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Exploring Rocks A research project

Exploring Rocks A research project. Books Observation Journals Rock Music Stories Quiz Yourself. Main types Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous. Where they’re found Lakes and rivers Underground Near lava flows, ocean floor. Facts about rocks.

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Exploring Rocks A research project

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  1. Exploring RocksA research project • Books • Observation • Journals • Rock Music • Stories • Quiz Yourself

  2. Main types Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous Where they’re found Lakes and rivers Underground Near lava flows, ocean floor Facts about rocks

  3. Rocks are made of two or more different minerals that have been: cemented together, or squeezed and heated together, or 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 Rocks and Minerals

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. what we know, want to know, and learned

  7. 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 Rocks

  8. 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.

  9. 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? Rock Journals * Samples - There was one new question each day we studied this unit.

  10. 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?)

  11. 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. Rock Stories

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. Quiz Yourself Which 3 are the main types of rocks?: 1 Sedimentary 2 Chalk 3 Igneous 4 Metamorphic

  18. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Science23.htm http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMusicPEArtSSLAMDRocks-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) Resources

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