6th Grade Science Class

In science class today the students had an opportunity to find out the kinds of rocks they gathered on our trip to the different buildings yesterday. They followed a rock guide using the website http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/rockkey/index.html. The guide had them answer different questions as well as do different activities like scratch their rock on glass(to see if it would scratch the glass), scratch the rock with a nail to see if it would chip sand, take a hammer and break the rock to see inside the rock for crystals or bands, and drop their rock in vinegar to see if their rock will fizz. The students then identified the type of rock they had. I hope to upload some of the pictures of the activities they have done in and out of class the past two days tomorrow. The students were given a rock review for homework that needs to be completed and turned in tomorrow.