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\nAdventure Engineering Challenge: Asteroid Impact\n

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\nOh, no! An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth!. The challenge, should your students choose to accept it, is to design underground survival caverns to shelter people for one year. Over the course of eight lessons, engineering...\n
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\nThink Like a Geologist\n

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\nTeach young scientists to think like geologists with a two-lesson collection that has them examine all kinds of evidence to peel back the layers of geological history. In the first lesson students examine examples of the Principle of...\n
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\nMetamorphic Rocks\n

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\nMetamorphic rocks take center stage in this earth science video. Metamorphic rocks are unique from the other two types of rocks in that their mineralogical properties have been changed due to changes in temperature, pressure, or...\n
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\nMetamorphic Rocks\n

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\nRocks can bend? Pupils investigate how heat and pressure produce metamorphic rocks by modeling them using clay, and then categorize samples based on observable characteristics. The lesson ends with a metamorphic rock identification...\n
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\nStudy Jams! Metamorphic Rocks\n

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\nPhotographs of magnificent metamorphic rock formations make up the bulk of this brief slide show. Along with the upbeat background music, slow-moving slides, and informational captions of the slide show, you will also find key...\n
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\nMetamorphic Magic!\n

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\nStudents explore the steps involved in the formation of metamorphic rock as they prepare a cookie receipe. As part of the process, sedimentary rocks are created and changed through heat to a metamorphic cookie.\n
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\nWhat are Metamorphic Rocks and How are They Formed?\n

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\nEven though the student handouts are not included in the write-up, this lesson plan contains the instructions for terrific activities to use when teaching middle schoolers about metamorphic rocks. First, they compare granite to gneiss...\n
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\nMetamorphic Rock Classification: Changing Under Pressure\n

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\nChange is coming — but how much? Geology pupils discover the transformation of metamorphic rock using a well-rounded interactive. Topics include the effects of pressure and temperature on metamorphic rock, how time factors into the...\n
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\nIdentifying Metamorphic Rocks\n

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\nAnother short video from the Colorado School of Mines. The narrator gives a quick description of how metamorphic rocks are actually rocks that have been transformed due to exposure to weathering, temperature changes, and/or changes in...\n
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\nBackyard Rocks\n

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\nYou don't have to travel far to learn about rocks, just step outside, pick up a stone, and begin investigating. After taking a class walk around the school grounds collecting rocks, young scientists practice their skills of observation...\n
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\nExploring How Rocks Are Formed\n

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\nThese lessons produced by the Illinois State Museum are quite good. In this one, third and fourth graders are introduced to the three basic types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. They perform activities which help them...\n
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\nRock On!\n

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\nAfter five class sessions, young scientists will be able to identify common rock types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. This plan involves hands-on activities, includes various handouts and worksheets, and requires there to be...\n
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\nThe Three Rock Groups\n

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\nFirts graders distinguish between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. They group the rocks into the appropriate group. This is one of the best-organized plans I've seen! Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation which is embedded...\n
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\nIt's the Heat and the Pressure?\n

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\nReady for a change? Give a comprehensive collection of metamorphic materials a try! With the assortment of printables and lab activities, you won't be under pressure to keep things lively. The unit culminates by having...\n
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\nMetamorphic Rocks\n

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\nIn this metamorphic rock worksheet, students are given 8 statements about how metamorphic rocks are formed and their characteristics. Students determine if the statements are true or false and correct false statements to make them true....\n
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\nMetamorphic Rock Lab\n

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\nIn this metamorphic rock worksheet, learners observe 9 metamorphic rock samples and indicate the grain size, if there are bands, if there are layers , if it is foliated and they identify the name of the rock. They complete 5 sentences...\n
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\nThe Rockin' Rock Cycle: Metamorphic Rocks\n

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\nStudents study the formation of metamorphic rock. In this metamorphic rock instructional activity, students examine how metamorphic rock forms as part of the rock cycle. They review the rock cycle using chocolate chips, conduct Internet...\n
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\nOur World: The Rock Cycle\n

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\nSedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are the stars of this interesting video produced by NASA. The rock cycle is when each of these three types of rocks transforms into another kind of rock - which happens under extreme...\n
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\nMetamorphic Rock Pancakes\n

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\nLearners identify the properties of a metamorphic rock. They make delicious pancakes on a hot griddle at school to simulate how metamorphic rocks are made.\n
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\nMetamorphic Rock Notes\n

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\nIn this metamorphic rock worksheet, students complete a concept map of including how metamorphic rocks are formed, the two ways they are classified and examples of metamorphic rocks.\n
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\nRock Types and the Rock Cycle: Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic\n

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\nIgneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Yes, it's the thee types of rocks. And here's a great video to introduce the young geologists in your class to the rock cycle.\n
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\nLayers of the Earth\n

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\nWhile rudimentary, this could be a great review of types of rocks. With diagrams, pictures, and graphics, this presentation describes igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formations. The pictures are particularly engaging.\n
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\n2.4: Metamorphic Rocks\n

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\nSecond graders work with material to simulate changes caused by both heat and pressure. They assimilate what they learned learned in past lessons to explain the rock cycle.\n
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\nThree Types of Rocks\n

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