These extensions are brought to you by other teachers who have used this unit. They have not been evaluated by The Einstein Project. (Rev. 4/24/2012)
ACTIVITIES:
Pet rock activities (AIMS)
Students select their own rock to identify, observe, test
Make a chart - columns would be: MINERAL, HOW IT IS USED, etc.
Students create their own mineral, name it, draw a picture, & then do a profile sheet
Make Igneous (choco clusters), metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks (cake layers) with food
-make rock candy can also find at Berentsen's
-to exemplify metamorphic rock, make a bread sandwich (slice of white, slice of wheat, slice of white), put it in a baggie and stepped on it to squish. This will show twisting, melting, etc.
Fossil digging/mining in chocolate chip & M&M cookies
Discuss how mining affects the earth
- students make rules that the mining company must follow
- use tools (toothpicks) to remove chips
- draw a picture of how "the Earth" [cookie] looks before
- remove every chip & M&M using the "tools"
- draw what "the Earth" looks like after mining and discuss what happened
Make crystals using the salt recipe. Then use ammonia, bluing, and salt. These grow better and quicker.
Open a geode – can get them from the School House
Make fossil prints with milk cartons & plaster of Paris
INQUIRY:
Rocks & soil thematic Unit, Teacher Created Materials, Inc. (TCM265)
Speakers-
-Rock ladies – Mrs. Anderson (contact through Neville Museum)
-Carol or Barbara Anderson
-Gemologist from Rummele's Jewelry
-Representative from Geology Club from the Neville Museum
-Retired Geologist
Study Ansel Adams, black and white photography of nature with many rock pictures
Field trips to -
-Wequiok Falls, Bayshore Park, Fallen Timbers, Door Co., Cofrin Arboretum
-Sayem Gem & Mineral Gallery - Jewelers Mutual - Neenah
-Quarry Quest – Appleton (held in Sept.)
-Earthaven Museum – Gillett, contact Mike Riesch at 920-855-6132
-UW- Geology Museum in Madison
-Ledge View Nature Center – Chilton – see fossils, visit a cave
-Zoll Stone Center
-Daanen-Jansen Quarry
-Field Museum in Menasha
BOOKS:
"Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"
"Everybody Needs a Rock" – B. Baylor
"How's a Fossil Made?"
"Earth Beneath Your Feet"
"Inside the Earth" – Reading Rainbow
"What is Rock? & What Happens to Rock?" – Wright Group/Sunshine Book Series
VIDEOS:
"Blows It's Top" - Magic School Bus
"Inside the Earth" - Magic School Bus
"Eye Witness- Rocks & Minerals"
"Volcano" - National Geographic
"Every Stone has a Story"
"Rockfinders"
United Streaming online video clips – excellent!
