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Virginia Rocks and Minerals Lesson PlanVirginia Rocks and Minerals Lesson Plan
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Virginia Rocks and Minerals

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Students explore, via a CD-ROM, the Virginia's five geological regions and discover the rocks and minerals located in each. In stone kits, they examine samples of rocks and minerals and answer questions about them. After discovering the process of fossilization, a guest speaker explains the uses of rocks and how they are processed.

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fossils, minerals, rocks

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fossils, minerals, rocks, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Discussion

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