Students study geology and explore the meaning of geological time.  In this geology instructional activity students use the Internet to find a website and answer the questions and fill out their handout. 

Students discuss time, organize events like geologists do, become familiar with format of time scale used to organize information about Earth history, create list of 20 major events in their lifetimes, and add information about exactly...

Students identify and define geology and earth surface vocaulary and their meanings to classify rocks and explore caves and their properties. Students find rocks and test them according to Moh's scale. They create a color coded earth...

Students explore how coal is formed. They then discuss the information and answer any questions that they may have on the formation of coal. Students then answer questions in reference to the coal discussion and reading.

Young scholars study how a geologist examines a hazardous waste spill using an actual site. They use site data to map the spill, find its source and determine how fast the spill is spreading.

Earthquake damage can be intensified in areas that are subject to soil liquefaction. For example, in these areas, soil movement may cause foundations to collapse, while structures in nearby areas built on more stable soil or bedrock may...

A geology news site that is updated daily with news on the latest geological happenings, such as earthquakes. It also has virtual field trips and a glossary of geology terms.

Here's a project for studying compression waves in different soil types. It uses a homemade wave tank for solids, with a frequency generator, amplifier, and loudspeaker as the vibration source. There are lots of interesting possibilities...

Discover the accuracy of dating methods and fossils because of the scientific approach used.

Kids learn about the Earth science subject of glaciers including how they form, types of glaciers, geological features, how they flow, and interesting facts.

Investigate the subject of minerals including characteristics, properties such as luster and streak, types of minerals, and fun facts on this site.

Here is an interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Rocks and Minerals.

This page by the Southern Kings Consolidated School provides a great description of a plateau, and includes several images of landscapes with plateaus.