Links and Games
Scroll down or click below for outside links, Danny's Resources and other useful resources!
Rock and Mineral Virtual Interactive Resources
Stone Tools and Rock Types
Discover what minerals flouresce in this great resource.
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.
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
Yoda Identifies Rocks
Dont know what erosion is? This video will help.
Love Fossils like me? Check out this video.
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/