Rock Cycle
Play the role of a piece of rock moving through the rock cycle. Select a starting location and follow many possible paths throughout the cycle. Learn how rocks are formed, weathered, eroded, and reformed as they move from Earth's surface to locations deep within the crust.
Launch GizmoRock Cycle
Play the role of a piece of rock moving through the rock cycle. Select a starting location and follow many possible paths throughout the cycle. Learn how rocks are formed, weathered, eroded, and reformed as they move from Earth's surface to locations deep within the crust.
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Use for 5 minutes a day.
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Transformation Task
Students list the causes for each transformations by using the vocabulary sheet from the Rock Cycle Gizmo... (more) as a reference. Can be used for practice or as an assessment.
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Earth/Space Science
Vocabulario: Ciclo de las Rocas
Vocabulario en español.
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5th Grade, 6th Grade Science
Ejercicio Práctico del Alumno: Ciclo de las Rocas
Ejercicio Práctico del Alumno en español.
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5th Grade, 6th Grade Science
Seat Work for Whole Class Instruction: Rock Cycle
This is a customized student exploration sheet to be used as “seat work” when the Gizmo is presented for ... (more)whole class instruction. Suggestion: Review the Gizmo’s Teacher Guide and original Student Exploration Sheet to determine which parts of the Gizmo lesson need to be modeled by the teacher.
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7th Grade, 8th Grade Science
Rock Cycle
Description of the Types of Rock, and Rock Cycle. AWESOME! Modified for different leaarning styles, and m... (more)odification for variety of learners on a lesson plans.
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3rd Grade Science
User Recommendations (showing 5 of 14):
Great exploration for concepts of the rock cycle processes.
Recommended for: Earth/Space ScienceGizmo User from Georgia
HIghly recommended! On PAGE 3 of Student Exploration I recommend providing a word bank for the rock cycle process words (only three listed)
Recommended for: Earth/Space ScienceGizmo User from Ohio
Good to teach erosion, deposition, sediment and soil for 4th( but don't use the given resources for rock cycle).
Recommended for: 4th Grade ScienceGizmo User from Ohio
The resources in the lesson plan really rock the cycle.
Recommended for: Earth/Space ScienceGizmo User from New Mexico
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