Rocks and Minerals Packet FREE
A 25 page set covering the three rock types, minerals, and how people use rocks and minerals every day. Get the packet
2. Homeschool Helper Online's Rocks and Minerals Journal $14 Elementary and middle school ages.
58 pages of mineral flashcards and notebooking pages for recording a rock and mineral collection as it grows. Get the journal
WildEarthLab's Rocks Mini Study $7
Readings, a sorting lab, and a rock research project covering igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Get the mini study
BBC Bitesize's Rocks Article FREE
Ages 11 through 14
Explains how the three rock types form, aimed at kids ready to dig into the chemistry behind it. Read the article
AMNH Ology's video, How and Where Do Minerals Form FREE
Ages 7 through 11
Walks through five environments, igneous, pegmatitic, metamorphic, hydrothermal, and weathering, where minerals crystallize. Watch the video

Rocks and Minerals Printable Discoveries
- Rock Your Homeschool, Rocks and Minerals Cards · Matching cards · Free · Get the cards
- Montessori Nature, Gemstones Charts and Matching Cards · gemstone identification · Ages 3-8 · Free · Get the printable
- Tanglewood Hollow, 3 Part Nomenclature Cards · vocabulary and matching · Ages 3-6 · $5.50 · Get the cards
- Gemstones Printable Flashcards, Minerals and Crystals Matching · gemstone matching flashcards · Ages 3-6 · $2.09 · Get the flashcards
- The Curriculum Store, Expanding Science Skills: Geology Ebook · geology workbook · Grades 6-12 · Premium, $11.99 · Get the ebook
- WildEarthLab, Minerals Mini Study · mineral lab activities · $6 · Get the mini study
Rocks and Minerals Videos and Podcasts
- The Dr. Binocs Show, Types of Rocks · animated rock breakdown · Free · Watch the video
- Fun Kids, Geology Rocks podcast · geology history podcast · Free · Listen to the podcast
Games and Interactive Sites That Rock
- AMNH Ology, The Amazing Mundo · interactive mineral comic · Ages 7-11 · Free · Play the game
- TinyTap, Rock Identification · rock sorting game · Kindergarten · Free · Play the game
- Smithsonian, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals · virtual museum tour · All ages · Free · Take the tour
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Rock Cycle interactive · rock cycle interactive · Ages 7-11 · Free · Explore the interactive
- Mineralogy4Kids, Mineral Identification · mineral ID tool · Free · Try the tool
- Oresome Resources, Minerals Downunder Interactive · mining and industry · Grades 6-8 · Free · Explore the interactive
- National Park Service, Minerals page · mineral reference guide · Free · Read the page
Get their Hands Dirty With this Hands-On Adventure
- Earth Science Week, Chocolate Rock Cycle · chocolate rock lab · Ages 11-14 · Free · Try the activity

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Thank you to Tina & our awesome Pinterest team for curating these awesome resources every week!

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