Rocks and Minerals

Mineral Matters: Kids' Habitat

This Web site will help you to identify minerals, create a collection, and grow your own crystals. Click on Mine Games for puzzles, games, and a mystery for you to solve.
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/

Mining Resources

Ever wonder what mineral resources are mined in the United States? There are so many things that we use day-to-day that are mined. Things you may never think of such as portland cement (no not from Portland, Oregon) which is used to make concrete. Other things include sand and gravel, sulfur, salt, and many more.
http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/MRHP.HTM

Rocks for Kids

This site is for anyone who love rocks. Find out all about about rocks and minerals. If you already collect rocks, then find out where you can get more rocks, how to identify the rocks you already have, and what neat things you can do with rocks.
http://www.rocksforkids.com/

Rock Hounds

Learn about rock collecting safety, different kinds of rocks, and how rocks are formed. To test your “rock” knowledge click on Rock Hound Quiz.
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html

Rocks and Minerals

This Web page will walk you through an introduction to rocks and minerals. Click on Publish Your Rock Formations at the bottom of the page to find out how to do just that.
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/rocks/

Mineral Museum

Take a look through this photo gallery that shows pictures of minerals found in the United States, India, and the rest of the world.
http://csm.jmu.edu/minerals/Gallery.html

Geo-Mysteries with Rex the Dino Detective?

Help Rex the dinosaur solve three mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html

Ask-A-Geologist

Do you have questions about rocks? Then ask a geologist for the answers.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/