Ants eye view of rocks

You 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...

A Reading Adventure Pack focuses on rocks. Scholars take part in three activities after reading a fiction and nonfiction text—The Jade Stone, a Chinese folktale adapted by Caryn Yacowitz, and Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst. First,...

Every kid has a rock collection! That's because rocks are unique and different. Learners discover how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks form in an informational and visually engaging video.

Young geologists explore the world of rocks. They go on a rock-collecting hunt, and bring back ten rocks of their choice. They clean the rocks, and use a magnifying glass to observe them more closely. Worksheets are passed out where...

Students describe and sort rocks according to their physical properties. They listen to a story and discuss what they know about rocks, then work with a partner to discuss how their sample rocks differ from each other.

Young scholars complete a Rock Star Journal while studying the properties of their rock. They choose their own rock star, and then they are going to learn everything they can about their rock star.

Second graders construct a model of an ant, exemplifying that ants are insects. Students gather data create a pictograph chart to show ant food preferences. Also, 2nd graders access the Internet to explore ant eating habits.

Students examine and classify various types of rocks.  In this rock identification lesson, students complete a KWL chart about rocks and then read Let's Go Rock Collecting.  Students go on a walk to collect rocks and then estimate the...

Students collect rocks. In this pre-classification activity, students gather 10 rocks each. Students use the rocks to participate in an exercise that requires them to look at the rocks from an ant's perspective. Students then observe the...

Young scholars investigate rocks. In this geology lesson plan, students collect and analyze rocks from the schoolyard and classify them according to shape, color, and size.