Science Week 5 - Rocks

We are on Week 5 of Considering God's Creation - Rocks. J was super excited to get to this mini unit because of the extras that I bought to go along.

J started with looking up the vocabulary in the dictionary. She is using a flip book that I created for the lesson.

I purchased a mini rock kit for the unit. Each rock is numbered with an answer key. J used several methods to discover the type of rock.

She used observations, the scratch method, as well as some watered down acid. 

She worked to name four rocks. We figured out three of them. Then, we looked the others over and made a few observations.

Another fun activity that I purchased for this unit were geodes. J tried opening her with a hammer and, believe it or not, they were somewhat tough to crack open.

Kaleb joined  us for this. He actually cracked his geode with the hammer!

J also made some crystals. She placed the rocks in a pan, added some food coloring, and some white vinegar. We are waiting for these to grow. Not a bad week, learning about the different types of rocks and having some fun.

If you would like the pages I created to add to her notebook - the vocab flip books, review questions, and scientist photos, please contact me. I will make sure you get the files. I will not post them here because the questions are from the text. See you soon.