Rock Hounds Activity Page

Here are activities that you can do to help your students explore and develop their rock knowledge.

Rock Discoveries: Grades K-5
by Tammy Payton tpayton@dmrtc.net; How well do you know your rocks? This is an easy introduction for your students that will hone their observation skills on the rocks in their neighborhood.

What Is in Dirt?: Grades K-6
by Tammy Payton tpatyon@dmrtc.net
Students will develop their observation and classification skills and will discover that there are many elements to soil. Students will discover how this is part of the rock cycle and the beginning of sedimentary rock formation.
Help! I'm Melting!: Grades K-6
by Tammy Payton tpayton@dmrtc.net
Students will have an understanding of how erosion happens and that this is part of the rock cycle.
Metamorphic Magic: Grades K-6
by Tammy Payton tpayton@dmrtc.net
By mixing cookies and baking them, students will have a better understanding of how sedimentary rocks change into metamorphic rocks.
Let's Dig Deeper: Grades K-8
by Tammy Payton tpayton@drmtc.net
Students will practice their researching and evaluating information skills, electronic communication skills, and sharing their findings by creating a presentation about the facts they found.

Treasure Rocks: Grades: K; By Mary L. Berkenkamp <parlak@aol.com>; Identify gemstones, minerals, and different tpyes of rocks by sorting through gemstone bearing rock deposits. Match rock colors and textures. Utilize small muscle skills to sort rocks. Introduce geology.

Make A Volcano: Grades: K, 2, 4, 6, 12, 1, 3, 5, 11; By James Hare <rockhelp@yahoo.com>; Make a volcano and see how real ones erupt.

Putting Rocks In a Collection: Grades: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11; By James Hare <rockhelp@yahoo.com>; See how to make a rock collection