Teaching your kids about types of rocks?
These short videos can help you out. They show examples of rocks, have graphics demonstrating how rocks are made, and include kitchen experiments.
All of these videos are under 10 minutes so that won’t take a lot of time out of your day.
Let’s take a peek at these quick videos.
Videos About the Types of Rocks
Types Of Rocks by The Dr. Binocs Show
Dr. Binocs teaches kids about the 3 types of rocks in this 3:51 minute video. (Bonus points for including a Latin root!)
Be a Rock Detective! by SciShow Kids
Kids can learn about rock types plus be a Rock Detective in this 4:22 minute video.
3 Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic by FreeSchool
This 4:38 minute video covers not only types of rocks, but the rock cycle as well.
Geology Kitchen: The 3 Types of Rocks by The Explorer Multimedia Inc.YouTube Channel
This 8:35 minute video not only explains rock types, but also includes a bit of tasty kitchen science as well.
I hope these short videos about types of rocks helped you out. You may want to bookmark or pin this page as I will add more videos as I find them.
More help on this site with teaching geology:
- Geology Apps for Kids
- Geology Apps for Identifying and Learning About Rocks and Minerals
- Short Videos About Volcanoes for Kids