This Topic Mini-Research & Literature Web Page
was developed for Ms. McClellans Third Grade Class at Sallas Mahone Elementary School
Designed By Lacey Gillis, a Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
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How
are rocks
formed? Go to Rock
Hounds and found out the three different types of rocks and how
they are formed. You will also click on the picture and see an
animation of how the three different types of rocks are formed.When you
are finished, play a fun pebbling puzzle game here.
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What
are
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metaporphic rocks? Click
here to visit a neat website to learn more about these three types
of rocks. |
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What
kind of
minerals do you think are in your home? Minerals can be found in all
sorts of places in your home, click here
to find out where. |
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What
color and
type of rock is your birthstone? Click here to
find out what color and which rock that your birthstone comes from. |
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Topic
Mini-Research
Real World Activity
Pretend you
are a expert about minerals and that you are going to be giving a
presentation to your class about the many minerals that can be found in
our homes. In your pretend presentation you will be showing
the class a picture that you have drawn of something in your house that
contains minerals. Go to Minerals
at Home to explore different objects in the home to help you
decided on an object from your home to draw. After drawing your picture
you need to write what
type of minerals that can be found in it.
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| Steps to Complete
Real
World Activity 1. Go to Minerals
at Home to take the tour of the house and view the different types
of objects that contain minerals throughout it.
2. Decide on what object you would like to draw from your home to use for your pretend presentation. 3. You will be given a piece of construction paper and crayons. 4. Draw the object that you have chosen that contains minerals to use for your pretend presentation. 5. After drawing and coloring your object, label the different types of minerals that are found in the object. 6. When you are finished with your presentation picture turn it in to the teacher. |
 Lacey's Home Page |
 ljgillis@valdosta.edu |
 Topic Mini-Research Lesson Plan |
 VSU Topic Website |