SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Tuesday May 1st, 2012Warm-up: 1. What is the difference between intrusive rock

and extrusive rock?

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Homework: - HOMEWORK #2 Due FRIDAY

Objective: Students will be able to analyze rock characteristics in order to explain how sedimentary rocks are formed.

Classwork

Observe an intrusive rock and an extrusive rock (igneous rock).

1. Observe an igneous rock and compare/contrast it to a sedimentary rock.

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Classwork

2. Read pages 154-155 from Inside Earth.

3. How is the formation of Sedimentary rocks different from Igneous rocks?

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CLASSWORK

Follow the directions from your teacher to fold your foldable.

Use information from pages 154-155 to fill in a definition for each word and answer the question at the bottom.

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Observe the rock shown by your teacher. Use two of the following words to explain how that rock formed.

SedimentErosionCementationCompaction

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Wednesday May 2nd , 2012Warm-up: 1. What are sedimentary rocks formed from?

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Homework: - HOMEWORK #2- Due Friday

-QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!

Objective: Students will be able to analyze rock characteristics in order to explain how sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of eroded rocks and organisms

Classwork

Watch the video on sedimentary rock formation.

1. After the video, describe how the rock layers in the mountain below are formed.

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2.Work as a class to order the events of sedimentary rock formation.

(then fill in the sentences with our vocabulary from yesterday)

(sediment, deposits, cementation, compaction, erosion)

CLASSWORK

3.Create a foldable with the four steps of sedimentary rock formation.

A. Watch how the foldable is madeB. Fold & cut your paperC. Fill in the blanks with the vocabulary

(sediment, deposits, cementation, compaction, erosion)

D. Cut the four steps and paste them in orderE. Draw a picture for each step

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