Teacher Resources
| Audience | This web site is designed for third grade students |
| Overview | We will create a web site where students can review their navigational skills while learning information about the three types of rocks, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. |
| Objectives | Students will be able to navigate a
website. Students will gather information from a website and transfer it to a different form. Student will name the three types of rock, describing appearance, location and method of formation. |
Project Alignment: Essential Academic Learning Requirements |
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| Science 1.1 | Use properties to identify, describe, and categorize substances, materials, and objects, and use characteristics to categorize properties of earth materials. Observe and examine physical properties of earth materials such as rocks and soil. Classify rocks and soils into groups based on their chemical and physical properties; describe the processes by which rocks and soils are formed. |
| Reading 1.3 | Read fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and material. Read familiar text with ease. Read word by word or line by line when incorporating new skills or reading new materials. |
| Writing 2.2 | Write for different purposes, including to respond to teacher's prompt, to tell about something, to name something, to describe something, to direct, to imagine and/or to learn. |
Instructional Activities |
| Metamorphic pancakes |
| Make Your Own Metamorphic Rock |
| Create Your Own Sediment |
| Final Project 1 | Rock Cycle/Samples poster |
| Final Project 2 | Rock Collection |
| Final Project 3 | Pamphlet |
| Final Project 4 | Life Rock Story |