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Exploring Rocks A research project
BooksObservation
Journals♪Rock Music§Stories?Quiz Yourself
Facts about rocks
Main types
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Where they’re found
Lakes and rivers
Underground
Near lava flows, ocean floor
Rocks and Minerals
• Rocks are made of two or more different minerals that have been:
1.cemented together, or
2.squeezed and heated together, or
3.melted and cooled together.
• Rocks make up the majority of the Earth's crust. One of the most common rocks is granite. http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Rocks/Rocks4.html
Books about Rocks• Crystal & gem / Symes, R.F. and
R.R. Harding ; special photography by Colin Keates. New York : DK Pub., 2004.
• Rocks and minerals / Chasek, Ruth. New York : Children's Press, c2000.
• If you find a rock / Christian, Peggy; photographs by Barbara Hirsch Lember. San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace, c2000.
More Books about Rocks
• Rocks and minerals / Ricciuti, Edward R. and Margaret W. Carruthers. New York : Scholastic, c1998.
• Rocks & minerals / Symes, R. F. and the staff of the Natural History Museum, London ; [special photography, Colin Keates and Andreas Einsiedel].by New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
• How we use rock / Oxlade, Chris. Chicago, Ill.: Raintree, c2004.
what we know, want to know, and learnedRocks are not for throwing.
Why are there different kinds of rocks?
Rocks have different grain sizes.
Some rocks look different than others.
Some rocks have fossils in them.
Are rocks alive?
There are lots of rocks.
Some rocks have a streak
Where do rocks come from?
Rocks are made of minerals
Observing Rocks
Collect Rocks• Stay in the school yard;
do not go into the street.• Get permission before
going in someone’s yard. • Some of the rocks have
very sharp edges. If so, leave it on the ground.
• Collect only rocks you can pick up with one hand.
Clean Rocks• Use eye protection when
washing rocks• Use water and toothbrush
to clean away dirt. • Place rocks on tray to dry.• Line up rocks on
windowsill for observation.
Observing & Recording
• Choose 5 rocks from the windowsill to observe daily.
• Make a section for each rock in your journal.
• Record your findings in your each day.
Rock Journals
Record the following about each rock:
• Size• Shape• Color • Texture• Where did you find
it?
Answer the Daily Question* for your 5 rocks:
• Does it change temperature from morning to afternoon?
• Does it have a fossil?• Does it have a streak• What kind of rock is it?• How did you find out?
* Samples - There was one new question each day we studied this unit.
Journal Entries
• Write about your rocks each day.
• If you need help with topics, see the
Smart Start questions on the board.
(e.g. Imagine you are this rock; how did you wind up here?)
Rock Stories
• Some friends to feed : the story of Stone Soup / Seeger, Pete and Paul DuBois Jacobs ; illustrations by Michael Hays. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2005.
• Sylvester and the magic pebble / Steig, William New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1980.
• Three pebbles and a song / Spinelli, Eileen; pictures by S.D. Schindler. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2003.
More Rock Stories• Everybody needs a rock / Baylor, Byrd ; with
pictures by Peter Parnall. New York : Scribner, 1974.
• Meteor! / Polacco, Patricia. New York : Philomel Books, 1999.
• I love rocks / Meister, Cari ; illustrated by Terry Sirrell.New York : Children's Press, c2001.
• The seeing stone / DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Even More Rock Stories• The wretched stone / Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1991. • Finding the green stone / Walker, Alice,
illustrated by Catherine Deeter. San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
• The sword in the stone / White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury), illustrated by Dennis Nolan. New York : Philomel Books, 1993.
• Words of stone / Henkes, Kevin. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1992.
Rock Music• Goal – to make music using rocks in various ways. • Materials: variety of rocks, few pieces of wood (flat), tin
cans, yogurt cups or margarine tubs with lids, folder, any other item that can be used in conjunction with rocks to create a variety of sounds.
• Preparation: Find a variety of rocks and gather other miscellaneous items to use in conjunction with the rocks
to produce a variety of sounds.
• Original idea by Scott Dan
Making Rock Music• Sit in a large circle• Sing a familiar song , clapping hands or snapping fingers
for rhythm.• Pass out materials and rocks to each student. Make
sure to go over safety rules. (No banging or throwing; watch out for fingers.)
• Gently explore the sounds each rock or set of rocks can make.
• Sing the song again, using rocks for instruments!• Try it more times with different groupings of rocks.
More about Rock Music• After making music, discuss the different sounds the
rocks make. Explore the following ideas:• Does the size of the rock change the sound? • Tap different kinds of rocks together. Does the sound
change? • Put rocks in or on other materials. How does the sound
change?• Which sounds/materials do you like best together?
Least?• Record your findings in your journals
Quiz Yourself
Which 3 are the main types of rocks?:
1 Sedimentary
2 Chalk
3 Igneous
4 Metamorphic
Resources• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Science23.htm• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMusicPEArtSSL
AMDRocks-RockyMusic12.htm• [
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html]
• http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Rocks/Rocks1.html
• Books and Stories - Richardson Public Library catalog http://hip.cor.gov
• Journals – Maxim, Donna. Beginning Researchers. Coming to Know: Writing to Learn in the Intermediate Grades. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann. (p.4)
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