Rock Cycle: Types of Rocks Card Sorting Activity

What others say

"This is perfect to add to my science shelf work in my upper elementary Montessori classroom. The kids can work on it independently, and look up the answers they don’t know in books. Then the answer key allows them to check. Thank you for a great, easy resource!"

Lindsay C.

"As a review, students worked in groups to sort the phrases into categories. It was challenging enough that they had to reason through their thinking."

Kristin K.

Description

In this activity, students will categorize cards into 3 categories: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. Students will sort through 18 cards and categorize them based on rock characteristics. Use this card sorting activity as a quick formative assessment!

Option 1: Print, cut, and shuffle cards for students to analyze and sort.

Option 2: Digital drag-and-drop in Google slides

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The Rock Cycle presentation

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Rock Cycle: Types of Rocks Card Sorting Activity

Name: Rock Cycle: Types of Rocks Card Sorting Activity
Brand: Science Lessons That Rock
SKU: 3427990
Price: 3.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.88 (26 reviews)

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Digital downloads

Google Apps, PDF

Grades

8th - 10th

Subjects

Earth Sciences, General Science, Vocabulary

What others say

Lindsay C.

"As a review, students worked in groups to sort the phrases into categories. It was challenging enough that they had to reason through their thinking."

Kristin K.

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Description

Option 1: Print, cut, and shuffle cards for students to analyze and sort.

Option 2: Digital drag-and-drop in Google slides

You might also be interested in:

The Rock Cycle presentation

Properties of Minerals presentation

Rock and Fossil Classification Labs

Earth Science Writing Prompts

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Rated 4.88 out of 5, based on 26 reviews

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Mostly used with 6th and 8th grades

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a well-crafted resource

Rated 5 out of 5

May 28, 2026

This resource was very helpful, well organized, and easy to implement in my classroom. The directions and materials were clear, which made preparation simple and saved me a lot of time. My students stayed engaged throughout the activity, and the content aligned well with my lessons. I also appreciate how adaptable the resource is for different learning levels and classroom needs. Overall, this was a great purchase, and I look forward to using more resources from this seller in the future.

Czarina Johanah B.

61 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Great review

Rated 5 out of 5

April 12, 2026

This was a great review after learning about types of rocks in 6th grade Earth Science.

Mindy M.

116 reviews • Wisconsin

Grades taught: 6th

Independent Practice in Montessori

Rated 5 out of 5

January 19, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

This is perfect to add to my science shelf work in my upper elementary Montessori classroom. The kids can work on it independently, and look up the answers they don’t know in books. Then the answer key allows them to check. Thank you for a great, easy resource!

Lindsay C.

168 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 4th, 5th, 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 22, 2025

As a review, students worked in groups to sort the phrases into categories. It was challenging enough that they had to reason through their thinking.

Kristin K.

97 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 19, 2025

Used this resource for curriculum and lesson development.

Susan P.

1,088 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5

March 25, 2025

My students loved this activity. They worked in groups and I used it as a test prep two days before the quiz. They had a great study sheet when they were done!

Christine H.

164 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

March 20, 2025

My students love using these. Works really well for my ESL students to be able to visualize the lesson and topics.

Laura P.

148 reviews

Grades taught: 8th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals

Rated 3 out of 5

March 11, 2025

Students found this resource engaging with just the right level of challenge with different terminology we haven't used in class. Unfortunately, I'll need to edit it as some of the information isn't quite correct.

Sonja W.

1 review

Grades taught: 8th

Response from

Science Lessons That Rock

(TPT Seller)

Mar 12, 2025

Hi Sonja, I'd love to chat about what parts of the card sort you need edited! Please email me becca@sciencelessonsthatrock.com