Mineralogy4Kids: Lessons, content, and games to teach about rocks and minerals from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
Rock Identification Key: A series of decisions to identify a rock.
Mineral Identification Key: A logical method to identify minerals.
Center for Geoscience Education (AGI): Searchable database of content, activities, and other resources.
Earth Science Week Activities (AGI): Searchable database of rock and mineral activities from past Earth Science Weeks.
Big Ideas in Earth Science: Nine videos illustrating important ideas in the geosciences.
Minerals Education Coalition: Activities for K-12 in mineralogy.
GIA GemKids Program: Online activities for K-12 about gems and gemology.
Minerals Resource Library: Educational resources on minerals from the National Geographic Society.
Smithsonian Education – Minerals: Teaching resources, including lesson plans, from the Smithsonian Institution.
AMNH Minerals Education Resources: Teaching resources on minerals from the American Museum of Natural History.
Mining Education Activities: A series of activities from the Women in Mining.
Museum Tours: Tours from the Western Museum of Mining and Industry.
Coal Activities: Classroom activities from Kentucky Coal Education.
Mineralogy Educational Resources: A variety of resources from the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Dig Into Mining: Resources for teachers with an emphasis on copper.
Moh’s Hardness Scale: From the U.S. National Park Service.
GSL Teaching Resources: Earth science education resources from the Geological Society of London.
Rock and Mineral Exchange for Teachers: Service of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Mineralogy4Kids: MSA’s resource for children on rocks and minerals.
Big Ideas in Earth Science: Nine videos illustrating overarching ideas in the geosciences.
Minerals-Related Educational Products: Extensive collection of products from the U.S. Geological Survey.
GemKids: Information for children about gems and gemology from the Gemological Institute of America.
Virtual Tour of David Friend Hall: Tour by the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
Virtual Tour of the Gem and Mineral Hall: Virtual tour at the Smithsonian Institution.
3D Tour of Mineral Collection: Tour at the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals.
State Rocks and Minerals: From StateSymbols USA.
Mineral Collectors’ Page: From Minerant.org.
MSA Online Teaching Resources: A set of lessons, animations, videos, photographs and much more contributed by MSA-Talk listserv members.
MSA Centennial Symposium Videos: A set of video presentations on key topics in mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, and crystallography.
MSA Crystal Structure Database
InTeGrate: SERC’s resources for teaching undergraduates in mineralogy.
Teaching Mineralogy: SERC’s guide to teaching mineralogy and petrology to undergraduates.
Gem & Mineral Collection: Searchable database of mineral samples from the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas Austin.
MinDat: Comprehensive database on rocks and minerals.
Web Minerals: Mineralogy database.
Handbook of Mineralogy: Online resource from MSA.
Moh’s Hardness Scale: From the U.S. National Park Service.