Oklahoma Rocks
In Brief: Teach your students about the bedrocks of the state’s land and its resources with Oklahoma Rocks!
Full Description: This program will give your students a scientific foundation of mapping, oil and gas, earthquakes, rocks and minerals, fossils and dinosaurs, and water and aquifers, as well as their economic impact on the state. This program is complimentary to schools thanks to the generosity of The Oklahoma City Geological Foundation and the Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors.
Grade Divisions: Grades 7 & 8 plus High
Original Publication: Spring 2010 (2009-10 School Year)
Program Components: Teacher’s Guide Part I; Teacher’s Guide Part II; Teacher’s Guide Part III;Student Workbook; Lesson 1; Lesson 2; Lesson 3; Lesson 4; Lesson 5; Lesson 6
LARGE MAPS: Workbook page 3 map (geologic provinces with cross-sections); Workbook page 4 map (Public Land Survey System for whole U.S.); Workbook page 6 map (Bixby Quadrangle); Map book for Lesson 4 and other reference materials (download the EP9 in whole or in part)
ACTIVITY LINKS:
MAPPING:
- Workbook Activities 2&3 (go to Mapping then Geologic Map of Oklahoma)
- Workbook Activity 2 (go to Oklahoma’s County Section Line Maps)
- Workbook Activity 2 (convert between land survey coordinates and latitude and longitude)
- Workbook Activity 3 (geologic time scale)
- Lesson Activities (geocaching)
- Lesson Activities (earthcaching)
OIL & GAS:
EARTHQUAKES:
- Lesson Activities (recent earthquake data)
- Lesson Activities (earthquakes for kids and teachers)
- Bonus Resource (earthquake depths worldwide)
- Bonus Resource (seismic wave movie I)
- Bonus Resource (seismic wave movie II)
ROCKS & MINERALS:
- Workbook Activity 1(everyday items made with mineral resources)
- Workbook Activity 2 (old coal mine hazards)
FOSSILS & DINOSAURS:
WATER & AQUIFERS:
