Students will observe rock and mineral samples and make observations as they consider probing questions about the samples.
Students will follow along as teacher demonstrates modeling oxidation at the atomic level with LEGOs.
Students will work in pairs to model the differences between chemical and physical weathering at the atomic level using LEGOs and answer questions on a handout related to their models.
Students will read an article about physical and chemical weathering. Students will then answer questions on a handout to connect the reading to the models they developed the day before.
Students will work in pairs to use models that demonstrate the atomic interactions during lithification.
Students will then use mineral information cards to connect sedimentary rocks to their identity using their identity maps.
Students will revisit the models they created in Cycle 1 Evaluate, to analyze how their models are affected on the atomic level.
Students will use text resources to investigate soil mineralogy.
In this cycle, students will construct an explanation that answers the guiding question: How are sedimentary rocks made and how do we use them?
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