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Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Classifying Rocks Level: Intermediate Time: 1-2 class periods KERA Goals: 1.3, 2.4 Objective: Making chart in extension activity Activity: Students will classify rocks by properties. Place all rock samples in a pile at the top of the paper. Draw a circle around the pile of rocks. Move all the dark samples to a separate pile. Make a separate pile of light samples. Draw a circle around each pile. Observe the d ...

Click here for a printable version Title: Coal: More Than Meets the Eye! Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.4 Objective: Energy resources are unevenly distributed. Students will participate in a hands-on simulation to help them understand that coal resources are deposited unevenly between the earth's surface and under the ground. Materials: Chocolate chip cookie for each student Napkin for each student Paper clip for each student Reference book containing map of U.S. coal deposits. ...

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Return to Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Geological Time Line Level: Primary - Middle ( 3 - 8 ) Time: Varies - depends on age/level and complexity of project KERA Goals: 1.3, 1.5 - 1.9, 2.1, 2.22, 5.1, and 5.3 Objective: The student will demonstrate knowledge of when coal was formed. Materials: Adding machine tape (or other suitable paper) Paints Crayons Chalk Activity: Born: .Anthracite: 10:46 p.m. Bituminous: 10:48 p.m. Lignite: 10:40 p.m. 1. ...

Pebble Jar Age: grades K-2 Subject: Earth Science Skills: observation, classification Duration: 60 minutes Group size: any Setting: indoors or outdoors Key vocabulary: color, size, shape Materials Pebbles Tall, plain glass jar(s) Magnifying glasses Masonry hammer Dishtowel Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Recognize differences between different pebbles. 2. Describe a pebble as to color, size or shape. - 3. Use a magnifier to examine rack Fragments and sand grains. M ...

How Are Soils Classified? Age: grades K-5 Subject: Soils Skills: observation, classification Duration: 45 minutes Group size: any Setting: indoors or outdoors Key vocabulary: sand, silt, clay Materials: sandy soil silty soil clay soil (These soil samples can be prepared using base soils obtained from a local greenhouse or garden shop.) magnifying glass water Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. List the three texture groups soils are classified in. 2. Classify a soil ...

Edible Four-Layer Earth You will need a large mixing bowl (the larger the better) for this activity. To end up with a frozen model of half the earth, you will need these materials: green ice cream graham crackers chocolate ice cream with nuts yellow ice cream Dragees (little metal-like edible silver spheres) vanilla ice cream red food coloring green food coloring Procedure Before constructing the edible earth, you may wish to make a scale model cross-section, or relate the ...

Brick Pebbles Age: grades 1-4 Subject: rack weathering Skills: observation, classification, inference Duration: 3-10 days, 30 minutes/day Group size: 5-10 Setting: outdoors or indoors Key vocabulary: abrasion, angular, rounded, sediment, weathering Materials: A common "soft" red brick 1 quart jar with a tight-fitting lid, either plastic or strong-walled glass (check with the school kitchen or a local cafe) Masonry hammer Towel Paper bag (for use with glass jar) I gallon glass jar ...

What is Soil Made Of? Age: grades 3-6 Subject: Soils Skills: observation, comparing, classification Duration: 40 minutes Group size: any Setting: indoors Key vocabulary: particle, sand, clay, silt, organic matter Materials: 3 different soil samples (One with a high sand content, one with a high clay content, and one with a high organic content) Sheets of paper Magnifying glasses Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. Identify the different colors, shapes and sizes of soil p ...

Mudpile Mountain Age: grades 4-6 Subject: Erosion and deposition Skills: observation, inference, measurement Duration: 1-3 hours Group size: any Setting: outdoors Key vocabulary: erosion, deposition, transport, alluvial fan, delta, canyon Materials: 3 Popsicle sticks/tongue depressors per student crayons - red, green, orange, blue, yellow, purple shovel watering can Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. Identify landforms caused by erosion. 2. Identify landforms caused b ...

