Lesson Plan

How Can We Tell The Hardness of Rocks?

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Students complete a lab activity.  In this hardness of rocks lesson plan, students observe and touch various rock samples.  Students determine if they can make a scratch mark on any of the rock samples and use the Internet to learn how to determine the hardness of rocks.  Students complete a lab activity where they perform a scratch test on five rock samples.

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Grade
2nd - 4th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Duration
1 day
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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