TALK Activities | Rock Hounds

Search 
                        for Lessons 

                        and Activities:

Keyword Search

Site 
                        Extras

Share this Site with a Friend!

Contact Us

This site is a part of FCPS.net

Contents of this web site are intended to be used for the enhancement of instruction only.

Email this Activity to Someone

Rock Hounds

These activities will guide students through the rock formation process. Optional activities include accessing information, illustrating it, answering questions regarding it as well as creating a presentation to demonstrate understanding.

Rock Hound Website

	Activities
	Illustrating How Rocks are Formed Worksheet
	Thinking Questions Worksheet (Open Ended questions )
	Identifying and classifying Rocks - Quiz
	Power Point Presentation Template Students can use this template to create a presentation demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of the three types of rocks.
	Similes & Metaphors Template

Activity Contributors
Cathy Brandt

Grade Levels
Intermediate

Technology Tools
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Internet

Content Area(s)
Science
Language Arts

Keyword
rockhounds

Science Core Content
Science Student Performance Standards

Reading Core Content
Writing Core Content

Reading Student Performance Standards
Writing Student Performance Standards

MS Office - Word Home Page
MS Word Download Center
tutorialfind - Word tutorials

MS PowerPoint Home Page
MS PowerPoint Download Center
tutorialfind - PowerPoint tutorials

Activity ID: 84
This activity has been used 5715 times.

This activity is linked to these components:

Classroom Literacy Guide Components:

2B During the prereading discussion, the teacher asked the students ...

2D By generating a discussion about the topic, the teacher stimulate...

2G Before reading/writing occurred, the teacher helped the student i...

3D An appropriate mix of factual and higher level thinking questions...

4B The teacher asked the students to retell or summarize the materia...

5E The students were prompted to use before, during, and after readi...

6B The reading materials represented authentic types (literary, info...

6G Independent work contained open-ended questions that enhanced and...

6H The students identified similarities and differences through comp...

7L The students produced non-linguistic representations to elaborate...

What did you think about this activity?
Add a Comment