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Rock Cycle Interactive Notebook – Digital Learning Activity

Are you on the hunt for a fun way to introduce your students to the world of rocks and the rock cycle? Do you want to try flipping the classroom and sending your students off on some self-guided learning? If so, you’re in the right place! The Teach Starter team has put together the perfect digital learning activity to help your students learn about rocks and the rock cycle. 

Using This Rock Cycle Digital Learning Activity

This online learning resource is designed to run in Google Slides Edit Mode, meaning students will not click the ‘Slideshow’ button. 

It includes a variety of activities, interactions, videos, weblinks, and online learning opportunities to engage and excite your students about rocks and minerals. Below are some of the activities included in this digital learning activity.

• Types of Rocks Vocabulary Matching
• Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary Rocks Cloze Passages
• Rock-Sorting Activity – This activity includes a weblink for students to research each rock in order to sort it correctly.
• Rock Cycle Video
• Rock Cycle Diagram Drag and Drop
• Rock Cycle Sequencing Activity
• Ways People Use Rocks Video
• How We Use Rocks Sorting Activity with Weblink
• How We Use Rocks Image Board: In this activity, students will use the Internet to search for everyday objects made from rock.
• Rock Vocabulary Review Game – Memory

We have also included an answer key for easy grading.

Download, Assign, and Go!

This downloadable teaching resource is available as an Interactive Google Slides Activity. To get your new resource, click the dropdown arrow on the download button. If you are using the Google Slides version, you will be prompted to make your own copy. From there, you can assign the activity to your school’s LMS and set your students on the path to learning!

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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