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Geology:

A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, and has an ordered atomic structure.
It is different from a rock, which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition.

Rock Cycle:

Annenberg Lerner Rock Cycle Interactives: http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html

Layered Earth Rock Cycle: http://www.layeredearth.com/content/rock-cycle-0

Interactive Rock Lab: http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471669695/interactivities/flash/mineralogy/mineralogy.htm
Lab: Classifying Rocks Using a Key: http://www.learning2eschool.com/high/science/labs/4352%20-%20EarthSpace%20Science%202nd%20Semester/3.5.4%20Lab%20Classifying%20Rocks%20Using%20a%20Key.pdf

Clastic Sedimentary Rock Animation:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0605/es0605page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Igneous Rock Formation Animation:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0603/es0603page01.cfm

Metamorphic Rock Formation Animation:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0607/es0607page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Rock Formation Animation:

http://learn.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/index.html

Pa Rock Processes/Types History: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_pennsylvania.html
Pa Ringing Rocks (2:14) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfrLoBpsIQ

Rocks: http://geology.com/rocks/
HCL test Minerals/Rocks http://geology.com/minerals/acid-test.shtml

Minerals:
A Brief Introduction to Minerals (video 10:21): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7p1NFn64s
Mineral Uses, Properties, Descriptions: http://geology.com/minerals/

Mineralogy: http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/rock-cycle
USGS, Minerals in Our Environment: Examples in a house with labeled pictures: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/0144/pdf/of00-144.pdf

Geologic Time Scale:

Geologic Time Scale, explanation (6:13) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofyRleo3Vc
Four Ways of Understanding Earth's Age, TEDEd (3:44) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxWmh-tFGs

Geologic History of Grand Canyon (44:03) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYvCJLb7tE

Bing Bang Breakthrough, Gravitational Waves, Earth, 13.8 Billion Years Ago (previously 4.6 BYA)! http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/17/tech/innovation/big-bang-gravitational-waves/
Stanford News- South Pole experimentation leads to new evidence, detection of gravitational waves (article and video clip 2:39) http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/march/physics-cosmic-inflation-031714.html
Physics http://m.phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html

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