Links and Games

Scroll down or click below for outside links, Danny's Resources and other useful resources!

Rock and Mineral Virtual Interactive Resources

Fluorescent Minerals

Discover what minerals flouresce in this great resource.

Class Activities and Printable Resources (For all resources check out Unit Plan page)

Identify a rock or mineral from your house, yard, along the sidewalk or from a park. Use the Identification Key below to find out what it is!

STEM - Make a tool

Make a tool with rocks you find in your schoolyard. It can be a hammer, adze, spear, Inukshuk, or other tools you explored in the Guess the Tool Game! More info on Specific on rock types.

Copy of Mineral Use Bingo!

Try to find as many Minerals as you can around your house in this scavenger hunt! Download and fill out the Bingo card here or with the link below. To help you fill it out play this game, look at this pdf, or check out this page on my website.

Choose a rock you identified, or choose a random one from the site. Using the rock cycle, create a comic/story about how the rock got here in Toronto. Take a look at this page for more information.

Choose a rock you identified, or a rock type. Using the rock cycle, create a short scene/story with movement and dialogue about how the rock got here in Toronto. Take a look at this page and instructions in the link below for more information.

Computer Activities and Games

Test your rocks and minerals knowledge with the following link here. All the information on the website you have been viewing can help you out. See if you are a rock pro, or a novice.

Videos

Danny's Rocks and Minerals Playlist

My Playlist of all these videos and more that you may have questions about.

Danny's Rocks and Minerals Video Featuring Yoda the Rock Identifying Dog

Rocks and Minerals Video

Great video! Check out the activity here.

Quiz

Yoda Identifies Rocks

Weathering and Erosion

Dont know what erosion is? This video will help.

Fossils Video

Love Fossils like me? Check out this video.

Primitive Technology Channel

Check out this channel where stone tools are made

Other Helpful Resources and Links

List of Outside Resources by Subject:

General Resources:

STAO Lesson Plans: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IcG_lx2EdkdOg5EZfdTiJk6fkGHlwfNr/view?usp=sharing

Mining Matters: Resources + activities on Minerals, Rocks and Mining: https://miningmatters.ca/resources/

Mr Collinsons Lessons R+M: http://www.mrcollinson.ca/4%20science/rocks%20and%20minerals/4_science_rocks_minerals_complete.htm

Great R+M Games and Activities: https://www.amnh.org

Mr. Nuss. Rock and Minerals Site: https://mrnussbaum.com/science/rocks-and-geology

Minerals

Mineral use game: http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/minerals/usage/games/display1.htm

Minerals of Canada: https://drive.google.com/file/d/156pUya5I1SbmVVkGPXLP5ud1UfdZpGP9/view?usp=sharing

Rocks

Rock Lesson and Kahoot (Video is in my playlist above):https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/rocks-and-minerals-video-for-kids/

Geology and Rock Cycle in Ontario: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uls4w0toq7W7bGn0pA0WZhw_lc2gaAPZ/view?usp=sharing

Geology and Rocks in Ontario 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UbfIITCQIaCUxeOSatFVjp_pTxH_IQ7m/view?usp=sharing

Paleontology Games and Interactives: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/paleontology#all

Geologic Time Scale: https://geology.com/time/geologic-time-scale.pdf

Interactive Rock Chart: https://mrnussbaum.com/interactive-rock-chart-online

Mining

ArcMap Inquiry: https://edu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=526b8b016d3645438497d4f84ad6faac

Mining Posters: https://miningmatters.ca/resources/education/additional-posters

Mining Worksheet: http://www.mrcollinson.ca/4%20science/rocks%20and%20minerals/4_science_rocks_minerals_mining.pdf

Early Societies + R+M

Traditional Rock Stories: http://www.native-languages.org/legends-rocks.htm

Inuit Games: https://nunavik-ice.com/en/c/health-wellbeing/elementary-inuit-games/

Mancala (African Stone Game): http://www.lookoutnow.com/game/man.htm

Indigenous Lifestyles: https://www.firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html

Uses of Rocks for Tools: http://www.nativetech.org/stone/stonetypes/index.html

Use of Copper by Pre Contact First Nations: https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/first-peoples-of-canada-native-copper-from-the-canadian-museum-of-history/