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    5E Lesson Plan-Rocks

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    This 5E lesson plan introduces 4th grade students to rocks. In the Engage phase, students look at and discuss a bag of rocks. In Explore, students observe rocks in pairs and record characteristics. In Explain, students share observations and the teacher defines rocks and related terms. In Elaborate, students describe rocks using a record sheet and try to identify other students' rocks. In Evaluate, students discuss strategies for describing rocks and write a reflection. The lesson aims to help students observe and define rock characteristics.

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    This 5E lesson plan introduces 4th grade students to rocks. In the Engage phase, students look at and discuss a bag of rocks. In Explore, students observe rocks in pairs and record characteristics. In Explain, students share observations and the teacher defines rocks and related terms. In Elaborate, students describe rocks using a record sheet and try to identify other students' rocks. In Evaluate, students discuss strategies for describing rocks and write a reflection. The lesson aims to help students observe and define rock characteristics.

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    This 5E lesson plan introduces 4th grade students to rocks. In the Engage phase, students look at and discuss a bag of rocks. In Explore, students observe rocks in pairs and record characteristics. In Explain, students share observations and the teacher defines rocks and related terms. In Elaborate, students describe rocks using a record sheet and try to identify other students' rocks. In Evaluate, students discuss strategies for describing rocks and write a reflection. The lesson aims to help students observe and define rock characteristics.

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    5E Lesson Plan-Rocks

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    This 5E lesson plan introduces 4th grade students to rocks. In the Engage phase, students look at and discuss a bag of rocks. In Explore, students observe rocks in pairs and record characteristics. In Explain, students share observations and the teacher defines rocks and related terms. In Elaborate, students describe rocks using a record sheet and try to identify other students' rocks. In Evaluate, students discuss strategies for describing rocks and write a reflection. The lesson aims to help students observe and define rock characteristics.

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    5E Lesson Plan- Rocks

    Topic: Rocks

    Grade Level: Grade 4

    Learning Competencies:

    Objectives: Observe and define characteristics of rocks

    1. Students will be able to generate and use adjectives to describe the characteristics of rocks

    2. Students will be able to predict and investigate what happens when two rocks are rubbed together

    Engage

    The students will be gathered and presented a bag of rocks. The rocks are of different shapes, color, and
    other characteristics. The teacher will ask the questions to access their prior knowledge of rocks. Some
    of the questions include: Who can tell me what these objects are?

     Have you seen any of these rocks before?


     If so where have you seen them?
     Where can you find rocks?
     Are all of these items rocks?
     What do you notice about your rocks when you look closely?

    The students will share their experiences with rocks in the past and their observations of the rocks that
    they see in front of them.

    Explore

    Students will be grouped into pairs and each pair will be given their own bag of rocks. With a partner,
    the students will have five to ten minutes to observe the rocks in their bag.

    Students will record their observations in their science journals. Using these observations, the pair will
    try to list general characteristics of rocks. The students will try to define what a rock is.

     How would you describe these rocks?


     Can you tell me what this rock feels like?
     How does it compare to other rocks?
     How are they alike/different?

    Explain

    As a class, discuss the observations the students made about the rocks. Using the sample of rocks from
    the beginning of class, the students will supply words that can be used to describe rocks. The words will
    be recorded on a class chart called "Rock Words". The students will then share their definitions of what
    a rock is. After some student definitions are shared, the teacher will formally define a rock and provide
    other vocabulary needed for the unit (mineral, sand, silt,, pebble, etc).

    A rock is a solid, inorganic substance composed of a mixture of different minerals. (Inorganic means non-
    living in this context.) A rock is a mixture of minerals, and a mineral is uniform and made of one
    chemical. Rocks are also irregular shapes.

    kinds of rock:

    sand- the very tiny, loose pieces of rock that cover beaches, deserts

    silt - sand, soil, mud, etc., that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond,

    pebble - a small smooth rounded rock

    Elaborate

    The teacher will introduce a Rock Record Sheet to the class. The rock record sheet has the student use
    the "Rock Words" to describe the rock and draw the rock. Each student will choose a rock and fill out a
    rock record sheet for it. Then the students will put their rock in a pile. The students will get another
    student's rock record sheet and try to identify the rock in the pile. They can only find the rock using the
    descriptions and drawings on the sheet. The students will repeat the game two or three times.
    Evaluate

    The student will discuss how the game went. The teacher will ask the students if some rocks were easier
    to find than others and why they think some were more difficult to find. What made finding the rock
    easier? What made find the rock more challenging? The teacher will review characteristics of rocks and
    the ways geologists use characteristics to compare rocks. Then the students will write a reflection in
    their science journals about what they think is the best way to describe rocks and why.

    group members:

    RENALYN ESCALONA

    RANICA ALFONSO

    ANN CARLA DE ASIS

    SUNSHINE LLAMADO

    FERLY GAMALA

    DENICE SALAS

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