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- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students classify rocks by properties. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify basic properties of minerals and rocks. They access websites and utilize worksheets imbedded in this lesson to further their understanding of rock classification. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students classify rocks into eight attributes - color, shape, weight, sheen, hardness, layers, texture, and pattern, and enter and sort information in database. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students collect and examine rocks and record information about them in science notebooks. They make comparisons and classify rocks according to properties, and then discuss their findings with their classmates and record them on a class chart. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students classify rocks into three categories: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. They explore the characteristics of a dichotomous key and explain its use in classification. They create a dichotomous key to further identify unknown samples of rocks after classifying in the initial three categories. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine and classify rocks based on different criteria. In groups, they discover the processes for the formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. They complete a model of the rock cycle and participate in a simulation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students complete a variety of activities related to the physical characteristics of minerals. They classify and group candy, classify rocks and complete a Pet River Rock worksheet. Students try to guess which rock goes with each description, analyze a collection of rocks, and classify six minerals according to their luster. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine and participate in the process of classifying rocks. In small groups, they sort the rocks into two categories and complete a Venn diagram. Next, they select three rocks, and complete a worksheet that is in the form of a dichotomous key. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine different types of rocks and classify rocks by their different characteristics. In small groups they sort their rocks into two categories, then create three categories to sort by on a sorting worksheet. Next, they select three rocks and compare and contrast them and discuss how a rock key works. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students classify Earth materials by their physical characteristics. They use rocks, minerals, soil, and fossils to classify and to find similar and different characteristics of each. In addition, they use the computer to identify some rocks and minerals and describe how they are alike and different. Full Review »
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