Rock hunters
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A lesson plan for Grades K–1 Visual Arts Education and Science
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- Appropriate grades
- K–1
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This Science NetLinks lesson centers on students making detailed observations of rocks. Through their observations, students will begin to develop an understanding that there are many types of rocks with a multitude of different attributes.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Visual Arts Education (2001)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
- Objective 4.03: Produce work that shows attention to detail in one's surroundings.
Kindergarten
- Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
- Objective 4.03: Invent original and personal imagery from observation and imagination to convey meaning and not rely on copying or tracing another's work.
Science (2005)
Grade 1
- Goal 2: The learner will make observations and use student-made rules to build an understanding of solid earth materials.
- Objective 2.02: Describe rocks and other earth materials in more than one way, using student-made rules.
Kindergarten
- Goal 3: The learner will make observations and build an understanding of the properties of common objects.
- Objective 3.04: Observe that objects can be described and sorted by their properties.
- Objective 3.05: Identify some common objects and organisms that are considered to be natural resources in our world.
