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Here are some links you might find useful...
Rocks for Kids! This website is a phenomenal resource for teachers who are doing a lesson on rocks. This comes recommended from the Florida Department of Education website. This is also a great website for educators because it has the Sunshine State Standards on the top for easy reference.

Rocks and Minerals Activities! This is a fun website for a follow-up activity for your students to do after the lesson! Not only does this website feature great information on rocks and minerals, but it also offers fun activities that will get kids interested in what our earth is made of!

More fun lesson plans! This website features more fun lesson plans on rocks and minerals. It also has a great gallery of rocks and minerals for you to reference when teaching your students about these things.

The Science Spot Here's another great resource for teachers! This website includes tons of earth science lesson plan ideas.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence This website is awesome. It's free, and stocked full of interesting information that inspire tons of new lesson plans! From applied science, to physical science, to space science, this website is a great resource for any teacher looking for great science lesson ideas, or just for more info for your students!

Strange Matter! This is a fun website for teachers to give to their students for some fun physical science activities. This would be perfect to have students look at the before a physical science lesson, to get them interested and excited for their next science project!

Teacher Resource Network This is a great website for teachers in general. This is a collection of independent information with the goal being to create better and highly qualified teachers. //"TRN provides guidance to new teachers with little experience, but also allows veteran teachers to open their minds and see new and better ways of teaching." //I find that guidance from other teachers helps a new teacher gain confidence in their teaching, and in themselves.

NASA for Educators This is a great website for science teachers. Offering teaching materials, featured websites, homework topic ideas, and tons more, this website is is awesome resource for educators.