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**__Let's rock!__**  **__ Day one: __**  Rocks are a very important part of our earth, because it is made up of mostly, just that! Below your feet are miles and miles of rocks. Crazy, right?  At your table, you should see about 10-20 rocks, a scale, and 5 hand lenses. (Don't worry, I will go over how to use these before I let you begin working.) Go ahead and start with two rocks per person, and look at each one carefully. Look at them together and compare what you see. The purpose of this is to observe every thing you can about these rocks. Tell me what you see. Are they shiny? Dull? Are they smooth? Do they have an interesting smell? Use all of your senses in this lesson (except taste!) and write down everything you see. Talk to the person next to you and compare what you see.  Next, pick one rock and from your observations draw it on a piece of paper. After this we will be doing an activity on the Smartboard to compare our findings, just like you did with your partner.  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** __Day two:__ ** <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Today we will be finishing up yesterdays lesson, and start getting into the rock cycle. We will be learning about how rocks are formed, and making our own rocks with crayons! <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">On your table should be the same materials we used yesterday, as well as a bowl of water. Like yesterday, pick only one rock. Wash the rock with water and a scrub brush. Observe what happens when you apply the water to the rock. Write down what you see and how the rock is different after it has been washed. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">In your groups, sort the rocks on your table into categories. Then, with your partner, sort the rocks into categories and have your partner guess the rule. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Our last activity will be an introduction to our unit on the rock cycle. You will first pick a few different color crayons, and on your piece of foil, use the crayon sharpener on the table to shave the crayons. I will show you how to do this first. Once you have created shavings from each crayon, wrap them tightly inside of your foil. I will come around and flatten it with a textbook. Go ahead and unwrap the foil, and inside you will find a solid piece of crayon made up of different colors. Did you notice that rocks are made up of different colors sometimes too? <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We will close this lesson with a group discussion in the circle. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__**Homework:**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At home, create a KWL chart. Tell me what you already knew about rocks, what you want to know, and what you learned from our lesson. These will be due tomorrow. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a bonus, for extra points, draw me your favorite rock from our lesson, and write down some characteristics about it. <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">

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