Rocks and Minerals Research

Some good web sites
Rocks and Minerals
   http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/KKhp/RocksandMinerals/rocks.html

   A list of resources
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/rocks/links.html

Rocks and Minerals WebQuest
   http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html

Another ThinkQuest page on Rocks
   http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/

Yahoo Sources for Geology
http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/The-Earth/Geology/Rocks--Gems--and-Minerals

THE PLACE TO GET PICTURES
   http://www.picsearch.com/
   Make sure you get the information needed for the bibliography!

You can also use the Grolier found at
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/elementary/index.htm

Other Reference sites
http://www.vuhs.org/vuhsref.html#Encyclopedias

Reference every online resource that you use. Use MLA format. Here are some examples of a MLA citation.

Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site <electronic address>.

Rockhound Home Page. 29 January 1999. Loogootee Community    Schools. 2 January 2007.                                <http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/index.html>.

For the picture you would write the same
"Geode." EAS 170 MIneral Practical Photo/Movie Gallery. 2 Jan. 2007
     <http://www.mchenry.edu/depts/EAS/courses/eas170/Minerals/pages/
     Geode.htm>.

Feel free to set up an account on noodletools for your bibliography
www.noodletools.com
Remember to log out of noodletools when you are finished.

Or use Citation maker
http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/MLACitations/elementary/index.php