Geologists at Work

This week we started our study of rocks and minerals. On Tuesday, we sorted rocks by particle size, hardness, color, texture, and layering. On Wednesday, we watched a BrainPop video on rocks and minerals and then went outside on a rock hunt. Each student found a rock they would use for our rock centers. We did our rock centers today and we had a blast. There were 5 stations: finding objects that were equivalent (good math vocabulary review :)) to the weight of the rock, studying the rock under a magnifying glass and drawing what we saw, determining if there was limestone in the rock by doing the vinegar test, determining if there was metal in the rock by using magnets, and finding out if the rock would sink or float in water. Here our some photos of our geologists at work: