rocks and minerals

Is your science textbook outdated and lacking? Make learning about rocks and minerals engaging! This unit contains reading passages with comprehension questions, activities, science labs, task cards, and vocabulary reference posters that you can use to enhance your unit on rocks and minerals.These reading passages with comprehension questions are the perfect way to quickly check for understanding while providing the students with background information on each topic. It is also the perfect wa

With this resource, students will learn all about Rocks and Minerals through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions3 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for e

This rocks and minerals set of worksheets is a perfect supplemental resource to use for 2nd and 3rd grade. They cover types of rocks, what minerals and rocks are, properties of minerals, the rock cycle, geologists, and more. There are different types of resources, too. There are reading comprehension passages about rocks and minerals, graphic organizers, writing pages, cut and glue activities, and even a few fold-and-go mini books!Rocks and Minerals Topics covered include:Rocks and Minerals Gene

This rocks and minerals lapbook kit includes 10 PAGES OF INFORMATIONAL PASSAGES about geology, types of rocks, rock cycle, layers of the Earth, Mohs scale of hardness, and mineral identification/testing, PLUS black line masters and photo illustrations for making a rocks and minerals lapbook with your students. Also included, are 4 full color mini-posters of the layers of the Earth and rock types that match the images in the passages. Use these resources to complement your own rocks and minerals

Earth Science Interactive Notebook, Printables, and 100% editable PowerPoint – Join the fun! 3 Units – Rocks and Minerals (includes Weathering,Erosion and Deposition), Soil, and Fossils. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included: Rocks and Minerals UnitLots of real pictures for a better learning experience. 100% Editable PowerPoint slideshow (20 slides):• What is a rock• 3 major types of rocks (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary) with information, pictures, and examples

If COMPLETE is what you need - this full science unit has everything you need to teach your students about rocks and minerals to your third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade students. Students will learn about the layers of the Earth, how rocks form, types of rocks, the rock cycle, mineral properties, and fossils. Resources include a teacher guide, hands-on students activities (printable or digital), learning centers, review activities, and unit assessment.Teaching science shouldn't be complic

⭐This printable PDF and digital Google Slides resource is perfect for teaching 1st & 2nd graders all about rocks and minerals. This resource includes both printable PDF and Google Slides versions for classroom & distance learning flexibility.⭐ Contains video lessons, mini book, experiments, activities, quiz, and so much more! What's Included?Vocabulary Cards (2 pgs.)Brainstorm Blocks (1 pg.)Mini Book ( 10 pgs.)Flip Book Activity (2 pgs.)4 Lab Experiments• Rock Hunt (2 pgs.)• Igneous Rock

Are you looking for rocks and minerals activities that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep?Your students will learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle. After using these rocks and minerals worksheets your students will be able to answer the question, how are rocks formed? These printable ready-to-go activities

Rocks and Minerals and Gemstones Resource for an Interactive Earth Science Notebook! {NOW DIGITAL & PRINT INCLUDED}***Important Update - Now includes additional, colorful Digital Google Slides Version for Google Classroom! Designed for Distance LearningThis resource is part of the Earth Science (Entire) Curriculum.This product contains interactive cut and paste learning material for students to create an organized science interactive notebook. This resource is aligned with Rocks & Minera

Are you learning about rocks and minerals? Make your students' learning fun and engaging with this pack. In this pack, you will find: - anchor charts -- rock cycle, igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, minerals, and Earth's crust - graphic organizers - vocabulary cards - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary flapbook (available with the cut and paste option) - rock cycle (available with a cut and paste option) - rocks and minerals mini book - rocks and minerals book and website list - rock word s

This product is ready for distance learning. Check out the TpT Digital Activity button. I have already created a student-friendly digital activity with directions and answer boxes that can be used through Google Classroom.Three activities are included! This scavenger hunt introduces students to information and fun facts about Rocks and Minerals. Two new activities for use with the scavenger hunt cards have been added; a Rock Cycle Crossword Puzzle and a Rock Cycle Search and Find. A b/w version

This HUGE, 3-week rocks and minerals unit includes everything you need to teach your upper elementary students (or children if you're homeschooling) about rocks and minerals in an engaging and hands-on way. Whether you're a rookie that doesn't know the difference between a rock and a mineral, or a veteran that's been teaching Earth Science for many years, this product includes many components that will make teaching rocks and minerals enjoyable for you and for your students. It can either provid

