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Creating understanding how metamorphic rock is formed part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Adapted by Sherrie Seidensticker, Jeffers Pond Elementary, Prior Lake Minnesota, adapted from the book titled 204 Sticky, Gloopy, Wacky, and Wonderful Experiments by Janice VanCleave's.
This activity gives a visual representation of how we are able to see the different layers of metamorphic rocks.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
What Is Water? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Cristy Rajdl
Holy Family School
Sauk Centre, MN
What Is Water? is an introductory lesson that introduces students to the properties of water and its presents in the environment.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Socratic Questioning
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience
Daily Science Vocabulary Review with the Smart Board part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Kathy Leary
An elementary review activity for chemistry vocabulary, tools, and concepts used with the classroom science curriculum.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Geoscience, Chemistry
The Earth and Sky in a 24 Hour Day part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Laura Greene
Taylors Falls Elementary
Taylors Falls, MN
Adapted from a lesson on the Sky from the Houghtom Mifflin Science Curriculum- First Grade Unit on Weather and Sky.
This is an indoor and outdoor activity where students understand the distance the earth is from the sun. The students understand that the earth rotates on it's axis once in a 24 hour period thus providing us with day and night.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science