6th Science Studies Rock Cycle
Sixth graders did a rock cycle lab this week using different kinds of chocolate morsels to represent聽the various聽minerals in a rock.聽 First, students聽weathered their rocks and then layered them in a piece of foil.聽 They placed books on top to apply pressure like layering in the real world. 聽Students聽then examined their 鈥渟edimentary rock.鈥澛� Next, they applied heat and pressure by smashing their rocks with their hands and squeezing those morsels.聽 Next, they examined their 鈥渕etamorphic rock.鈥澛� Lastly, they placed their rock in a hot griddle and it was allowed to melt and then cool resulting in an 鈥渋gneous rock.鈥澛� The students enjoyed the tasty and good smelling way to study the rock cycle.
