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Rocks
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Find out how the three main classifications of rock (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) are formed and change from one into the other.
1. Rock Formations (e-Learning for Kids):
- Enter your name and follow instructions to help identify rocks.
- Click “Play Now.”
- Explore the Interactive.
- Watch the Video.
- Play the Game and match the parts of the rock cycle with the diagram.
- Click on the “Video” button on the bottom to learn how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are formed.
- Drag a rock sample to the test plate and use the magnifying glass to determine if it is igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary.
- Take the rock to the correct lab, by clicking on the door, to learn more about the rock you have examined.
- Once inside the lab, there are posters on the wall that will give you more information on identifying the rock.
- Read/listen to each poster and perform the test that is available on the table.
- You may also click on the “Table” icon in the corner to help identify your rock.
- Once you identify the rock, leave the lab and choose the correct option on the scale by clicking CHECK.
- After you have identified all of the rocks, click on the “Journal” picture in the bottom corner and type in your answers to the questions.
Rock Formations (e-Learning for Kids)
Examine rocks with Geo the geologist, as you discover interesting facts about three kinds of rocks.
Rock Cycle (Jason Project)
What processes and forces transform rocks from one kind to another? Can that transformation be reversed?
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