Tuesday October 28, 2014 & Wednesday October 29, 2014

LT: I can identify rocks and describe how they form.

Name: ________________________ Date: ________________ Class Period: _____________

Rocks Rock!

If your rock could talk, what would it say??

You can either write your answers on this paper, OR a separate piece of paper and staple them together.

Put your name on both. 

1.     Choose a rock from the big basket.

2.     What does it look like?? Describe it in detail. At least one paragraph. Use the hints to help.

Hints: What is its color, size, is it soft, hard? Is it shiny or dull? Is it lumpy or smooth? Are there minerals or crystals inside of it?

Hints: Use the characteristics of rocks cheat sheets

Hints: Use Inside Earth book, pages 146-148.

3.     What kind of rock do you think it is? Metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous? 

Hints:

            For Igneous Rocks use Inside Earth Book: pgs 151-153

            For Sedimentary Rocks use Inside Earth Book: pgs 154-158

            For Metamorphic Rocks use Inside Earth Book: pgs 162-164

Hints:

            Use Characteristics of Rocks Cheat Sheets

4. Why do you think it is that type of rock? Describe its characteristics.

5.     What do you think the name of the rock is? (ex: Quartz, sandstone, etc)

Hints: Use Inside Earth Book: pgs. 146-148

Hints: Use Characteristics of Rocks Cheat Sheets

6.     Write your rock’s life story. Describe how it was formed, where it most likely lived its life, and how it may have died. What comes next for it?  At LEAST 2 paragraphs. **Get creative! Feel free to name your rock. Give it a personality!

            Hints: Use Inside Earth Book: pages 166-169

7.     Optional Extra Credit:

Draw a comic book story of the life of your rock.