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Geology, Rocks, and Minerals Links
Link - description	Rating
Disappearing Sand
How many grains of sand are in the world?
Sand Grains: Chips Off The Old Rock
Battle of the Beach Sands
Sand Analysis (Microscopy)
Beach Erosion
What is a Mineral?
Common Silicate Minerals
Common Objects Made of Minerals
What is a Sedimentary Rock?
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
How Sand and Sediments Can Become Sedimentary Rocks
Rock Cycle Animation
Minerals and Rocks from About.com
Rocks and Rock Cycle
What are the causes and effects of beach erosion?
The Rock Cycle from the Center for Educational Technologies
Sand by Dr. Dave the Sandman An outstaning site with tons of info... just a little hard to read due to the background!
MINERALS Great site for learning about the two main classes of minerals (silicates and non-silacates).
Types of Minerals Briefly describes the two main types of minerals and provides links to examples of the different groups of minerals.
Uses of Rocks and Minerals
Sands of the World (from the Sandman) Look at these AWESOME sand samples from all over the world! Check out the green and black sands from Hawaii
Interactive Rock Cycle This is the interactive site we visitde in class with the mini-activities and the online quik. A great way to review for your exam!
Mineral Groups from Mineralogy4Kids
Mine Games Brush up on your mineralogy and study for your exam with these interactive quiz games.
Mineral Matters
Minerals 101 Covers everything from what is a mineral, how they're different from rocks, how to classify them, how to identify them, etc.

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Gifford Middle School - Indian River County, Florida
Phone: 772-564-3586