Let’s Rock Together! Documenting Young Geologist’s at Work & Play Using the Latest Technology Tools Diana McMillan & Gail Laubenthal Austin ISD & University of Texas
Place a photo of a home you are selling here What Happens When Teachers Go on Rock & Fossil Hunts? The children in their classes have a year of rock and fossil exploration that changes all of their lives FOREVER!
What do you know about rocks? Rocks are hard Rocks can be tiny Racks can be big Rocks are on our playground People build houses out of rocks Rocks can be black and other colors, too I like rocks
What do you know about rocks? Using Kidspiration to capture their thoughts
Begin with a good book:
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Finding a “Forever” Rock Let the parents know about your rock study Have children bring in rocks from home Let them find rocks on the playground Give them a place to display their “forever” rock
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Looking at our “forever” rock What does my “forever” rock look like? Using loupes, hand lenses, and the digital microscope to see details Drawing our “forever” rocks Comparing our “forever” rocks to other rocks
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Washing Our Rocks
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COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com What’s That Rocks Mass?
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COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Weathering When forces are applied to rocks, they change shape and size Shaking pieces of sandstone in a tin can Small particles of the big rock are now the size of sand Weathering Starlight Candy in water
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COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com This is a PowerPoint Inquiry lesson with student responses that can be found on the wiki site.
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Erosion: Building & Changing Mountains Documenting process in their science journal. Using a variety tools and Materials: open- ended activity
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Finding Fossils
Sock Puppet App on the iPad COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Becoming Paleontologists
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Making Imprints and Casts
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COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Rocks in the ABC Center
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Rocks in the Sand/Water Center
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Rocks in the Sand/Water Center
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Creating Class Books Click on the book to hear a student read the book Click here to hear all the students read their page.
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COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Using the Smartscope
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What About Soil? Students bring in a baggie of soil from around their home Compare/Contrast Using 5 senses to describe soil Adding water to soil samples Building a worm bin Worms can make “soil” Good soil in the garden
Comparing Soil Samples
Why Is Soil Important?
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Exploring Sandstone Examine sandstone What are it’s properties? Rub the stones together What do they notice? What do they think that the powdery substance is? Full lesson plan is on the wiki
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com Using The Livescribe Smartpen: Independent Learning Center
COMPANY NAME 555 Street Address City, ST ph | fx | webaddress.com End of the Unit Assessment: Focusing on Descriptive Language
Final Reflections