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Students identify the properties of a metamorphic rock by making rock pancakes. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students identify the properties of a metamorphic rock. After the demonstration, each child should have his/her own "rock" to eat. o quiz them, a brief questionnaire type of paper can be passed out. No one forgets how metamorphic rocks are made! Full Review »
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- 2nd - 8th
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Students cook pancakes to represent how metamorphic rocks are formed. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students work with material to simulate changes caused by heat and pressure. They assimilate knowledge learned in previous lessons to explain the rock cycle. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the formation of metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. They identify the characteristics of rocks and minerals, create a model of metamorphic rock formation, and identify minerals using tests. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students research the characteristics of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks using the Internet. They evaluate websites for use before they organize the research information into a table. They use software to complete a concept map. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students examine how heat and pressure change metamorphic rock. They investigate the rock cycle including the three types of rocks and the forces that caused their formation. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students determine the differences between the crystallization of igneous and metamorphic rocks. They examine both liquid state and solid state crystallization. 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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- 4th
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Students conduct experiments to determine the physical properties of various minerals. After reviewing the three types of rocks, they watch a simulation of igneous and sedimentary "rocks" changing into metamorphic rocks and describe the process with diagrams in their journals. Full Review »
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