Summary statements for various sites provided by you all!

http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/deva/index.htm National Parks - Useful for teachers & students. Resources, explanations and maps. Since it's a National Parks site, this could tie to history, geography and migration. (Death Valley)

http://www.volcanoworld.org 3rd grade or higher, this site has picturesa nd information about how rocks are formed. There is a section for earth science lessons written by elementary science teachers.

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/fablocal/fablocal.htm  Provides information about where minerals come from, descriptions, pictures of various rocks & minerals.

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/rocks/rocks.html  Franklin Institute - Similar to the GEOL102 website, this site helps students research particular rocks and minerals.

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rocks_teacher.htm  Website for teachers. provides background information, pictures, rock cycle and games related to this topic.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/contents.html  United State Geological Society - Geologic time scale, discusses reason why we study rocks to understand Earth, fossils. Good for upper grades (mostly reading).

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil  A site for parents, teachers and students, this activity helps student learn what really goes on under the ground related to dirt and soil.

http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpers.html  Mineral Information Institute - Lots of science stuff for teachers - some free, some to buy. Lots of information!

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cvisco/ An awesome stie for teachers. Lots of resources and materials, even a chat room to ask questions about earth science.

http://rocksforkids.com/  This site provides an array of information on rocks and minerals for children's use. It includes links for teachers and students with kid-focused content. [note: standards are Ontario, not CA or US National Standards.]

http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/science/  This site from the Oswego, NY School District has links to several useful and interesting sites for both teachers and students.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html  This site is very informative for 4th & 5th graders. Easy to navigate, there are plenty of visuals to go along with the written text. There are directions for students to grow crystals and create volcanoes.

http://volcano.und.edu/  This website is more for teachers than students. It has a variety of subjects and lesson plans are listed within the site.

http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/academy/gems/welcome.html   A great website for teachers. The activity page provides step-by-step instructions, a materials list, background information, extensions, and questions for each lesson. Grade levels are suggested but lessons can be modified for primary grades.