How sedimentary rocks are formed
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=174
A lesson plan for Grade 6 Science
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 6
- Subjects
- science (geology)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Legal
This catalog record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license applies to the content of this page only and does not apply to the referenced website.
This Science NetLinks lesson briefly reviews the rock cycle in general and then focuses on sedimentary rocks. In this lesson, students investigate the stripes in sedimentary rocks using a structure at Petra, in Jordan, as an example. Students then do a hands-on activity using mixed nuts to illustrate the layering of sedimentary rocks.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 3: The learner will build an understanding of the geological cycles, forces, processes, and agents which shape the lithosphere.
- Objective 3.04: Describe the processes which form and the uses of earth materials.
- Rock cycle.
- Minerals.
- Characteristics of rocks.
- Economic use of rocks and minerals.
- Value of gems and precious metals.
- Common gems, minerals, precious metals and rocks found in N.C.
- Objective 3.04: Describe the processes which form and the uses of earth materials.
