Today and tomorrow in class students will explore different stations discovering more about igneous rocks. At one station they observed three types of igneous rocks and described their properties. At another station students read different informational texts about rocks, and at a third station they explored online interactive websites about rocks and minerals.
At the final station students observed an igneous rock model. Students made observations of what happened to a "rock" (crayon model) as heat was added. The burner represented the heat from the core of the Earth which melted the rock (crayon model) into "magma" or "lava." Students saw the melted wax harden which represented the formation of an igneous rock.
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