For this activity students will be given three rocks representing the three main rock types in the rock cycle. They will make observations on those rocks and develop a hypothesis on how each rock formed. We will meet as a class and discuss these hypothesizes and then they will take one of their hypothesizes to write up a paragraph on what lead them to this hypothesis and how might they test their hypothesis.

Concepts

types of rocks

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Additional Tags

characteristics of rocks, experiment, observation of rocks, testing hypothesis, investigating the rock cycle: looking at similarities and differences in rocks

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)