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Rock Cycle Lab Activity (with Starbursts)

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This activity was great. I changed it slightly and melted the Starbursts on a hotplate on top of aluminum foil and it worked well. I recently reviewed the rock cycle with my students and many of them mentioned this lab. So, it is an activity your students will remember.
This was a great activity that easily explained the rock cycle to students. They were very engaged and were able to visually see how the rock cycle works.
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Description

Rock Cycle: Modeling the Rock Cycle with Starbursts

This activity is a perfect follow up for a class who has just been introduced to the rock cycle. You will need starbursts (or other fruit chews of multiple colors) and plastic sandwich bags. Students begin with 'sediments' which they turn into a sedimentary rock, apply heat and pressure to turn it into a metamorphic rock, and then you (the teacher) will need to take them home to turn them into igneous rocks. All teacher directions, with photos, included. Answer key also included. This lab takes 1.5 class periods and comes with follow up questions with key. Enjoy!

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7 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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NGSSMS-ESS2-1
Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials. Assessment does not include the identification and naming of minerals.

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