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Utiliza simulaciones online para observar el ciclo de las rocas. Los estudiantes pueden identificar cómo cada tipo de roca (ígnea, sedimentaria y metamórfica) se forma e interactúa en el ciclo.

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Utiliza programas de mapas y Google Earth para identificar y marcar tipos de rocas en áreas cercanas a la escuela. Los estudiantes pueden investigar su origen y características.

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The Rock Cycle and minerals are well covered, standardized elementary to middle school topics. In lessons, students can handle rocks, but do they know where we find these rocks? And what are their distinct uses?
Mapping Rock Resources in the United States
With the advantages of Geographic Information Science (GIS), using Google Earth Pro and free online resources from the USGS, students and teachers can explore new approaches learning about rocks and minerals, their location, and uses. Here is a middle school lesson pinpointing minerology regions throughout the U.S., rock types and their uses. This lesson may take about 1 to 2 hours (including downloading Google Earth Pro).

I can explain that rocks are recycled over and over again. Rocks are made from other rocks.

Rocks are created from one or more hardened minerals that can be created from different forces (like melting, compaction, heat, pressure, chemical reactions, erosion and weathering).

The location of different rocks and minerals can be identified and mapped.

Rocks and minerals fill many human needs in communication, construction, food, industrial uses, and fuel.

A rock is created from a naturally forming, nonliving firm mass of solid Earth. Rocks are created from one or more hardened minerals that can be created from different forces. Minerals are basic chemical elements found within Earth's mantle and crust. There are three rock types created on Earth: Igneous Rock, Metamorphic Rock and Sedimentary Rock.
Download Google Earth Pro and USGS files
Download Google Earth Pro for either Linux, Mac, or PC computers. Create a student and teacher account. Become familiar with the menu bar in the upper left hand corner. On the USGS website, click on mineral resources to select a specific state under the Geologic maps of US states subheading.

In this lesson, we will focus on California minerals. Choose the state location. Under View, download the created mineral. kmz map file. Save and unzip the mineral.kmz zip file in a new folder.

Now, open up Google Earth Pro. To open the state minerology file in Google Earth Pro, use the cursor to select the state kmz file and slide the file over to deposit within Google Earth Pro. Also, on the Google Earth Pro menu bar select File > Open > select your state kmz file > click Open.
Google Earth window with California mineral.kmz file layer Identify and Select Geologic Mineral Region
In Google Earth Pro in the left-hand Places column, uncheck the Sightseeing Tour box. Click the + sign next to Geologic Units of California (or your state name). A colored legend identifying the colored minerals is displayed. Double click on one mineral, and Google Earth will zoom to that specific mineral. An information window pops up identifying the major geology.

Note the mineral geology name is highlighted in the left-hand side Places column. Within this pop-up window, click on the blue detailed description label, and as the USGS website opens note that this geology unit and related rocks are further described.

On the left-hand side in Google Earth Pro, scroll down the Places column, and note the Fault line boxes. Within this map window, earthquake fault lines are posted as individual fault lines in active areas.

Select a region or county within the state (maybe select near familiar territory or an area of interest). Draw a region or boundary outline by clicking on the Add Path button on the menu bar.

Next select the Style, Color button and change the line color and width to improve visibility (for example: a black or red thicker line).
Insert Images in Mineral Description
Inside this region, click on a colored mineral patch. A mineral information window pops open. What do the minerals and rocks look like? We don't know yet because there are no images, so let's add some images.

Within the region boundary you selected, identify the mineral geology listed under the Places column and identify different rock types. Read some of the rock descriptions listed and then search on the Internet for different rock type pictures (example, granite, schist or sandstone). Make sure to choose images under 380 pixel size. Select the image page and in the URL box, copy the rock image's URL address.

To add a rock picture, select the blue highlighted mineral geology name under the Places column. Right click the mineral geology name, and at the bottom of the information window select Properties. Click OK on the Edit limited to part of Multi Geometry Collection window. Click on the Add image button, and insert the copied rock picture URL address.

Click OK for the URL image and OK at the bottom of this window. Test by clicking on the colored minerology section inside the map window, and the information box with a rock picture should pop up.

In the selected region, identify the different minerals and add selected rock pictures to the descriptions. Under the Places column, uncheck the different minerals boxes that don't show up in the outlined region to reduce the number of mineral colored areas identified. This action will reduce the number of colored mineral boxes for the maps legend created below.
Create Legend and Map
To create a picture map with legend and title, click on the Save Image button in the top menu bar (next to the Print button).

Click inside the Title and Description box to add a map title, student's name and date, and a short map text description.