Bricks Soak Up Water Age: grades 3-8 Subject: Rocks Skills: observation, measurement, analysis Group size: any Setting: indoors Duration: 45 minutes Key vocabulary: pore space, porous, weathering Objective: The student will be able to: 1. Determine whether rocks have pore spaces within them. Method: The students will measure the amount of water soaked up by a brick or a rock. Materials: tank or a large basin large measuring cup or container with volume markings on it assortmen ...

Grade 4 Science Core Unit: Fossils and Rocks Unit overview: This unit combines the Earth Science and Life Science broad fields. Students will acquire an understanding of processes of rock formation. The study of fossils gives students another perspective of geologic time, allowing them to examine evidence of plants and animals which existed on the Earth a long time ago. In the unit, students should be able to gain an understanding of how scientists make inferences from indirect observation ...

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Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Igneous Rocks/Volcanoes Level: Upper Primary Time: 2-3 days KERA Goals: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Materials: Rocks, balloon, water Objective: Students will differentiate between the two types of igneous rock and designate the area the rock comes from. Background Information: Igneous rocks are formed by the cooling of magma and lava. Definitions: extrusive - rocks cooled above earth's surface (lava). Commo ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Layers of the Earth Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.3 Materials: Apples, knife, photographs of places where rocks are found, globe Objective: Students will understand that the earth is made up of different layers. When you slice an apple, you find different layers. A small core is in the center. A thick layer is in the middle. A thin skin is all around the outside. Scientists cannot slice the earth. However, they ...

Reading Rocks II Layers of the Earth Grade Levels: 3-4 Subjects: Earth Science, Literature, Technology Learner Outcomes: 1. The student will identify the layers of the earth and will list them in order from the outside to the center of the earth. 2. The student will identify the depth of each layer of the earth. 3. The student will identify the basic composition of each layer. Duration of Lesson: 60 minutes Materials: Teacher materials ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Making Sedimentary Rocks Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.4, 2.6 Conclusion/Discussion: Write or discuss the differences in the rocks that you made. Objective: Students should understand that sedimentary rocks like coal are formed by the cementing together of smaller pieces of rocks. Or, like coal, from the accumulation of plant material. Materials: plaster cement milk cartons (pint) sand soil water mix ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Metamorphic Rock Activities Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Objective: Students will understand that metamorphic rocks are sedimentary igneous, or other metamorphic rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure. Background Information: Metamorphic rocks have been changed by heat and pressure around igneous intrusions in the deeper parts of mountains systems. Heat and pressure make the rocks s ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Metamorphic Sandwiches - - "Bread Rock" Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 Objective: To graphically show how metamorphic rock is formed by pressure and heat. Materials: 4-6 slices bread per student (white and wheat) wax paper heavy books or blocks microwave (optional) Activity: Hand out 2 or 3 slices of white and wheat bread to each student. Have them examine the bread and write a descrip ...

Pangea “All Lands” Age: Grades 4, 5, 6 Subject: Earth Science Skills: Following directions, observation, organization, comparing and contrasting, inference, application Duration: Two or three 50 minute class periods Group Size: Any Setting: Classroom Key Vocabulary: plate tectonics, continental drift, lithosphere, mantle, core, crust names of the continents Materials: Video Student Sheet of Pangea scissors markers/colored pencils atlases blue construction paper O ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Peanut Brittle Volcano Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Objective: Students will see simulated lava flow down a simulated volcano. Students will learn that lava cools fastest on the surface. Materials: aluminum foil bleach bottle (empty and thoroughly clean!) electric frying pan sugar white Karo syrup raw peanuts butter salt baking soda cookie sheet Activity: Talk to students about w ...

LESSON ONE TITLE: The Law of Superposition GRADE LEVEL: 7, 8 SUBJECT(S): Earth Science, Language Arts, Computer/Technology LEARNER OUTCOMES Students will participate in activities demonstrating the understanding of the Law of Superposition. Students will discover and explain examples of superposition in their everyday environment. Students will develop an understanding of superposition by use of a model. Students will explore and report examples of superposition in t ...

LESSON TWO TITLE: The Law of Crosscutting Relationships and The Principle of Uniformity GRADE LEVEL: 7, 8 SUBJECT(S): Earth Science, Language Arts, Math LEARNER OUTCOMES Students will participate in activities demonstrating the understanding of the Law of Superposition by reporting on examples of superposition recorded in their science journals. Students will develop an understanding of the Law of Crosscutting Relationships through models. Students will engage in a discovery lab act ...

