Literature

Nonfiction
A Gift From the Sea by Kate Banks

Caves and Caverns by Gail Gibbons
Discover Rocks and Minerals by Joel E. Arem

Erosion by Virginia Castleman
Eyewitness Explorers: Rocks and Minerals by Steve Parker

Glaciers: Nature's Icy Caps by David Harrison

Grand Canyon: a Trail Through Time by Linda Viera
If You are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor

Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst

Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth and Rough by Natalie Rosinsky
Learn About Rocks and Minerals (Learn About Series) by Jack Challoner
The Amazing Dirt Book by Paulette Bourgeous

The Sun, the Wind and the Rain by Lisa Westberg Peters
Volcanoes by Seymour Simon

Volcanoes Inside & Out: On My Own Science by D. M. Souza

Fiction
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric Kimmel
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian
Rocks in My Pocket by Marc Harshman
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Big Rock by Bruce Hiscock
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
The Pebble in My Pocket by Meredith Hooper

Resource Books
The Amazing Earth Model Book by Donald M Silver (Scholastic Publication)
Rocks and Minerals- Hands-On Minds-On Science -Teacher Created Materials
Rocks and Minerals- from the Step-by-Step Science Series by Carson-Dellosa



Helpful Links

Edible Earth Model
This simple experiment will allow you explain the earth's layers using a marshmallow, peppermint candy and a chocolate chip. Yum!

Natural Resources- Rocks & Minerals
This site has packets to download. Nice resource!

Hot List: Earth Science
This is a wonderful site with lots of additional links.

Science Clips
This site has online activities for students to test different types of rocks based on characteristics and attributes.

Edible "Rocks"
Recipes for making edible models of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Yummy!

Rocks For Kids
This is a nice site to use in the classroom for student research.

Ask the Worm
Here you'll find information about soil from an earthworms view.

Rock Hounds
Simple animations that show how the 3 different categories of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic) are formed.

Elementary Themes- Rocks
This site contains collections of educational links, organized by rock cycle, earthquakes, Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, and teaching resources.

Inside the Earth
This one is a page from Enchanted Learning.

Soil Science Education
All about soil learning activities, information, poems, and pictures help to explain this important resource.

What is Soil Made of?
Help your 3-6th grade students understand what soil is made of with this hands-on lesson plan that includes observing, comparing, and contrasting different soils.

Types of Soil
Soil scientists describe soil types by how much sand, silt, and clay is present.

How Rocks Are Formed
Simple animations that show how the 3 different categories of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic) are formed.

Earth Science from Cybrary Man