Next click inside the Legend box information, and note the reduced number of mineral colored descriptions available in the Legend box. Click on the Maps option box, check the Title and Description, Legend, Scale and Compass boxes. Reducing the Scaling to 70% box will reduce the title and legend box size. Click on the Save Images button to save the map in a student classroom file. By selecting the Show Sidebar button in the menu bar, the Places column can be hidden.
Conclusion
Students have now created an interactive online rocks and minerology map, and a static map image using Google Earth and USGS geology files. The static map can be printed and incorporated in a report.
For over 12 years, Lisa Hill has been a freelance writer creating online content, magazine articles, technological reviews, science and educational material. She currently resides in San Diego, CA. View Individual mineral location of minerals in US https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/select.php https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/select.php?place=q33118NWH1&div=quad https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mineral-resources/mrds-us.html https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/select.php Periodic location of minerals in US https://mrdata.usgs.gov/soilgeochemistry/#/periodictable USGS National Map of Surficial Mineralogy https://cmerwebmap.cr.usgs.gov/usminmap.html https://mrdata.usgs.gov/ //mrdata.usgs.gov/wms.html https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/ www.calgeography.org for geography highlights, lessons and news. Questions about this lesson topic, or how to incorporate GIS material in K-12 classrooms can be forwarded to lisahillgis@gmail.com.

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Discover the Rock Cycle Through GoogleEarth Pro and GIS

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The Rock Cycle and minerals are well covered, standardized elementary to middle school topics. In lessons, students can handle rocks, but do they know where we find these rocks? And what are their distinct uses? Mapping Rock Resources in the United States With the advantages of Geographic Informatio

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Los estudiantes buscarán en línea imágenes de diferentes tipos de rocas y crearán una galería digital clasificándolas con sus características y posibles usos.

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Investigaciones sobre rocas en tu pueblo

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Investigaciones sobre rocas en tu pueblo

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Proyectos de investigación sobre las construcciones de tu pueblo y qué tipo de rocas las componen.

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101 Incredible Rock Formations Around the World | Backpacker Travel

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Mother Nature truly amazes me sometimes. The other day I stumbled across a picture of a mountain, one side of this mountain had a rock-face that had been delicately sculpted by the wind and rain over millions of years to form what could be described as the perfect art form.

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Organizar foros de discusión online donde los alumnos debaten sobre diferentes tipos de rocas e industrias que dependen de ellas. Se pueden usar herramientas de colaboración online para fomentar la interacción.

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Foro Ingenieria del terreno, Geologia y Geotecnia

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Foro Ingenieria del terreno, Geologia y Geotecnia

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El foro de Ingenieria Geologica .com: para discutir todo lo relativo a Geotecnia, Geologia Aplicada, Obra Civil, Mineria, Hidrogeologia, etc

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Cada grupo de alumnos escribirá un folleto en Canva sobre los tipos de rocas localizadas, sus características y su importancia en la vida diaria. Utilizarán recursos de Internet para investigar y publicar.

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Aprovecha una aplicación educativa que permita a los estudiantes clasificar y reconocer diferentes tipos de rocas mediante un juego interactivo.

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In this series of games, your students will learn to construct an explanation of how to classify rocks by their formation and how rocks change through geologic processes in the rock cycle. The Rock Cycle learning objective - based on NGSS and state standards - delivers improved student engagement and academic performance in your classroom, as demonstrated by research .

Scroll down for a preview of this learning objective's games and the concepts.

Concepts Covered

Geologic processes, such as the rock and water cycles, involve the cycling of energy and matter from one form to another. Geologic processes can occur on a microscopic to global-level scale. Different geologic processes occur at different rates of time, from the scale of fractions of a second to billions of years. The processes of the rock cycle involve uplift, weathering, erosion, deposition, melting, crystallization, and metamorphism. The rock cycle is dependent upon the flow of energy from Earth's interior.

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The Rock Cycle Games | Legends of Learning

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Curriculum games for Information Technologies and Instrumentation, based on NGSS & state standards. Learn about how we use technology to send information.

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Crea o utiliza quizzes online para evaluar el conocimiento de los estudiantes sobre los tipos de rocas y sus propiedades.

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Types of Rocks Questions and Answers

The rock shown below has a foliated texture and contains the minerals amphibole, quartz, and feldspar arranged in coarse-grained bands. Which rock is pictured?

Explanation
The rock shown in the picture has a foliated texture, meaning it has distinct layers or bands. It also contains the minerals amphibole, quartz, and feldspar, which are arranged in coarse-grained bands. Gneiss is a type of metamorphic rock that fits this description, making it the correct answer. Slate is a fine-grained metamorphic rock, Pumice is an igneous rock with a vesicular texture, and Quartzite is a metamorphic rock composed mainly of quartz.

True or False: A metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in bands is said to be non-foliated.

Explanation
A metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in bands is said to be foliated, not non-foliated. Foliation refers to the alignment of minerals or grains in a rock, creating parallel bands or layers. Non-foliated rocks lack this alignment and typically have a more uniform texture. Therefore, the correct answer is False.

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Types Of Rocks Quiz Questions And Answers

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Are you aware of the types of rocks? Take the rocks quiz questions and answers to check your knowledge. There are different types of rocks on the Earth's surface, and each has its distinct characteristics. This geography rocks quiz will help you test your knowledge. Just how attentive were you in your school?

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Desarrolla un escape room virtual donde los estudiantes deben resolver acertijos relacionados con los tipos de rocas para 'escapar' de una cueva virtual.

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Geology Escape Room - Vestal’s 21st Century Classroom

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This Geology Escape Room includes 6 challenges to help students review science skills. Includes a PDF and a digital version.