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1,008 Rocks and minerals Lesson Plans
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- 4th
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Students create and name their own rock by combining paper minerals. They define rock and mineral, examine samples of minerals, and using colored scrap paper, arrange and glue the pieces of paper to represent a new mineral. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students classify rocks and minerals according to their characteristics, after finding the similarities and differences of school supplies and pasta. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate the uses of rocks and minerals using GeoHunt software. They describe the differences between geological and other natural resources. They identify the fossil fuels found in Illinois. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students examine a crushed rock and sort the minerals they find in that rock by color and other properties. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students complete a worksheet of riddles to find out what minerals or rocks everyday items have in them. In pairs, they describe a rock and trade with their partner in which they try to guess what rock or mineral they are describing. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students read books about rocks, observe rocks and locate a special rock to observe more closely. They complete a worksheet about the chosen rock and create an art project using rocks or pebbles. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the differences between rocks and minerals. They discover the properties of different minerals and perform hardness tests on minerals. They collect their data and make observations. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students classify sediments based on their physical characteristics, such as size, shape and color. They identify and describe rocks and minerals that are common to their region of the state. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research rocks, minerals, crystals, and volcanoes. They explore various websites, complete a WebQuest worksheet, and using Hyperstudio, create a slideshow about rocks, minerals, or volcanoes. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students are introduced to the various minerals found in South Carolina. Individually, they adopt a rock and observe in a lab setting how it was formed. On a map, they locate the areas in which the most important minerals are located and their abundance. They classify them into the four major groups to end the lesson. Full Review »
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