Geology Unit Part 5 Rocks

This unit bundle includes 10 lessons of about 50 minutes, and 14 page work bundle that has students fill-in critical notes, conduct exciting hands-on activities, answer questions, interpret graphs, includes games, built-in quizzes and much more. The work bundle chronologically follows the detailed and interactive slideshow (hundreds of slides) for an amazing learning experience. A 20 question quiz game concludes the learning for a great review and assessment. Everything arrives in editable format.

This PowerPoint begins with something called musical notes. The class is divided into three groups, (I usually just assign table groups or rows etc), teacher assigns each group either igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks. The groups are given a few minutes to create a musical rendition of their rock. When the notes of the rock cycle are covered the groups sing the word igneous when directed by the PowerPoint. Igneous Rocks are then addressed in detail as well as intrusive vs. extrusive, fine and coarse grain etc. A series of challenge questions are also provided. More slides compares a piece of granite with obsidian. Questions such as which cooled extrusive vs. intrusive / large crystals vs. no crystals are described with answers. Pumice is then described and a demonstration has the teacher float a piece of pumice in water. Pumice islands floating in the Pacific near volcanoes are mentioned with visuals. Classification of Igneous rocks are described (Basaltic vs. Granitic) and many questions follow the notes with answers. A visual quiz them follows these notes which has the students guess if the rock is granitic or basaltic in nature or to name the rock band. The answers are provided at the end. The questions is previewed one more time before the answer is revealed so the teacher can call upon students. Common Igneous rocks are then described in a step by step process with visuals. A few challenge questions follow each rock with answers. Students are given a question and need to identify the correct rock from a group of pictures.

This next part of the PowerPoint discusses sedimentary rocks and the sedimentary group must sing "sedimentary" Some slides discuss how sediments are compacted and cemented together Caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition, and that sedimentary rocks are usually layered. Layers can be from old living materials (fossils) are addressed. An activity is presented that has the teacher minimize out of PowerPoint and students must go up to the board and pretend to move boxes with words around into the correct order for the formation of a sedimentary rock. The teacher controls the movement of the boxes from their computer. An answer slide is provided to see if the students aligned the words correctly. A description of rock cores and sedimentary rocks is provided. An activity is then presented with step by step instructions and visuals. Students stack two "Milkyway Dark" chocolate bars on top of each other and use a milkshake straw to create a rock core. The students then cut the straw open and record the thickness and make-up of each layer. Follow-up questions are provided. The three types of sedimentary rocks are then presented with visuals in a step by step process (clastic, chemical, organic). Challenge questions follow these notes with answers. An activity is provided that has students make a clastic sedimentary rock with cups, sand, gravel, and glue. Directions are provided in the slideshow. Common sedimentary rocks are then described one at a time with visuals. Challenge questions have students identify the rocks they have just learned. Answers are provided.

The third part of the slideshow discusses metamorphic rocks. Students are reminded that a metamorphic rock can be forced back into the magma. Foliated and non-foliated metamorphic rocks are then presented in a step by step sequence. Students are then presented 10 metamorphic rocks and need to cross their arms (foliated) or "Rock it out head banger style" (non-foliated) with each picture. The correct movement is presented after each picture. Some common metamorphic rocks and their parent rock are described in a step by step process. Directions for an activity that has students compress chunks of clay to create a meta-conglomerate rock are provided. Common metamorphic rocks are then presented one a time with supporting visuals. This is a neat PowerPoint that involves the students and is incredibly visual.

Two quizzes and a series of review games conclude this lesson that are built-into the slideshow. Flashcards are also provided and instructions in the slideshow show the students how to use and prepare them. These are very helpful for the two visual quizzes. A really neat rock and mineral auction project is included that has the students record a number 1-500 on a note card. This becomes the amount of monopoly money they will get for a rock auction poster project. the rock they win in the auction becomes the focus for a poster project that is described in the slideshow. Slides of the rocks and minerals in the auction are provided with descriptions. This is a fantastic PowerPoint that will involve and challenge your students with many built-in features. Please see my other geology postings and view the entire unit that I offer on TpT described below.

The Geology Topics Unit which includes this PowerPoint within the 6,000+ slide PowerPoint roadmap, and also includes a 18 page bundled homework / assessment, 14 page modified assessment, detailed answer keys, and 18 pages of unit notes for students who may require assistance that chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow. The answer keys and unit notes are great for support professionals. This larger file also includes six PowerPoint review games (125+ slides with Answers), 31 .flv videos, lab handouts, activity sheets, rubrics, materials list, templates, guides, and much more. Also included is a 190 slide first day of school PowerPoint presentation., materials list, unit guide, advice sheet, classroom license, and much more.

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