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Exploring Rocks: Rock Identification and The Rock Cycle part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a class lab activity in which students will observe unknown rocks and learn about how they fit into the rock cycle.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Collecting and Identifying Rocks part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity

Creating understanding how metamorphic rock is formed part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity gives a visual representation of how we are able to see the different layers of metamorphic rocks.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration

Rock identification and usage part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab where students gather data on rock identification.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Observing,Comparing and Classifying Rocks part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activitiy is a lab experience where students observe, compare and classify rocks. Close examination of a variety of rocks reveals their differences and can also spark questions regarding their origins.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Looking at Minnesota Geology part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is used to help students describe various rock types.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

CRUMBLING ROCKS - observing and describing rocks part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom hands-on , active learning lesson where students observe and describe a familiar item, to help them observe and describe the physical characteristics of rocks.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

How do rocks compare to soil? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a investigation where students observe soil and rocks, record their similarities and differences, interpret their findings, and are guided to develop a new investigable question.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Soil vs. Rocks part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This lesson will extend the learning on rocks with the Foss kit, Pebbles, Sand, and Silt to include soil. Students will perform the soil sifting activity like the one designed for rocks in the Foss it. Through their work, students will complete a Venn diagram of soil and rocks as a class.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Rocks - A Lesson in Inquiry part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this earth science unit, the students will observe rocks from the FOSS Pebbles, Sand & Silt kit as well as their own personal rocks. They will use scientific tools to aid in their observations, then form investigatory questions for their own inquiry.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity