Rock and Roll!

Young scholars make ice cream by combining ingredients and using their skills of measurement and temperature. In this ice cream lesson plan, students discuss how the ingredients go from a liquid to a solid and what happens to the ice.

A well-designed lesson plan on rock classification awaits you. In it, fifth graders are divided into groups. Each group is given a box of rocks which they must sort into two categories. They use the "Rock 'n Roll Rule," in making their...

Fifth graders explore the rock cycle.  In this rock instructional activity, 5th graders read The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth and discuss what they learned about rocks.  Students use a checklist to complete the rock activity which...

What is black and white and re(a)d all over? Class members build a table out of rolled newspapers. Pupils follow the design process to design, build, and test their paper tables in the second challenge in a series of five.

Fourth graders improvise music and dance to express their analysis of types of rocks. They discuss the three classes of rocks, list describing words, and create a short musical piece and dance to symbolize the rock they are dancing.

Fourth graders use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.

Students are introduced to igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. They use foods to demonstrate the basic formation of each type of rock, read books about rock formation and view related videos.

Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  In this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....

Young scholars compare the weathering of different-sized materials. Comparisons are made and data analyzed to reach conclusions about the process of weathering. Applications can be made for the higher grades.

Young scholars listen to a read aloud and conduct an experiment to observe how rocks change due to elements of erosion. They use sugar, water and wind to simulate rock changes due to erosion.