Rocks-2nd Grade

Students group rocks into three groups; large, medium, and small. The students are sorting by which of the following characteristics?

• Texture

• Color

• Hardness

• Size

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Minerals are in food we eat?

• True

• False

Where do rocks come from?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks are....

• living

• non-living

How do we use rocks?

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Rocks are made of?

• heat

• pressure

• minerals

• chocolate

What observation could you make about this BOULDER (big rock)?

• The boulder is heavy.

• The boulder feels soft and squishy.

• The boulder is light as a feather.

• The boulder is a square.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are the properties of this rock?

• The rock is black.

• The rock is black and white.

• The rock is shiny.

• The rock smells like chocolate.

• color

• texture

• shape

• size

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS1-1

Which of the following could be used to describe the texture of a rock?

• Heavy

• Smooth

• Black

• Small