The Rock Cycle
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A rock never stays one thing for long. Sort basalt, sandstone and marble by how they formed to tell igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic apart, walk one full loop from magma through cooling, breaking, compacting and melting again, then raise the temperature swing and the rainfall to see whether physical or chemical weathering wears rock down faster.
About this app
The Rock Cycle is an interactive middle-school Earth science app about how rocks form, change, and weather. Classify basalt, granite, conglomerate, sandstone, gneiss, and marble as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks, then follow the five-stage path from magma through cooling, weathering and erosion, compaction, heat and pressure, and melting. A weathering simulation lets you adjust temperature swing and rainfall to compare physical and chemical weathering rates.
Use cases
- Middle-school students learning geoscience and the geosphere
- Teachers introducing rock types and the rock cycle
- Learners practicing classification through interactive missions
- Students comparing how temperature changes and rainfall affect weathering
Features
- Interactive classification of six named rocks into three rock types
- Five-stage rock cycle visualization from magma back to magma
- Mission-based progression with reset and next controls
- Physical versus chemical weathering selection
- Adjustable temperature swing and rainfall controls with weathering-rate feedback