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This Rock is Your Rock, This Rock is My Rock
https://sites.google.com/a/beloit.edu/k-12_education/home/k-12/pdf/THISROCKISYOU ...
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In this activity students discover that the types and relative proportion of minerals that occur together in a rock tell scientists the story of how that rock was formed. They also learn that rocks are named based on how they formed and by the types, amounts, and sizes of minerals in the rocks. Students will realize that one of the most important skills a geologist needs when studying a rock is the ability to observe and describe what he or she sees. As a result of this activity students will improve their observational skills and learn that rocks are made up of one or more minerals.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
    • Mineralogy or petrology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright and other restrictions information is unknown
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-008-474
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Systems, order, and organization
      • B - Physical science:
        • Properties of objects and materials
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Properties of earth materials
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Systems, order, and organization
      • B - Physical science:
        • Properties and changes of properties in matter
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Structure of the earth system
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'K-12 Earth Science'
http://www.beloit.edu/sepm/index.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contributor: Society for Sedimentary Geology
http://www.sepm.org/

Contact: Carol Mankiewicz
Beloit College