The Grade 4, Unit 4: Rocks and Minerals activity packet is a series of activity pages, investigations, and readings that meet the expectations outlined in the 2007 Ontario Science curriculum for the Understanding Earth Systems strand.This packet includes 11 lessons. Each lesson features an introduction, a core learning activity, and a lesson consolidation. The lesson are:Lesson 4.1: What we Know about Rocks and MineralsLesson 4.2: Rocks and Minerals Lesson 4.3: The Properties of MineralsLesson 4

Teaching about rocks and minerals? These five resources will help students learn and review minerals, the three different types of rocks, and the rock cycle. The bundle includes graphic organizers, a review game, an interactive notebook template, mineral identification activities and more!Includes the following FIVE products:Types of Rocks Graphic Organizers - 4 different organizers and review questions (with answer keys)Rockin' Through the Rock Cycle - students have to write a story from the

Rocks & Minerals Unit!What's included: 9 Slide powerpoint with 3 pages of notes that students can fill in the blanks as you use the powerpoint to teach them about rocks and minerals. (The powerpoint is editable!) Graphic organizer for students to observes rocks and minerals.An activity packet for students to investigate minerals luster, hardness, and streak. The rock cycle worksheet Layers of the earth worksheet and Anchor ChartWriting Activity " A Rock's Story" (two graphic organizers and p

My Pet Rock: Students love creating and writing about their pet rocks while imagining great adventures with their new pet! This Pet Rock activity works perfectly along with a Rocks and Minerals unit. Pet rocks were fun in the 70's and are just as fun today!I have used this activity as a culminating Rock & Minerals project. What fun! Pet Rock Writing Activity includes:- My Pet Rock - Guided Writing Paper- Stationery Page to write a Pet Rock story- Two pages of Pet Rock photos to inspire your

Assess student understanding of minerals through their completion of this birthstone project. This project has print and digital options to allow flexibility in the science classroom. First, students will complete the graphic organizer using student-friendly websites to research their birthstone. Then they will complete the brochure to demonstrate their knowledge of the mineral. This project works well as a science center, independent or small group assignment, or digitally assigned. Like this b

Looking for reading passages about rocks and minerals? Look no further! A useful set of five differentiated passages with open-ended questions for students to explain their thinking OR multiple choice questions to practice their test-taking skills. Each passage also includes a writing prompt and a grading rubric. As a bonus, there are also 10 vocabulary cards, 10 true/false questions, and 8 matching questions! Perfect for informal or formal assessment of your elementary students’ ability to read

Rocks and Minerals Lapbook and Lab Report is full of what you need to teach the basics and aid in flipping your classroom. This set includes interactive notebook pieces that can be put in a journal or used to make a lapbook with a file folder. There are informational slides you can print out or project to refer to during mini-lessons on types of rocks and rock cycle. I have also put in here a lab report that students use to identify attributes of rocks. I put together a Lab Manual to assist

This workbook covers the Grade 4 Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Processes unit in the NEW 2022 Ontario Science curriculum (Earth and Space Systems).Students will gain an understanding of rocks, minerals, and Earth’s geological processes. Topics include the human uses of rocks and minerals, the types of rocks and minerals, physical properties of minerals, and fossils.Interactive, hands-on activities are explained, with follow-up worksheets included. There is a variety of readings, long and short

Students will have a blast with this Rocks and Minerals Digital Breakout Escape Room as they use their knowledge of types of rocks, the rock cycle and minerals to make an EzPz Escape from this science breakout. Students are required to answer station cards and use a decoder to get the codes for digital locks that will break them out of the digital room. There are 5 stations with 4 questions per station. Stations include:1. Types of Rocks2. Identifying Rocks3. Rock Cycle4. Identifying Mineral

Rocks and Minerals Posters: Use these eye-catching posters during your rocks and minerals unit. All of the definitions are kid-friendly, making it easier for your students to understand rocks and minerals. Please click the preview where you can view all 100 posters that this product comes with. These posters can be used in many different ways. You can print them off and hang them on your wall, that way students can frequently refer to them throughout your unit. You can have students hold them a

The Earth Science Interactive Notebook: Rocks and Minerals chapter showcase student’s ability to:Explain how minerals are identifiedExplain how minerals form from magma and solutionsIdentify and describe the three major groups of rocksDescribe the rock cycleDescribe how sedimentary rocks are formedEach activity enables students to process the information given by the teacher then allows them to use self-direction to apply their new knowledge. The engaging activities always vary in order for al

This is a big science unit on rocks and minerals & weathering, erosion, and deposition! Various teaching resources in this pack including interactive notebooks, printables, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. *Also includes digital access via Google Slides.Lots of real pictures for a better learning experience. What is included: 100% Editable PowerPoint slideshow (20 slides):• What is a rock• 3 major types of rocks (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary) with information, pictures, and examples