Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Earth Science 2 Unit 3 Day 7

Learning: Students will learn about changing of earth's surface (creation of igneous rock) by collecting data and observations, analyzing and interpreting data using the language of science (grain size, texture, batholith, extrusive igneous rock, intrusive igneous rock, crystal formation, plate tectonics), sentence starters, cornell notes and check-in partners.


Questions:

  1. Why do you think the creation of igneous rock could be considered the beginning of the rock cycle? (brain)
  2. What physical changes create igenous rock? (book or brain)
  3. How are igneous rocks changed into sedimentary rock? Metamorphic rock? (book or brain)