TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rocks, Rocks, Rocks
Students test rocks to identify their physical properties (such as luster, hardness, color, etc.) and classify them as igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. They complete a worksheet table to record all of the rock properties, and then...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Ranking the Rocks
Student teams assign importance factors, called "desirability points," the rock properties found in the previous lesson/activity in order to mathematically determine the overall best rocks for building caverns within. They learn the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigation of the Minnehaha Falls Area
A lesson plan where students observe rock types and classify the rocks in the Minnehaha falls area. Students will also make predictions about the cause of the shape of the landscape. Students will record their findings in a journal....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Soil Formation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How soil is formed.