Rocks and Minerals by Jayme White

The Dr. Binocs Show: Rocks and Minerals

jw53027 — 2025-09-16 21:58:28 UTC

In this video, Dr. Binocs tells the students about the three main types of rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic. During the video, Dr. Binocs goes into detail about each of the three rocks and how they are formed. Dr. Binocs uses easy to understand examples so kids will be able to understand details about each rock easily.

Gimkit: Rocks and Minerals

jw53027 — 2025-09-19 15:06:08 UTC

This is a Gimkit that gives the student 35 questions to review on rocks and minerals. This resource is a review on this particular content in a game version. They can pick what game mode they would like to play like The Floor is Lava and Fishtopia. It keeps the students engaged while also reviewing the content.

Quizlet: Flash Cards

jw53027 — 2025-09-19 15:17:35 UTC

Quizlet allows students to go to their website and look up flash cards along with other resources that will help them study for certain standards and content. In this case, this is an example of some flash cards that students can study about rocks and minerals.

Rock Cycle Diagram

jw53027 — 2025-09-19 21:37:15 UTC

This is a colorful diagram of the rock cycle. This diagram will explain to the students the order in which the three main rocks are formed. This diagram is easy to understand for the students due to how colorful it is. It'll catch the students attention and keep them engaged.

Powerpoint: Investigating Rocks

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 00:23:19 UTC

This Powerpoint Presentation goes through how rocks are made, how the earth's surface is formed and how to classify rocks by their process of formation. It is very informative and it also includes a rock flowchart.

PPT: Investigating Rocks Notes

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 00:25:59 UTC

With the Powerpoint titled "Investigating Rocks" in the previous section, this worksheet allows students to take notes as they follow along with the powerpoint.

Generation Genius: Rock Cycle

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 00:33:17 UTC

Generation Genius is a great tool to use in the classroom. These videos will keep the students engaged and interested. Also, Generation Genius has a vocabulary list to go with each video, quizzes, questions students can answer before and after the video, and more!

Virtual Field Trip

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 13:19:55 UTC

In this video, students will go on a virtual field trip to the NYSM with museum educator, Kate Morehouse. Morehouse covers how rocks all have different characteristics and she goes over how these rocks are formed.

Gizmo: Mineral Identification

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 13:28:08 UTC

Gizmos is a great source for students to use in the classroom. This Gizmos is a mineral identification simulation that students can use to identify a rocks density, hardness, streak, appearance, and acid reaction.

Edpuzzle

jw53027 — 2025-09-20 13:50:04 UTC

Edpuzzle is probably one of my favorite resources for students to use. They watch an interactive video on the content we are covering, in this case rocks and minerals. As they watch the video, to make sure that they are actively engaged, the video periodically has questions that the students have to answer correctly.