Our World: The Rock Cycle
Find out how rocks brought to Earth by the Apollo astronauts have helped NASA learn more about the rock cycle. Compare igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks found on Earth to three types of rocks found on the moon.
Background Information
Grades K through 5
- National Earth Science Teachers Association Windows to the Universe
Grades K through 8
- The Geological Society The Rock Cycle
- Geography 4 Kids Rocks and Minerals
- National Geographic Society The Rock Cycle
Activities
Grades K through 5
- NASA Lunar & Meteorite Sample Disc Program
- NASA SCI Files The Case of the Disappearing Dirt
Grades K through 8
- Annenberg Learner Rock Cycle Interactive
- Lunar and Planetary Institute Rock Cycle: Processes of Rock Formation and Erosion
- NASA Rocking the Rock Cycle
- Scholastic Study Jams The Rock Cycle