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American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
6th - 12th
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Science
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5 days
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Start a Rock Collection

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Rocks hold evidence of Earth's past. A three-step guide describes the process of creating a rock collection. It provides a data collection sheet to make notes about each sample.

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Concepts

rocks, minerals, data collection

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Have pupils collect rocks throughout the year and sort and classify their rocks as a spring project

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires specific materials for cleaning and displaying the rocks
  • Allow time for learners to find an assortment of different rocks at different locations
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Adaptable to different grade levels
  • Suitable for a remote learning resource

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