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Page 1: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

How can we classify rocks?

rocks minerals

compare • hand lens

classify

properties

Page 2: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

Are rocks alive?

Are rocks solids or liquids?

Do people make rocks?

What makes up a rock?

Page 3: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties
Page 4: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

Are rocks alive?

Are rocks solids or liquids?

Do people make rocks?

What makes up a rock?

Page 5: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

Rock

Properties

Page 6: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

Rocks come in many different shapes, sizes, colors and textures.

Rocks are hard, solid, and nonliving materials that make up the Earth.

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Shiny Flat

Rough Has holes, light

Striped Sparkly, Gold

Spotted Bumpy

Black, Glassy Sparkly, White

Smooth Dull

Use the magnifying glass to study the rocks for a couple of minutes. As you observe them think about how they look and feel.

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1. Open your notebooks to the next blank page.

2. Write the page number and date.

3. Write this sentence:

We classify rocks by their _______________.

4. Create a bubble map on ‘Rock Properties.’ Write at least four.

5. Draw your favorite rock of the 12.

Page 9: How can we classify rocks?  rocks  minerals  compare hand lens  classify  properties

How can we classify rocks?

rocks minerals

compare • hand lens

classify

properties

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1. Rock #______ Rock #______

2. Rock #______ Rock #______

3. Rock #______ Rock #______

4. Rock #______ Rock #______

5. Rock #______ Rock #______

6. Rock #______ Rock #______

7. Rock #______ Rock #______

8. Rock #______ Rock #______

Rock Weighing

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______________Dear ____________________ ,

Today in lab we got to see and feel many

different _________. We compared the weight

of rocks by using a _______ ________. We

classified our rocks using describing words like:

_________, _________, _________,

_________, _________, and __________. We

had fun learning about rocks today!

Your friends,