1. Is there a difference between rocks and minerals?
2. Organize the following in a flow chart (with arrows) from
broad to specific:
•Elements
•Rocks
•Minerals
Warm Up
Pass out HW!
Update Gradesheet!
• If you are unhappy with your grade, please come
talk to me for the possibility of a reassessment
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Density and Atom Quiz (points possible=19)
Birthstone HW (points possible=4)
Mineral ID lab (points possible=18)
Minerals in Everyday Life (points possible=30)
Minerals Quiz (points possible=20)
Notes: Rocks
• Rocks—a group of minerals bound together
• Three types:
▫ Igneous
 Formed by cooling of magma
▫ Sedimentary
 Formed by compaction of sediment
 Sediment—rock fragments, plant and animal remains,
minerals that settle at the bottom of lakes and oceans
▫ Metamorphic
 Formed by heat and pressure on other rocks
Notes: Rock Cycle
Closing
• Match the type of rock with their method of
formation:
1. Igneous
2. Sedimentary
3. Metamorphic
a) Burial and Compaction
b) Cooling of magma
c) Heat and Pressure
Warm Up
• Ms. McGowan chose to use pizza as her rock cycle
analogy. Match the steps of the rock cycle with the
steps of making pizza:
1. Sediment
2. Metamorphic Rock
3. Igneous Rock
4. Magma
5. Sedimentary Rock
a. Collection of separate
ingredients (dough, tomato
sauce, cheese)
b. Kneaded dough with cold
tomato sauce and cheese
c. Pizza just placed in oven
d. Cheese on pizza in oven starts
melting
e. Cooled off pizza is ready to
eat! Yum!
Partner Work: Rock Cycle
• With your partner, think of an analogy for the
rock cycle
▫ Example: Chocolate chip cookies
• When you have thoroughly planned your
analogy, draw the analogy’s cycle on your poster
board
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Be creative! Don’t copy me!
Be neat!
Use color!
You will be graded!
Closing
• Explain your poster starting at sediment. Use the
terms sediment, sedimentary rock, metamophic
rock, magma, and igneous rock when explaining
your cycle.
Warm Up
• What is the difference between weathering and
erosion?
Turn in HW!
Notes
• Weathering—break down of rock
• Erosion—movement of broken down rock
• Magma—molten rock beneath Earth’s surface
• Lava—molten rock above Earth’s surface
Sugar Cube Lab!
• With the person next to you, follow the
directions on the sugar cube lab worksheet
• Keep your goggles on at all times!
• Call me over when you are ready for me to heat
your sugar cube!
• This will be turned in for a grade!
Closing
• Explain the rock cycle using a sugar cube.
Warm Up
True/False:
• Small grains of rock are formed when magma
cools slowly.
Notes: Igneous Rocks
• Intrusive (Coarse-grained)
▫ Trapped below Earth’s surface
▫ Takes long to cool therefore larger
grains
 Thousands of years
• Extrusive (Fine-grained)
▫ On Earth’s surface
▫ Takes shorter to cool therefore
smaller grains
 Few hours
Notes: Sedimentary Rocks
• Clastic
▫ Formed from fragments of other
weathered rock
• Chemical
▫ Formed from evaporation or chemical
reactions
• Organic
▫ Formed from remains of plants and
animals
Notes: Metamorphic Rocks
• Foliated
▫ Bands of different minerals in parallel layers
• Non-foliated
▫ Uniform appearance, no banding
Video: Planet Earth Caves
Write down 3 interesting facts about Planet Earth:
Caves
Closing
1. O’Syris and friends found a rock and cut it
open. They noticed it had small grains on the
outside, but larger grains on the inside.
Explain how this rock formed.
2. Why do igneous rocks have different textures?
Warm Up
• Which rock is intrusive? Which is foliated? How
do you know?
Rock ID Lab!
Rock ID Lab!
Warm Up
• What is the only stage of the rock cycle that is in
LIQUID form?
Warm Up
• What type of rock was used to
create many of the renowned
monuments in D.C.?
• If I told you this rock was
formed from heat and
pressure, what kind of rock
type is it? Is it foliated or nonfoliated?
Gradesheet
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Density and Atoms Quiz (possible points: 19)
Birthstones HW (possible points: 4)
Mineral ID Lab (possible points: 18)
Minerals in Everyday Life (possible points: 30)
Minerals Quiz (possible points: 20)
Sugar Cube Lab (possible points: 12)
Reassess
• Take this opportunity to REDO your Sugar Cube
Lab
Review: Crossword Puzzle Word Bank
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Sediment
• Metamorphic
• Magma
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Lava
• Intrusive
• Extrusive
• Clastic
• Chemical
• Organic
• Foliated
• Non-foliated
• Marble
Warm Up
• Name the stage of the rock cycle that represents
the following states of a sugar cube:
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Sugar cube
Powdered sugar
Liquid Caramel
Hardened caramel
Quiz
• Put everything away except a pen or pencil
• No talking, giggling, etc.
• Raise your hand if you have a question
• When you are done, hold on to your paper and
put your head down
Closing
• How was the quiz?
Warm Up
• What does granite look like?
• Based on your description, what kind of rock do
you think it is (igneous, sedimentary,
metamorphic)? And why?
Gradesheet
• Rocks Quiz (possible points: 29)
• Average: 21.4/29 (C)
• Other classes:
▫ 22.97/29 (C)
▫ 18.34 (D)
Reading Comprehension: Rock ID
• Before we reassess our Rock ID Lab, we are
going to read and take notes about different
types of rocks
Rock ID Lab Reassessment
• Using your new notes, go around the room with
your old packet and try to re-ID the rocks from
our rock ID lab
Closing
• How is schist formed?
▫ What kind of rock is it?