Science Sampler: Rockin' around the rock cycle

by: Susan Frack and Scott Alan Blanchard

The following inquiry-based activities were designed as part of a unit intended to aid students in understanding the rock cycle, with the assumption that, after being taught the lessons in the unit, students would have gone beyond a rote memorization of the rock types and rock cycle. The ultimate goal of this hands-on lesson is that students will know and be able to discriminate between them.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 10/1/2005Stock # ss05_029_02_62Volume 029Issue 02

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Maureen Stover (Fayetteville, NC)
Maureen Stover (Fayetteville, NC)

Great Activity to help students learn about rocks

This is a fantastic activity that enables students to engage in learning about the rock cycle. Using loaves of bread, students learn about sedimentary and metamorphic rock. This activity is... See More

Adah (San Antonio, TX)
Adah (San Antonio, TX)

Another Approach to Understanding the Rock Cycle

This very short article presents two activities that will help students understand a part of the rock cycle. The first is called “Metamorphic to Sedimentary” and uses two different kinds of... See More

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