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Franklin Mountains

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Fifth graders examine photographs of the eastern and western Franklin Mountains. As a class, they discuss what is shown and the different colored rocks and the orientation of the layers. In groups, they are given clay of two different colors to make their own model of the different layers of rocks present in the mountains.

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5th
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Science
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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