LESSON THREE TITLE: The Principle of Uniformity and Correlation GRADE LEVEL: 7,8 SUBJECT(S): Earth Science, Language Arts, Computer/Technology LEARNER OUTCOMES Students will engage in an activity demonstrating the principle of uniformity. Students will hypothesize the correlation of rocks using index fossils as clues. Students will list and identify related rock layers in their science journals. DURATION OF THE LESSON: 50 minutes MATERIALS: playing cards, activity sheet TECHNO ...

LESSON FOUR TITLE: Sedimentary Size and Structures SUBJECTS: Earth Science, Language Arts, Art LEARNER OUTCOMES Students will engage in discovery activities by creating sedimentary deposit models. Students will interpret the Earth's history from teacher made models. DURATION OF THE LESSON: 50 minutes MATERIALS: pictures of sedimentary rocks, sandboxes, sand, heat lamp, clay, water, wide mouthed jar, hair spray, cover four to six books and label them: conglomerate, sandstone, shale ...

LESSON FIVE TITLE: Lab Activity (How is Sediment Size a Clue to Earth's History?) GRADE LEVEL: 7, 8 SUBJECTS: Earth Science, Math, Computer/Technology LEARNER OUTCOMES Students will engage in a discovery activity in studying sediment size. Students will develop an inference about conditions that existed when sedimentary rocks were deposited. DURATION OF THE LESSON: 50 minutes MATERIALS: sand, 3 aluminum pie pans, masking tape, metric rulers, sieve set (or two 15 cm. Diameter pie ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Rock Critters/Pet Rock Level: Primary School Time: 1 class period Activity: Rock Critters Children love to create rock critters. Have the children collect some rocks (coal) of different shapes and sizes. After you have a mountain of these rocks you can start. As the children create their critters have them: Join the stones (coal pieces) together with small bits of cotton soaked in white glue. All ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Rock Goodies Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.4 Objective: The students will learn the difference between sedimentary and metamorphic Conclusion/Discussion: The students will write or discuss what the difference between sedimentary and metamorphic is. Materials: 1 6 oz. can evaporated milk 1-1/2 cup sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1-1/4 cup tiny marshmallows 1-1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces 1 ...

RAPTOR ROCKS WHAT YOU NEED 1 Fossil Block1 Chisel1 Mallet 2 Safety Goggles1 Brush1 Nail Newspaper BACKGROUND Sharp claws! Big fangs! Maybe you can become a famous paleontologist by finding a new species of dinosaur. You will be chipping away rock to find the "fossils" inside. Rock chips may get in unprotected eyes so ALWAYS wear your safety goggles. Start at the edge and work in. Go slowly or you may crack your fossils. Paleontologists rarely find complete skeletons. They, li ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: Sedimentary Rock Activities Time: 1 class period KERA Goals: 2.3 Objective: Students will understand that most sedimentary rocks such as coal are formed under the water and in swamps, lakes, seas, and oceans. Activity: Sedimentary rocks are composed of different layers. These layers can be pebbles, sand, silt, or fossil fragments. Your students will understand the characteristics of sedimentary layers. Material ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: The Geologists’ Dilemma Level: 4-12 Time: 30 - 45 minutes KERA Goals: 1.3, 1.5 - 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, and 5.2 Objective: 1. Identify when a condition of scarcity exists 2. Determine that resources are limited, and thus scarce 3. List some of our chief energy sources Materials: A glass jar Beads - four different colors Cornmeal - same quantity as beads About 50 percent of the beads should be black, 3 percen ...

Return To Primary Lesson Plans Click here for a printable version Title: What is a Mineral Level: Intermediate Time: 1-2 days KERA Goals: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 A mineral is something in nature that is neither a plant nor an animal. Many minerals commonly occur in association with coal. In the eastern United States pyrite is one such mineral. Most rocks contain two or more minerals. To identify a mineral, you need to look for many things. Look for color. Some minerals are light in color, ...