Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals
Igneous Rock
• Can you remember what igneous rocks are made from?
• That’s right!! Igneous rocks are made from lava or magma that has been cooled and hardened into a rock.
Sedimentary Rock
• Sedimentary rock is made from what?
• Correct!! It is made from sediment (this one should be easy to remember!!). Sediment is tiny little pieces of rock that is smashed together really hard for a really long time. It eventually becomes a rock!
Metamorphic Rock• Can you think of a time where you have
heard a word like Metamorphic?
• If you said when a butterfly changes, you are correct (metamorphosis)
• The idea is that when a rock changes, it also metamorphoses into a different rock!
•A metamorphic rock could become an igneous, a
sedimentary, or another metamorphic rock. It all
depends on what happens to the rock!!!
The Rock Cycle
• The rock cycle is the idea that all rocks can become all other types of rocks by adding heat and/or pressure!
Just think of it like this!!!• Rock Cycle Song
(Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") • SEDIMENTARY rock
Has been formed in layers Often found near water sources With fossils from decayers
• Then there's IGNEOUS rock Here since Earth was born Molten Lava, cooled and hardened That's how it is formed
• These two types of rocks Can also be transformed With pressure, heat and chemicals METAMORPHIC they'll become.
Can you classify these rocks???
• Classify each of the rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic. Discuss with your neighbor. We will decide as a group what we believe each picture is!